Britain asks Pakistan to finish Haqqani network
December 2nd, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Ahead of the Bonn conference on Afghanistan, Britain's AfPak envoy Mark Sedwill Friday "regretted" Pakistan's boycott of the conclave, but at the same time ... Read more...
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Kashmir lawyers boycott courts, seek AFSPA revocation
December 1st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) Lawyers in Kashmir Thursday boycotted courts for the day protesting the proposed amendment to the Ranbir Penal Code, special to Jammu and Kashmir, to provide ... Read more...
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BJP using language of mafia, says Congress
November 23rd, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its remarks that price rise could lead to violence, and said such ... Read more...
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Important bills, no case for boycott: PM
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said some "very important" bills are to be presented in the winter session of parliament and hoped that the ... Read more...
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South African-born England all-rounder Basil D’Oliveira dead
November 19th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 19 (IANS) South African-born English cricketer Basil D'Oliveira passed away early Saturday morning. D'Oliveira, 80, was not keeping well for some time.
He came into the limelight in ... Read more...
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Bankers boycott Mario Batali over his Hitler comment
November 10th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Celebrity chef Mario Batali has come under fire for comparing bankers to Adolf Hitler and Stalin. The comparison was not taken lightly by the financial institutions and ... Read more...
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Four JMM legislators boycott legislative party meeting
October 19th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 18 (IANS) Expressing unhappiness with the functioning of Jharkhand government, four of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) 17 legislators boycotted the party legislative party meeting Tuesday.The four legislators -- ... Read more...
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Kudankulam blockade unfortunate, says union minister, urges talks
October 15th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 15 (IANS) The blocking of entry points by anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) activists, preventing employees from going to work, is an unfortunate development and they should come ... Read more...
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TDP MLA resigns, joins TRS
September 29th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has received another setback with one of its legislators resigning from the party and joining the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), ... Read more...
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Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh boycott work
September 5th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh struck work Monday to protest the killing of two of their colleagues during a clash with revenue officials in Lakhimpuri Kheri district, ... Read more...
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Glenn Beck’s campaign ‘Standing with Israel’ runs into trouble
August 24th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Glenn Beck’s planned campaign “Standing with Israel” has prompted calls from some quarters for the boycott of television network TBN. Beck plans to rally support for Israel ... Read more...
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Cook destined to have illustrious career: Vaughan
August 17th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Former captain Michael Vaughan believes England opener Alastair Cook is destined to have an illustrious cricket career.Cook, 26, rediscovered his form with a career-best 294 in ... Read more...
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Black money running parallel economy: Tripura chief minister
August 15th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 15 (IANS) A nexus between politicians, top bureaucrats and corporate managers was trying to govern India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Monday while expressing concern at increasing ... Read more...
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Telangana employees boycott talks over proposed strike
August 5th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Government employees in Telangana Friday boycotted talks with the Andhra Pradesh cabinet sub-committee over their proposed general strike from Aug 17 to push for a ... Read more...
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Australia boycott of Sri Lanka will hit world cricket: Muralidharan
July 14th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 14 (IANS) Spin legend Muttiah Muralidharan feels the screening of "Four Corners", a graphic Channel 4 documentary about atrocities committed during the end of the Sri Lankan ... Read more...
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Boycott Goa chief minister: Congress ideologue
June 14th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) A former head of the Congress think tank in Goa Tuesday called for a civil society boycott of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's official functions to protest ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah happy over panchayat polls, fears resistance
June 12th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday expressed his happiness over the peaceful conduct of the panchayat elections in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region, ... Read more...
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Civil society members boycott Lokpal bill meeting (Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Social reformer Anna Hazare and other civil society members Monday boycotted the Lokpal bill drafting panel meeting, saying the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev ... Read more...
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Congress boycotts Karnataka assembly, seeks speaker’s resignation
June 3rd, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 3 (IANS) The Congress Friday stayed away from the Karnataka assembly and decided not to attend the remaining eight days of the session, demanding Speaker K.G. Bopaiah's ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa wins trust-vote amid walkout, boycott (Second Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) Amidst a noisy walkout by the Congress and a boycott by the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday won a trust vote ... Read more...
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62 percent voting in sixth phase of Bihar panchayat polls (Lead)
May 6th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 6 (IANS) An estimated 62 percent voting was recorded Friday in the sixth round of Bihar's 10-phase panchayat polls amid reports of sporadic incidents of violence, officials said.According ... Read more...
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Peaceful voting in sixth phase of Bihar panchayat polls
May 6th, 2011 - 10:38 am ICT by IANS
Patna, May 6 (IANS) The sixth phase of the Bihar panchayat polls proceeded peacefully Friday amid tight security, officials said. Polling is being held in 58 village blocks of 37 ... Read more...
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Modi alleges oppression, vows to fight
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 1 (IANS) As the curtains dropped on the celebrations of Gujarat's golden jubilee here Sunday, Chief Minister Narendra Modi used the formal platform to attack his detractors."Every ... Read more...
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Woman harassed by panchayat kills herself
April 30th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pali (Rajasthan), April 30 (IANS) Depressed over harassment by a local panchayat (council), a 21-year-old woman committed suicide by immolating herself in a Rajasthan village, police said Saturday.According to a ... Read more...
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Fletcher took being miserable to a new level: Veterans
April 28th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 28 (ANI): Veteran cricketers who have known or interacted with newly appointed Indian cricket team coach Duncan Fletcher, have said that he will have to work on his interactive skills.At ... Read more...
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Muslim actress branded a ‘western slut’ after posing naked for Playboy
April 27th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 26 (ANI): The nude pictures of a Muslim actress in the German May 2011 issue of Playboy are stirring up outrage in the Muslim community.Sila Sahin, a 25-year-old Turkish ... Read more...
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Wear headscarf or face death, woman told in Britain
April 18th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 18 (IANS) A non-Muslim woman in Britain, who wears Western clothes, was told to wear a hijab or face death, a media report said Monday.The Sun reported ... Read more...
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Polling begins for second phase of panchayat polls in J-K
April 17th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 17 (ANI): Despite the killing of a woman candidate in Chrar-e-Sharief area of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam District and the mounting militant threats, polling is underway in five blocks of ... Read more...
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Re-polling ends in Tamil Nadu
April 16th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Re-poll in eight polling stations in six assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu ended 5 p.m. Saturday with an average voter turnout of 81.3 percent, an official ... Read more...
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Re-poll ordered in five Tamil Nadu constituencies
April 14th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday ordered a re-poll Saturday at seven polling booths in five assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.The re-polling was ordered in polling booths falling ... Read more...
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High voter turnout marks peaceful Kashmir panchayat polls (Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) Heavy voter turnout marked an incident-free first phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday.In the Kashmir Valley, preliminary trends indicated 77 percent voter turnout ... Read more...
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Huffington Post sued by unpaid bloggers
April 13th, 2011 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 13 (IANS/EFE) The Huffington Post is being sued for $105 million on behalf of the roughly 9,000 bloggers who have contributed content to the website, which was ... Read more...
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Panchayat polls begin in Kashmir
April 13th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) The first phase of polling for the multi-phased Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections started here Wednesday with queues seen outside several polling booths.Voting began at 8 ... Read more...
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Kazakh president calls election fair, opposition cries foul
April 4th, 2011 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Astana, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called Sunday's presidential polls "open and fair" whereas the opposition denounced them as a sham."Exit polls said the Kazakhs approve ... Read more...
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45 percent decline in militancy in Kashmir
April 1st, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) There has been a 45 percent drop in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in January to March compared to the corresponding period last year, state police ... Read more...
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