War-torn Guatemalan family reunited after 25 years
February 9th, 2012 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Feb 9 (IANS/EFE) A family was reunited Wednesday in this capital 25 years after being separated by the country's 1960-1996 civil war.The Mutual Support Group, or GAM, with ... Read more...
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Pet tiger escapes, causes scare in Mexico
December 31st, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) A pet tiger kept by an attorney in Mexico escaped from its home and spurred a massive deployment of policemen and firefighters in a northern ... Read more...
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India-China defence dialogue Friday
December 8th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India and China hold their annual defence dialogue Friday when the two sides will exchange their perspectives on regional and global security issues, apart ... Read more...
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Varun Gandhi among MPs at Indian Army exercise
December 3rd, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Members of parliament, including Bharatiya Janata Party's Varun Gandhi, all part of a parliamentary committee on defence, Saturday got an opportunity to witness one ... Read more...
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India, China to discuss regional security Dec 9
November 30th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) India and China will hold their annual defence dialogue Dec 9 when the two sides will exchange their perspectives on regional and global security ... Read more...
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Dhoni, Bindra join elite group as honorary Lt. Colonels
November 1st, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympian gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra Tuesday officially became honorary Lieutenant Colonels in the Territorial Army with ... Read more...
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Army, IAF’s relief, reconstruction efforts on in Sikkim
October 17th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Oct 17 (IANS) A month after a quake devastated the mountainous state of Sikkim, defence personnel are still engaged in relief and reconstruction work in the state's North district ... Read more...
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Citing domestic duties, India withdraws choppers from UN Congo mission
October 14th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India has withdrawn all its attack and transport helicopters from the United Nations mission in Congo this month, citing their requirement in domestic security roles."The ... Read more...
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Indian Army troops to get hi-tech shelters by 2012
October 13th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Several thousand Indian Army soldiers posted in rugged mountain terrain of Jammu and Kashmir along the borders with Pakistan and China will now be able ... Read more...
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Kidnapping victims held in Mexican jail
October 7th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Oct 7 (IANS/EFE) A kidnapping gang linked to a drug cartel used a municipal jail in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon to hold hostages while it ... Read more...
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Four infiltrators killed on LoC
October 1st, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Four separatist guerrillas have been killed in a gunfight that broke out Saturday after army troops intercepted a group of infiltrating militants on the Line of ... Read more...
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Army foils major infiltration bid, five guerrillas killed
August 20th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Foiling a major infiltration bid in north Kashmir along the Line of Control (LOC), the army troops gunned down five guerrillas in an ongoing gunfight. One ... Read more...
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First India-France army war game in Sept-Oct
July 29th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India will for the first time hold a joint army war game with France when platoon-sized forces from each side undertake counter-terrorism operations at Chaubatia ... Read more...
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Indian Army celebrates Kargil war Victory Day
July 26th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 26 (IANS) Indian Army troops across Jammu and Kashmir, operating under the Northern Command, Tuesday paid homage to the 527 soldiers who laid down their lives during the ... Read more...
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Indian Army gets nod to fire back at Maoists
July 12th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The government has permitted the Indian Army to fire back at the Maoists in self-defence by amending the rules of engagement, Defence Minister A.K. Antony ... Read more...
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Mexican soldiers held for torture, killing of civilians
July 7th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Two non-commissioned army officers have been arrested and handed over to a military judge on charges that they murdered a civilian and tortured a ... Read more...
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Mexican drug boss held
June 22nd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 22 (IANS/EFE) The head of Mexico's notorious drug cartel La Familia has been arrested, officials said.Jesus Mendez was captured Tuesday by the federal police in the central ... Read more...
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Mass grave found in Syria
June 13th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 12 (IANS) Syrian army troops Sunday discovered a mass grave near a security detachment in the violence-hit area of Jisr al-Shughour, eyewitnesses told Xinhua.The mass grave is believed ... Read more...
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PIOs, Indians asked to leave Yemen urgently
June 7th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) With more people getting killed in clashes in Yemen, India Tuesday renewed its appeal to its nationals and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) to leave ... Read more...
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17 escape from prison in Mexican border city
May 26th, 2011 - 5:11 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 26 (IANS/EFE) Seventeen inmates tunnelled their way out of a prison in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, authorities in the northern state of Tamaulipas said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Indian Army, air force practice enemy annihilation
May 12th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Iqbalpur (Rajasthan), May 12 (IANS) India Thursday ended a week-long war game close to the Pakistan border when army troops and battle tanks practised manoeuvres aimed at useing fire ... Read more...
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Antony asks troops along Pakistan border to defeat any ‘misadventure’
May 2nd, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Jaisalmer, May 2 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday reviewed the operational preparedness of Indian Army troops along the Pakistan border in Rajasthan and asked them to remain vigilant to ... Read more...
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Two top militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir
April 24th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by BNO News
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR (BNO NEWS) -- Two top militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed Sunday during an encounter with army troops in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Press Trust of ... Read more...
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Two LeT militants killed in J-K encounter
April 24th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Army troops shot down two militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror oufit during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban District.According to reports, the two militants, who ... Read more...
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65 militants killed in Afghanistan
April 21st, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 21 (IANS) Sixty-five militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in eastern Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Thursday.The fighting took place in the Baraki Barak district of ... Read more...
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India, Singapore troops hold joint exercise
March 26th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Indian Army is holding month-long joint war games with Singapore Army troops at Babina in Madhya Pradesh, where the two sides conjured up a ... Read more...
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Four IEDs detected, defused in Kashmir
March 15th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) Timely detection and disposal of four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by police and the army Tuesday averted a major tragedy in Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said.A ... Read more...
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Slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s mother passes away in Sri Lanka
February 20th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Feb 20(ANI): The mother of V. Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), passed away in a Jaffna hospital on Sunday morning.According to the ... Read more...
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9 die in shootout in Mexico
February 11th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) Eight gunmen and one soldier died in a shootout in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, authorities said.Two other soldiers were wounded in the clash, which broke ... Read more...
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5 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway
February 8th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) The police found five mutilated bodies over the weekend on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon along with a message from a drug ... Read more...
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6 partially burned bodies found in Mexico
February 1st, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Feb 1 (IANS/EFE) Army troops found the partially burned bodies of six men on a highway outside Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, police said.The ... Read more...
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‘Tagore never wanted experiments on his compositions’
January 26th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) Eminent singer Dwijen Mukherjee, who was named for Padma Bhushan award, Wednesday said Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore never wanted experimentations on his composition."I am deadly against those ... Read more...
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‘No reduction of army troops in J-K’, says Antony
January 21st, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 21 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday ruled out the reduction of army troops in Jammu and Kashmir.Denying the recent reports of removal of army from the ... Read more...
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Not the right time to reduce troops in Kashmir: Army commander
January 15th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 15 (IANS) A day after Home Secretary G.K.Pillai announced security forces in Jammu and Kashmir will be reduced by 25 percent, the Indian Army's commander in the ... Read more...
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Biden: U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014 if asked
January 11th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 deadline if Afghans want them and need them.According to Obama's ... Read more...
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