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Bangladesh Army chief visits Leh
March 16th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, March 16 (IANS) Bangladesh Army chief General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen, who is the first army chief of an Islamic country to visit the strategically located Leh region of Jammu and Kashmir, ...
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Indo-US civil nuclear deal is proceeding smoothly: Nirupama Rao
March 16th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Mar. 16 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said that the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal is "proceeding smoothly and satisfactorily".
Rao, who is on a six-day official visit ...
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Taliban could abduct Indians in Kabul, Delhi says (Lead)
March 12th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) India has asked its nationals living in Afghanistan to take precautions, warning the Taliban could abduct Indian diplomats, highly placed sources indicated Friday.
"There are intelligence reports ...
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Can’t take back retired women officers: Air force, army
March 12th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to reinstate the over 50 women officers who petitioned against the denial ...
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Security arrangements reviewed for Indians in Afghanistan
March 12th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government has asked Indians living in Afghanistan to take adequate precautions about their security and warned there was a possibility of diplomats being abducted by ...
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Supreme Court orders Zardari graft cases to be reopened (Lead)
March 12th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) The noose seems to be tightening around Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, with the Supreme Court saying a Swiss money laundering case against him should be immediately ...
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Pakistani apex court unhappy with Zardari case
March 12th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) The Pakistani Supreme Court Friday expressed unhappiness over the lack of action in reopening a Swiss money laundering case involving President Asif Ali Zardari. It has asked ...
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US, China military visits in limbo
March 12th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing, Mar.12 (ANI): The Chinese Army brass has urged the Pentagon to take the initiative to fix stagnant Sino-US military relations.
The Pentagon needs to make "real gestures" to bring back normal ...
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Ensure security to Indians, PM to Karzai as bodies arrive (Roundup)
February 27th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India Saturday asked Afghanistan to "ensure full security" to Indians working in that country even as the bodies of six Indians, including two major-rank army officers, ...
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IAF special plane brings bodies of slain Indians in Kabul attack
February 27th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): A special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft on Saturday evening brought back the bodies of the Indians, who were killed in the suicide bombings carried out ...
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Kabul attack defines risk faced by Indian medical fraternity: Prime Minister
February 27th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the Friday's Kabul suicide attack defined the risks Indian medical fraternity have to face while serving in country ...
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Karzai calls up PM, promises probe into terror attack
February 27th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and promised a "full investigation" into the terror attack in Kabul that killed 17 people, ...
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Indian sends aircraft to Kabul to bring back bodies
February 27th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A special aircraft was sent to Kabul Saturday to bring back the bodies of nine Indians, including two major-rank army officers, who were killed in terror ...
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India, Pakistan stumble on first step of their talks (Comment)
February 27th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
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By Amulya Ganguli
What the unpleasant aftermath of Thursday's India-Pakistan talks showed was that cordiality cannot be forced. The trust deficit between the two countries is so high that a dialogue can ...
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Consumers worried over increase in fuel prices
February 27th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Consumers in Delhi expressed their concerns over the proposed hike in fuel prices tabled in the General Budget 2010-2011 presented by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ...
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More officers jailed in Turkey coup investigation
February 25th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Istanbul, Feb 25 (DPA) A Turkish court Thursday ruled to jail another group of army officers in an ongoing investigation into an alleged coup plot against the government.
Twenty officers - including five ...
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Pakistani Army claims victory over Taliban in Swat, Waziristan
February 23rd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Rawalpindi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Pakistan military Tuesday formally announced its victory against the Taliban in Swat and Waziristan in the country's restive northwest and stressed on the need for the ...
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‘Only government can revive Swiss corruption case against Zardari’
February 23rd, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) A tussle seems to be brewing within the Pakistani establishment with the law ministry saying it alone could reopen a Swiss money laundering case against President Asif ...
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Bangladesh border guards go on trial for mutiny
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Feb 23 (IANS) The trial of nearly 800 troopers of Bangladesh rifles (BDR), the country's border guard, began Tuesday, nearly a year after a mutiny led to the killing of 74 ...
