Ramdev says campaign will continue, reaches Haridwar (Third Lead, Changing Dateline)
June 14th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar, June 14 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was back here Tuesday after being discharged from a Dehradun hospital. He said his campaign against corruption will continue and the "sacrifices" ... Read more...
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Ramdev discharged, says campaign will continue (Second Lead)
June 14th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, June 14 (IANS) The campaign against graft will continue and the "sacrifices" made by his followers will not go in vain, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said Tuesday after being ... Read more...
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Ramdev discharged, vows to fight on (Lead)
June 14th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, June 14 (IANS) Baba Ramdev was discharged from hospital here Tuesday morning, with doctors asking him not to do yoga and breathing exercises for a few days. The yoga ... Read more...
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Anish Kapoor slams China over artist’s detention
May 11th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor has called for museums and galleries across the world to be closed for a day to protest China's detention of artist Ai ... Read more...
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Seven men found buried alive in Gadaffi’s East Libya compound
February 28th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): A disturbing new evidence of the barbarity of Libyan despot Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime in East Libya has emerged. Seven prisoners rescued by the opposition movement after they ... Read more...
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Cameron urges British Muslims to help fight extremism
December 31st, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 31 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday warned that the terrorist threat in Britain is 'as serious as it ever has been' and urged the Muslims in the ... Read more...
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Incestuous Austrian expresses love for wife
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 2 (IANS) Josef Fritzl, the incestuous man from Austria who was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his daughter and fathering seven children with her, has said he loves his ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan should play more meaningful role on Kashmir’
September 19th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) The "freedom struggle in occupied Kashmir" is fast reaching its objective and it is time Pakistan intervenes more forcefully and initiates a global diplomatic and media campaign to ... Read more...
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‘India using hunting weapons against protesting Kashmiris’
August 30th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) India is using weapons "used to kill animals" against protesting Kashmiris, an editorial in a Pakistani daily said Monday, lamenting the lack of concern in the world ... Read more...
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France, India will halt barbarism of Taliban: Sarkozy
October 10th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with India after the attack on its embassy in Kabul Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying France ... Read more...
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Pak PM Gilani says terrorism and extremism are the nation’s biggest worries
August 14th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the nation's biggest worries were terrorism and extremism, but reiterated that his government is resolute in its ... Read more...
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Terrorism is biggest threat to Pakistan: Gilani
August 14th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday termed terrorism as the biggest threat to the country and said his government was committed to eliminate this menace through ... Read more...
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Lahori artistes battle Taliban barbarity with their music, humour and drama
July 29th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 29 (ANI): The jam-packed theatre hosting the Lahore International Arts Festival has testified that the spirit of Lahoris has survived last year's bombing at the event by the Taliban.While ... Read more...
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A rape-cum-murder convict invites apex court’s wrath
April 17th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A Tamil Nadu resident, sentenced to life in jail for raping his brother's wife and then burning her alive along with her 13-month-old child to screen his ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban defends flogging, says Sharia permits it
April 4th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Ignoring the widespread shock evoked by the scenes of a young woman being publicly flogged, the Pakistani Taliban said Saturday that the punishment meted out was just ... Read more...
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Raise your voices against Swat flogging: Pakistani newspaper
April 4th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) "Raise your voices loud in protest," an editorial in a leading Pakistani daily urged Saturday, a day after a shocked nation watched a video of a 17-year-old ... Read more...
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Ban sought on tests of cosmetic on animals
June 17th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss requesting him to "ban cruel and archaic tests" of cosmetics on ... Read more...
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Lhasa crackdown echoes in parliament
March 17th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The crackdown by China against protesters in Tibetan capital Lhasa echoed in parliament Monday with the government being asked to make a statement on how it intended ... Read more...
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