Seven die in attack on Pakistani army camp
July 9th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Six soldiers and a policeman were killed when militants attacked an army camp in Pakistan's eastern district of Gujrat early Monday morning, the army said.The attack ... Read more...
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Separatists target Srinagar army camp with grenades
June 28th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 28 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas fired two rocket-propelled grenades at an army camp in Srinagar Thursday, but a defence statement said the projectiles fell in a ground without causing ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan to continue talks on Siachen row (Lead)
June 12th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India and Pakistan Tuesday reaffirmed their resolve to make "serious, sustained and result-oriented" efforts for seeking an amicable resolution to the dispute over the Siachen ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan talks on Siachen end
June 12th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) The two-day talks between Pakistan and India to resolve the dispute over Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield, ended Tuesday, a media report said.Pakistan was led ... Read more...
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Pakistan, India hold talks on Siachen (Lead)
June 11th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Pakistan and India Monday began two-day talks to resolve the dispute over Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield. Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has ... Read more...
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Pakistan, India open talks on Siachen
June 11th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Pakistan and India Monday opened two-day talks to look for a solution to the dispute over Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battle field, officials said.Defence Secretaries ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan gain nothing from Siachen: Pakistan minister
June 3rd, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) Both India and Pakistan gain nothing out of Siachen, the world's highest battleground where armies of the two neighbours stand eyeball-to-eyeball, and the matter is only ... Read more...
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140 buried in Siachen avalanche dead: Pakistan
May 29th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday declared dead the 140 people who remained buried in an avalanche since last month in the Siachen region.All those killed have been declared "martyrs" ... Read more...
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13 Indians die as plane crashes in Nepal (Sixth Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) Thirteen Indians on a pilgrimage and two crew members were killed when a 20-seater plane slammed into a cliff in western Nepal Monday, authorities said. The ... Read more...
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Hope fading fast for Pakistan avalanche victims
April 9th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Rescue workers Monday frantically searched for the 139 soldiers and civilians still trapped under snow after a massive avalanche struck an army camp in the country's ... Read more...
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US offers help in Pakistan avalanche rescue
April 9th, 2012 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) The US has offered help to Pakistan in searching 135 soldiers and civilians buried under snow following an avalanche in the country's Siachen region.The avalanche hit ... Read more...
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Siachen avalanche tragedy: Manmohan offers help to Pakistan
April 8th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday offered Pakistan humanitarian assistance to help find survivors of a massive avalanche that hit a Pakistani army camp in ... Read more...
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Kayani monitors Siachen rescue operations
April 8th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 8 (IANS) Pakistani Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Sunday monitored the rescue operation to pull out 124 soldiers and 11 civilians who were trapped following a massive ... Read more...
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100 Pakistani troops buried in Siachen avalanche (Lead)
April 7th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 7 (IANS) At least 100 Pakistani soldiers were buried Saturday in an avalanche in Kashmir's Siachen region, the Pakistani army said.The avalanche hit a military camp near ... Read more...
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Siachen avalanche buries 130 Pakistani soldiers
April 7th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 7 (IANS) Over 130 Pakistani soldiers are feared buried in an avalanche that occurred in the Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas where thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops ... Read more...
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16 army soldiers killed in north Kashmir avalanches (Roundup)
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Sixteen Indian Army soldiers were killed in two avalanches overnight in two districts of north Kashmir, an army officer said Thursday."Thirteen bodies have been recovered so ... Read more...
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Eleven army personnel killed in Kashmir avalanches (Second Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Eleven army personnel were killed and eight are missing in two overnight avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Thursday.While eight were killed in ... Read more...
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Eleven army soldiers killed in Kashmir avalanche (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Eleven Indian Army troopers were killed in two north Kashmir avalanches overnight in Bandipora and Ganderbal districts, an army official said Thursday.Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, spokesman ... Read more...
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Nine army troopers killed in Kashmir avalanche
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Nine army troopers were killed in two avalanche tragedies in north Kashmir's Bandipora and Ganderbal districts."A massive avalanche struck the brigade headquarters of the army in ... Read more...
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Probe ordered in poaching charge against army soldiers
November 25th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 25 (IANS) The Indian Army has ordered an enquiry into allegations some of its personnel poached three chinkaras (deer) in Rajasthan's Barmer district along the international border with ... Read more...
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Red Fort attack: Death sentence upheld for LeT militant (Lead)
August 10th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq for the Dec 22, 2000 attack at the Red ... Read more...
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GMR’s hydropower project office in Nepal burnt down
May 22nd, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 22 (IANS) Within a month of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visiting Nepal and seeking the security of Indian investments and Indian employees in the troubled republic, ... Read more...
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Taliban commander ends truce with Pakistan Army after Osama killing
May 5th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Wana (Pakistan), May 5 (IANS/AKI) A group loyal to a Taliban commander in Pakistan's South Waziristan has launched an attack on an army camp in the northwestern Pakistani tribal ... Read more...
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Soldier kills four colleagues in Kashmir army camp
April 28th, 2011 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) A soldier went on a shooting spree inside an army camp in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, killing four of his colleagues before he ... Read more...
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Supreme Court reserves verdict in Red Fort shootout case (Lead)
April 20th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq challenging his death sentence in the Dec 22, ... Read more...
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12 more security bunkers in Srinagar to go
February 17th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday decided to remove 12 more bunkers of security forces from Srinagar city as part of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's plans to reduce ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah begins third year - after months of turmoil
January 5th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Omar Abdullah, the country's youngest chief minister, Wednesday began his third year at the helm in Jammu and Kashmir after two tumultuous years.It is doubtful ... Read more...
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One killed, 50 injured in Bangladesh protests (Lead)
October 24th, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 24 (IANS) One person was killed and over 50 people sustained bullet wounds as villagers protesting the government's attempt to acquire their lands for an army housing project ... Read more...
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50 injured in Bangladesh protests
October 24th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 24 (IANS) Over 50 people sustained bullet wounds as villagers protesting the government's attempt to acquire land for an army housing project clashed with security forces near the national ... Read more...
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Srinagar dead were ‘fidayeen’ on mission to attack Indian military bases: JiM
October 23rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct 23 (ANI): The three men killed in a gunfight in Kashmir were on a suicide mission to attack Indian military bases, a militant group has revealed, adding that three others ... Read more...
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Uttarakhand deluge: Two army officers killed
September 21st, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Sep 21 (IANS) Two army officers, a colonel and a captain, have died in an avalanche in the upper reaches of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district that has been lashed ... Read more...
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One dies in Afghanistan protest over Quran burning (Second lead)
September 10th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 10 (DPA) At least one demonstrator was killed Friday in northeastern Afghanistan at a protest against a Christian minister's plan to burn Qurans in the US, the provincial government ... Read more...
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UPS Boeing 747 cargo plane crashes in Dubai
September 4th, 2010 - 12:37 am ICT by BNO News
DUBAI (BNO NEWS) -- UPS on Friday confirmed that one of its cargo planes went down in Dubai, killing all crew on board, according to local media.
"At approximately 12 p.m. EST, UPS ... Read more...
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Toll in Kashmir goes up to 14, central cabinet discusses situation (Night Lead)
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Jammu/New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Eight people, including two 17-year-olds - one of them a girl - were killed Sunday in south Kashmir's Pulwama district as escalating violence engulfed the Valley ... Read more...
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Two teenagers, six others killed in Kashmir violence (Third Lead)
August 1st, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) Eight people, including two 17-year-olds - one of them a girl - were killed Sunday in south Kashmir's Pulwama district as escalating violence engulfed the Kashmir Valley and ... Read more...
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