Bangladesh objections hold up Tripura projects: Minister
August 4th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tripura's many projects of irrigation, flood control and embankment building have been stopped since 2007 following objections from Bangladesh, a state minister said ... Read more...
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Dutch court bans foreigners from Cannabis cafes
April 28th, 2012 - 8:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Dutch court has upheld a law banning foreigners from entering "coffee shops" to buy marijuana and hashish.The legislation comes into effect in three southern ... Read more...
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China for manufacturing hubs near Pakistan
November 7th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 7 (IANS) China has worked out policies to transform two western border towns into key financial and manufacturing hubs linking the country's inland areas with Kazakhstan and Pakistan ... Read more...
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Issue of cross-border mobile signals to be taken up: Deora
August 24th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The department of telecommunications has asked the external affairs ministry to discuss with Islamabad and Dhaka the issue of mobile signals being available in Indian ... Read more...
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Mamata sends trade envoys to Nepal
July 28th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 28 (IANS) Losing no time after assuming the reins of former red bastion West Bengal's government, its new chief minister Mamata Banerjee has sent trade envoys to ... Read more...
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Northeast rebels visiting China for arms: Government
March 9th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it had inputs suggesting that some rebel leaders in the northeastern states had visited China on many occasions to seek help ... Read more...
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Young Mexican woman police chief to seek US asylum after death threats
March 6th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): Young Mexican police chief Marisol Valles Garcia, who accepted to be in charge of one of state's most dangerous drug war border towns, has reportedly fled the city ... Read more...
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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, Srinagar-Jammu highway closed
January 14th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 14 (IANS) The strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed due to slippery road conditions as the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall Friday morning.The minimum temperature was 0.4 degree Celsius ... Read more...
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Indian gets 39-year jail for slaying Nepali schoolgirl
November 20th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) A 43-year-old Indian, who had been working in Nepal as a teacher, has been sentenced to 39 years behind bars for the gruesome murder of his ... Read more...
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When marriage turns Ram into Ravan
October 13th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 13 (IANS) Twenty years ago, Ganesh Jha of India's Ayodhya town was known as Ram.The 40-year-old is one of the major actors at the Saket Adarsha Ramlila Mandal ... Read more...
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Sharing needles may play major role in transmission of syphilis
April 29th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 29 (ANI): A new study has discovered that female sex workers who inject drugs and share needles are at a greater danger of contracting syphilis than those who don't.A binational ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guard mutineers’ trial adjourned
April 27th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) had "pre-planned" last year's mutiny during which officers who had raised their hands were gunned down, a special court was told Tuesday.
A ... Read more...
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56 more Bangladesh border guards convicted for mutiny
April 19th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 19 (IANS) Another 56 troopers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country's border guards, were Monday convicted for staging a violent mutiny last year in which 71 people, including the force's ... Read more...
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UN urges restraint as Nepal’s Maoist strike turns violent
December 21st, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) An alarmed UN called for restraint as the general strike enforced by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas entered the second day Monday amidst reports of widespread violence.
Police said 72 ... Read more...
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Hundreds of Indians hit as Maoist strike cripples Nepal (Lead)
December 6th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 6 (IANS) Thousands of people across Nepal, including hundreds of Indians, were left in dire straits as the Maoists went on a fresh vandalising spree Sunday to enforce ... Read more...
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Kabir to inspire hearts in Nepal
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 2 (IANS) He was thought to have been born a Muslim and yet his songs are part of the Guru Granth sahib, the sacred text of Sikhs. A weaver by ... Read more...
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World’s ‘most wanted’ criminals making Nepal their home
October 14th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 14 (IANS) The man trying to cross into India through the Kakarbhitta border check post in eastern Nepal's Jhapa district caught the attention of police though he presented ... Read more...
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Delhi keen, but Dhaka wants to go slow on border trade
August 13th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Dhaka has opted for a 'go slow' approach to a proposal by Delhi to set up markets at some border points to facilitate commodity exchange between small traders ... Read more...
