Pakistan names cricket squad for T20 World Cup
July 18th, 2012 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday announced the 15-member squad for Twenty20 World Cup scheduled to be held in September in Sri Lanka.Addressing a news conference, ... Read more...
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Militants whip drunk Malians 80 times
July 11th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Timbuktu (Mali), July 10 (IANS/AKI) An Islamist militant group punished two drunk men with 80 lashes each in the ancient city of Timbuktu in northwest Africa's Mali.The men were whipped ... Read more...
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Islamists attack Timbuktu world heritage site
July 1st, 2012 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 1 (IANS) The mausoleum of Sidi Mahmoud, a Unesco World Heritage site, in Timbuktu, Mali, has been damaged in an attack by Islamists, RIA Novosti reported.It is one ... Read more...
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Drug scam: Pakistan faces medicine shortage
April 20th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan's pharmaceutical industry has been hit hard by a Rs.7 billion drug scam in which Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son has been named an ... Read more...
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Gilani’s son named in drug scam
April 19th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday directed his son Ali Musa Gilani to cut short his trip to South Africa after he was named ... Read more...
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Pakistani tribal leader killed in suicide blast (Second Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) A tribal leader and his son-in-law were killed and at least eight others were injured when a teenaged suicide bomber blew himself up outside the leader's ... Read more...
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When Suez’s captain shed tears on daughter’s shoulders
June 24th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 24 (IANS) It was an emotional homecoming for MV Suez skipper Capt Wasi Ahmed who burst into tears when his daughter Laila greeted him on reaching the port ... Read more...
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Freed after 10 months, Indian sailors to return home (Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi/New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Six Indian sailors, who were among the 22-member crew of an Egyptian cargo vessel held captive by Somali pirates for nearly 10 months, reached Karachi ... Read more...
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Businessman attacked in Delhi
June 20th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A 52-year-old businessman escaped a bid on his life when two unidentified men shot at him near Connaught Place in central Delhi, police said Monday.Ansar ... Read more...
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Four Jamia students make it to UPSC
May 13th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Four students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have cleared the 2010 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, an official said Friday.Saurav Kumar Suman, Rai Mahimapat ... Read more...
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Dhaka mulls stringent law to tackle rebellion
February 25th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Bangladesh is mulling stringent laws to discourage any rebellion among the para-military forces, media reports said Friday on the anniversary of the February 2009 rebellion by the border ... Read more...
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No need for blood money, say families of Indians on UAE death row
December 31st, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) Stating that their kin were innocent, the family members of the 17 Indians who are on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a Punjab-based NGO ... Read more...
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Pakistan urges IAEA to help it in building more nuclear plants
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistan has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help facilitate its need to build more nuclear power plants in order to overcome an acute energy shortfall ... Read more...
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Notices issued to tanneries for polluting River Ganges
September 17th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
By Dilip MishraKanpur, Sep. 17 (ANI): The Pollution Control Board in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city issued notices to six tanneries for discharging industrial waste into the River Ganges.Radheshyam, the area officer ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guards get a new chief
April 15th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country's border guard, have a new chief even as the incumbent is presiding over the special courts trying those accused of staging a mutiny ... Read more...
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Air strike, clashes kill 124 militants in Pakistan (Lead)
April 10th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 10 (IANS) At least 124 militants were killed and more than 70 injured in the biggest offensive of security forces in the Khyber, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies in ... Read more...
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Bangalore police bust ‘D’ gang’s gun racket
October 12th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Oct 12 (ANI): Bangalore Police on Monday arrested two gun runners allegedly behind the Dawood Ibrahim gang in the city.The action comes days after the arrest of three other Dawood gangsters ... Read more...
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Contractor robbed of Rs.5.8 lakh in Noida
August 25th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Aug 25 (IANS) A contractor with the Noida administration was robbed of Rs.5.8 lakh by four armed men here Tuesday, police said.
The incident occurred Tuesday morning near the Amity crossing ... Read more...