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Mosque building plans near Royal Military Academy leave Brit defence chiefs ‘concerned’
February 21st, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Feb. 21 (ANI): Plans to build a giant mosque overlooking Britain's top military academy has come under fire after top defence chiefs claimed that the new structure poses a security threat ...
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Pakistani troops fire into Indian territory in Jammu
February 14th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistani troops fired rockets and mortar shells into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district for over two hours Saturday evening, army officers said.
A spokesman of the Indian Army's 16 ...
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Fonseka’s wife, Muslim leader claim he has been kidnapped
February 9th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Feb.9 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka army chief Sarath Fonseka's wife, Anoma Fonseka, has charged the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government of kidnapping her husband.
Fonseka was taken into military custody late on Monday night ...
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Pakistan to NATO: Take us into confidence on Afghan operations
February 4th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Rawalpindi, Feb 4 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday urged the US-led NATO forces to take it into confidence before launching operations in areas adjacent to its borders in Afghanistan.
"Pakistan's army should be taken ...
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Afghan national found guilty in U.S. federal court of attempted murder
February 4th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by BNO News
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NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – An Afghan national on Wednesday was found guilty in Manhattan federal court of attempting to murder U.S. nationals in Afghanistan and six additional charges.
Aafia Siddiqui, 37, ...
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Amnesty slams ‘hasty execution’ of Mujib killers
February 3rd, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) Amnesty International Wednesday condemned the "hasty executions" of five former army officers found guilty of the 1975 assassination of Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
"Transparency was ...
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Army chief orders court martial of chief advisor (Second Lead)
January 29th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Heeding the "advice" of Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Indian Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor Friday ordered the court martial of his chief advisor Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash ...
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Move to bring six fugitive Mujib killers to Bangladesh
January 29th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 29 (IANS) Efforts were on to bring back to Bangladesh six fugitive killers of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a minister said.
The minister's statement came after five ...
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Army chief orders court martial of chief aide (Lead)
January 29th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Friday ordered a court martial of his chief advisor Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash for his involvement in a land scam ...
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Five killers of Bangladesh’s founding father hanged (Second Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 35 years after Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, five army officers who were among those convicted for the killing were hanged at Dhaka ...
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Five killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hanged (Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Five former army officers were handcuffed and their heads covered with black hoods before a jail official dropped his handkerchief, a signal to pull the lever to ...
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Five killers of Bangladesh founder executed
January 28th, 2010 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 28 (DPA) Bangladesh early Thursday hanged five out of 12 former military officers convicted in the 1975 assassination of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, media reports said.
The execution of ...
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Antony recommends court martial of top army general (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday recommended court martial of Lt. Gen. Awadesh Prakash for his involvement in a land scam in Sukhna cantonment in West Bengal.
Antony's recommendation ...
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Noose tightens around Mujib killers, review petitions dismissed (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed their review petitions of the five former army officers in prison for the killing of country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They ...
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Submit Bangladesh Rifles mutiny report by March 10, police told
January 27th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) A court here Wednesday directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit by March 10 its probe report in last year's Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny that left ...
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Mujib killers’ review petitions dismissed
January 27th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the review petitions filed by five former army officers who are lodged in prison over the killing of country's founding father Sheikh ...
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Hearing on Mujib killers’ review petitions concludes
January 26th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court Tuesday concluded the hearing on the review petitions filed by five former army officers who are lodged in prison over the killing of country's ...
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Army wants more short service officers
January 26th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
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By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Unable to woo enough officers to join its permanent ranks, the Indian Army has proposed to increase their intake under the Short Service Commission (SSC) ...
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Lanka opposition accuses Rajapaksa of plotting coup
January 25th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Jan.25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's opposition has accused President Rajapaksa of planning to stage a coup if he did not win tomorrow's fiercely contested election.
Opposition leaders cited troop movements and a ...
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Two Sheikh Mujib killers want death sentence commuted
January 25th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 25 (IANS) Two of the five former army officers lodged in prison for the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have appealed to the Supreme Court ...
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53 troopers plead guilty to Bangladesh Rifles mutiny
January 25th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Jan 25 (IANS) Fifty three troopers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have pleaded guilty and begged for mercy for participating in last year's mutiny that left 74 people dead.
A total ...
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