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Amid violence, Indians get caught up in Nepal’s witch hunt
April 23rd, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 23 (IANS) Dasharath Sawant, a 55-year-old soothsayer from India's Maharashtra state, had hoped to visit the famed Pashupatinath shrine in Kathmandu with seven members of his family.On the ... Read more...
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Obama welcomes French decision to rejoin NATO command
March 22nd, 2009 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Saturday welcomed France's decision to return to NATO's military command after a 43-year absence, saying France's "full participation ... will contribute to a ... Read more...
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Drug Lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera on Forbes’ List of Billionaires
March 13th, 2009 - 12:11 am ICT by GD
Forbes's list of the richest people in the world now has a fugitive Mexican drug lord, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "Shorty". He heads the infamous Sinaloa Cartel.Mexico's Most Wanted man ... Read more...
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Nabbed Nepal journalist flaunts Indian links
February 5th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IANS) A high-flying Nepali journalist who was arrested by Nepal police Tuesday for allegedly aiding an underground armed organisation in trying to extort money from a businessman, apparently flaunted ... Read more...
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Nepal lawmakers check border for Indian intrusion
January 31st, 2009 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 31 (IANS) A team of Nepal's lawmakers Saturday begun inspecting the nation's eastern border with India to look into the mounting allegations from border towns that the neighbouring country was ... Read more...
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Nepal flays India as floods ravage border areas
August 19th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 19 (IANS) Officials and endangered families in Nepal's border villages are blaming India after heavy rains damaged a barrage and triggered floods that have destroyed thousands of homes and are ... Read more...
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Massive jailbreak in Nepal terai, 54 inmates flee coop
August 13th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) In the biggest jailbreak of its kind since the Maoist guerrillas signed a peace pact two years ago, nearly five dozen prisoners, armed with daggers and other weapons, ... Read more...
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Hindi row turns into war in Nepal
July 29th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 29 (IANS) The raging row in Nepal sparked by the vice-president taking his oath of office in Hindi last week turned into war Tuesday with the rift between ... Read more...
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Is NATO readying to strike northwest Pakistan?
July 16th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) After deploying troops across the Kurram Agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has sent soldiers to the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), raising fears ... Read more...
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Nepal police arrest 10 secret Tibetan marchers
July 10th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) Police have arrested 10 Tibetans who were on a secret march to Lhasa from a village in north Nepal regarded as the gateway to Mt Everest. ... Read more...
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India to develop Bhutan’s hydro potential, import 10,000 MW (Roundup)
May 16th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
By Murali Krishnan
Thimpu, May 16 (IANS) In this celebratory year of monarchic Bhutan's transition to the world's youngest democracy, India Friday made a significant move to broaden its energy basket by pledging ... Read more...
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After India, Nepal bans food item exports
May 1st, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 1 (IANS) Fearing a severe food crisis after its giant southern neighbour India slashed the export of rice to battle soaring prices, Nepal too has banned the sale ... Read more...
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Hamas offers Israel six-month ceasefire in Gaza Strip
April 25th, 2008 - 7:34 am ICT by admin
DPA
Cairo/Tel Aviv, April 25 (DPA) The Palestinian militant group Hamas has offered Israel a six-month ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, broadcast and other media reports in the region said late Thursday. The ... Read more...
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Israel promises to ease restrictions on West Bank
March 27th, 2008 - 10:51 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Tel Aviv, March 27 (RIA Novosti) Israel has said it will ease restrictions on the West Bank without compromising the country's security. Defence Minister Ehud Barak conveyed this during his talks ... Read more...
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‘Gudiya’ strikes blow for gay rights in Nepal polls
March 20th, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
(Feature)
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) With the crucial election in Nepal three weeks away, eunuch Rajjab Ali's day starts early. With practiced expertise, he drapes himself in a maroon sari with ... Read more...
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Traders strike in Kathmandu to protest Indian woman’s murder
March 2nd, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 2 (IANS) A business pressure group has called a one-day traders' strike in the Kathmandu Valley Sunday to protest the murder of an Indian woman after she and ... Read more...
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Nepal rebel leader raises battle cry for independent Terai
March 1st, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Even as the Nepal government tried to allay the fomenting unrest in its restive southern plains by signing a new pact with ethnic groups and promising ... Read more...
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