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Dhaka launches drive to tackle Islamist terror
August 25th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Bangladesh has launched a drive against Islamist militancy, combining punitive action with interaction at grassroot level. The government hopes to involve the Muslim clergy in its drive.
Prime ... Read more...
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‘Jund Ansar Allah leader killed himself’, says Hamas
August 16th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Aug.16 (ANI): Hamas officials have said that Jund Ansar Allah leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, a.k.a Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, killed himself during an armed confrontation early on Saturday by detonating an explosive belt ... Read more...
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Pakistan says its civil nuclear technology better than India’s
August 10th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Pakistan Monday claimed its civilian nuclear technology was better than India's.
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Ansar Pervez made the claim while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of ... Read more...
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Three peacock poachers arrested in Uttar Pradesh
June 14th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) Three men have been arrested for killing peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district Sunday, police said.
The three men - Badlu, Ansar and Beni - were arrested in ... Read more...
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Charge sheet filed against seven for Hyderabad twin blasts
May 15th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) Octopus, the anti-terror unit of the Andhra Pradesh police, Friday filed a charge sheet in a court here, naming seven Indian Mujahideen operatives behind the twin blasts ... Read more...
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Step wall from Mughal period still exists in Pakistan
February 9th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 9 (ANI): One of the Mughal eras architectural constructions, a step wall from that period, still exists in a well preserved condition, in Pakistan.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Pak journo behind unearthing real face of politicians, judges gets death threats
December 25th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec.25 (ANI): Ansar Abbasi, the journalist whose scoops unearthed the real face of politicians, judges and several top officers in Pakistan, is facing death threats now.
Abbasi was warned through ... Read more...
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Kerala film exhibitors to fund movie production
September 24th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Sep 24 (IANS) The Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF), an organisation of movie theatres, has decided to fund film producers who are ready to make small budget Malayalam films. The decision ... Read more...
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Journalist shot dead in Madhya Pradesh town
August 1st, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 1 (IANS) A journalist of a vernacular daily was shot dead Friday in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa town, the police said. Deepak Mishra, who was working as the chief of bureau ... Read more...
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Pak govt disbands outfits running parallel govt in Khyber Agency
July 7th, 2008 - 10:43 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad , July 7 (ANI): In a bid to bring back normalcy in the Khyber Agency, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister on Internal Security, Rehman Malik last evening announced that the ... Read more...
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Burney calls for probe into Indian prisoners death in Pak jail
June 23rd, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 23 (ANI): The death of an Indian prisoner in a Karachi jail this morning, has prompted Pakistans former human rights minister Ansar Burney to call for an inquiry.Fisherman ... Read more...
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Don’t have a laptop? Try the virtual computer!
May 2nd, 2008 - 11:12 am ICT by admin
By Jeevan Mathew Kurian
Kozhikode, May 2 (IANS) You have heard of desktops and laptops, but now two engineering students in Kerala have come up with a virtual computer that can be accessed ... Read more...
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Indian spy agencies-media nexus behind terrorism acts in Pakistan, says paper
April 30th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr.30 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistani daily has claimed that there is a nexus between the Indian media and Indian spy agencies, and that this nexus is behind several ... Read more...
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Protests continue over clemency for Pak death row inmate Sarabjit Singh
April 19th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by admin
Meerut, Apr 19 (ANI): A voluntary organisation and several other people staged a demonstration in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, seeking clemency for Sarabjit Singh, the Indian on death row in Pakistan.
Activists held ... Read more...
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Three more SIMI activists held in Madhya Pradesh
April 6th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, April 6 (IANS) Three active members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested from Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh, the police said Sunday. "All the three arrested ... Read more...
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Kashmir Singh’s family camping at border for his welcome
March 4th, 2008 - 10:28 am ICT by admin
Attari Border (Punjab), March 4 (IANS) Thirty-five years after he was arrested on espionage charges in Pakistan, former army man Kashmir Singh will walk back to his homeland a free man Tuesday. ... Read more...
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