Three dead in Pakistan train attack
August 29th, 2011 - 5:29 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Firing and rocket attacks on a passenger train in southwest Pakistan Sunday left three people dead and 19 others injured, a media report said.The Quetta Express ... Read more...
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Two NATO tankers torched in Pakistan
August 28th, 2011 - 7:41 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Two NATO oil tankers were destroyed in a fire in southwest Pakistan after gunmen opened fire at the vehicles, a media report said.The tankers caught fire ... Read more...
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Writer William Dalrymple turns to first Anglo-Afghan war (With Image)
March 14th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Award winning writer William Dalrymple, the author of books like "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" and "White Mughals", is exploring ... Read more...
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Floods kill over 100 in Pakistan
July 29th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 29 (DPA) Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 100 people and injured dozens more in Pakistan's north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported Thursday.
Thousands more were left ... Read more...
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NATO supply trucks attacked in Balochistan
June 13th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta (Balochistan), Jun.13 (ANI): NATO supply tankers enroute to Afghanistan were once again attacked in Pakistan as unidentified gunmen targeted several trucks in Mach area of Balochistan's Bolan district.According to reports, some ... Read more...
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Scrap POSCO project, says Orissa’s fact-finding team
May 31st, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) A six-member fact finding team, headed by Justice (retd) Hosbert Suresh of the Bombay High Court, Monday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposed POSCO project in Orissa's ... Read more...
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Windies beat England, enter under-19 World Cup semi-final
January 23rd, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Rangiora (New Zealand), Jan.23 (ANI): A five-wicket haul by young Barbadian pacer Jason Holder and half-centuries by Kraigg Brathwaite and Andre Creary,helped the West Indies to beat England in a quarter-final encounter ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s war against terror affects migratory birds (Lead)
November 5th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) The escalating war against terrorism in Pakistan has affected migratory birds as their route has been disturbed.
An unusual delay in the arrival of migratory birds to Sindh ... Read more...
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War against terror drives away migratory birds: Pakistani official
November 5th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) An unusual delay in the arrival of migratory birds this winter can be attributed to the war on terror, a Pakistani official has said, adding "their route ... Read more...
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Train blast kills one, injures 35 in Pakistan city
June 11th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 11(ANI): At least one person was killed and 35 left injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in a train in Quetta city of Pakistan.According to a railway ... Read more...
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One killed, 35 hurt in Pakistan train blast
June 11th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) One person was killed and 35 hurt in a train blast Thursday in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said.
The blast occurred in the third carriage of the ... Read more...
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