Naga women’s body agitates in Manipur
February 9th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Feb 9 (IANS) The Naga Women's Union (NWU), Manipur, Thursday held a "public curfew" programme in all the four Naga dominated districts of Manipur demanding unconditional release of a ... Read more...
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Peace Accord with Black Widow rebel faction soon: Chidambaram
January 24th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday hinted that the government is planning to sign a peace accord with the Dima Halam Daogah faction of rebels ... Read more...
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Ceasefire agreements with Assam rebel groups extended
January 18th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday extended by another six months separate ceasefire agreements with two rebel groups in Assam that would facilitate the ongoing peace process ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops target Indian border posts
January 5th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 5 (IANS) Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and fired at Indian posts in the Krishna Ghati sector of Ponch ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan to renew n-accidents pact
December 27th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Senior officials of India and Pakistan Tuesday ended their two-day talks in Islamabad by agreeing to consider renewing for another five years a pact ... Read more...
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No talks with Taliban: Rehman Malik
December 12th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The government would not hold talks with Pakistani Taliban, which is responsible for a string of terror attacks, until the terrorists surrender, said Interior Minister ... Read more...
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Cross-Kashmir trade mired in problems
December 4th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 4 (IANS) Cross-Kashmir trade across the Line of Control (LoC), that began as a much vaunted confidence building measure between India and Pakistan three years ago risks becoming ... Read more...
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India mulling naval protocol to prevent skirmishes at sea
December 2nd, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) In the light of some incidents involving warships from Pakistan and China, India is considering a protocol on the lines of the Cold War era ... Read more...
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Kishenji eliminated in Didi’s regime - an irony? (West Bengal Newsletter)
November 27th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Security forces achieved their biggest success in West Bengal when Maoist commander Kishenji was killed. While this is seen as a major setback for the ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban hold peace talks
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban, responsible for a string of terror attacks across the country, have said they have held initial peace talks with the government, but ... Read more...
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NSCN status sparks row in India’s northeast
November 18th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IANS) Governments of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have urged New Delhi to clarify plans to offer a 'supra-state body' to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ... Read more...
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Four separatists jailed for over 50 years in Spain
November 17th, 2011 - 6:30 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 17 (IANS) The Spanish National Court has sentenced four members of a separatist group ETA to jail for over 50 years, Xinhua reported.The Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna, or ETA ... Read more...
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Mamata stifling voice of protests: Rights activists
November 16th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Human rights activists Wednesday protested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's threat of police action against "people who support and glorify Maoists" and accused her ... Read more...
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Maoists end ceasefire; Mamata says joint forces operation on
November 15th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Within hours of the Maoists calling off the ceasefire, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced that the joint forces operation against the rebels ... Read more...
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BJP slams government for Manipur blockade
November 7th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday described the situation in Manipur as grim despite one group lifting the highway blockade and urged the central ... Read more...
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Sardar Patel would have liberated Pakistani Kashmir: Chouhan
November 1st, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 31 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Monday said that had the Kashmir issue been in the hands of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the portion of Kashmir ... Read more...
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ULFA demands constitutional amendment at talks
October 25th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A charter of demands of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which includes constitutional amendments to provide Assam greater control over its ... Read more...
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Accept mistake about Maoists, Biman tells Mamata
October 16th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose Sunday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to accept her "mistake" for ignoring the Maoists during her days as ... Read more...
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Relief package for migrants on the way
October 9th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 9 (IANS) The central and the Jammu and Kashmir governments are working on a relief package for about 20,000 families who had migrated from Pakistan administered Kashmir during ... Read more...
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Stop operation, we will hold arms for a month: Maoists
October 4th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) The Maoists Tuesday announced they were prepared to hold arms for a month if the West Bengal government halted the joint security forces' operation to ... Read more...
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Ceasefire with Meghalaya rebel group extended
September 23rd, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 23 (IANS) The central government Friday extended the ceasefire with the Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC), a powerful rebel group in Meghalaya, by another one year till Sep ... Read more...
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Mamata raising another Salwa Judum: Maoist sympathiser
September 19th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Litterateur and Maoist sympathiser Varavara Rao Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of raising an armed group similar to Salwa Judum, the anti-Maoist ... Read more...
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Artillery exchanges between India and Pakistan on LoC
September 1st, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Heavy exchange of artillery firing has been on since Thursday morning in north Kashmir's Keran sector on the line of control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, ... Read more...
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Kashmir nomads want access to pastures close to LoC
August 28th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 28 (IANS) An organisation of nomads in Jammu and Kashmir has sought access for them and their livestock to pastures along the Line of Control (LoC) between Indian ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops violate ceasefire in Kashmir
August 26th, 2011 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistani troops opened heavy gunfire on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, army sources said Friday.The troops fired at the ... Read more...
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Syria vote: India calls lack of consensus regrettable
August 25th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, Aug 24 (IANS) Explaining its abstention in the vote on a resolution on Syria in the Human Rights Council, India has rued the lack of consensus in the Geneva-based ... Read more...
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Indian Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir
August 23rd, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 23 (IANS) The Indian Army Tuesday foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistani troops opened fire in the Mankote area of Mendhar in Poonch district, ... Read more...
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UN sees no military solution to Libya conflict
August 12th, 2011 - 7:00 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) There can be no military solution to the Libyan crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said."The secretary general calls on all parties ... Read more...
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UN chief urges political solution to Libyan crisis
August 11th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Thursday called for a political solution to end the ongoing civil war in Libya, which has left thousands of people killed.UN Secretary-General ... Read more...
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Andhra Pradesh extends ban on CPI (Maoist)
August 9th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday extended for another year the ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and six of its frontal organisations, officials said.The ... Read more...
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US Senate asks Russia to pull out from Abkhazia, South Ossetia
July 31st, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US Senate has adopted a resolution calling on Russia to respect Georgia's territorial integrity and to withdraw its troops from the breakaway states ... Read more...
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Ignoring Pakistan, India sending civilian trek to Siachen
July 25th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Ignoring objections from Pakistan yet again, India is planning to organise another civilian trekking expedition to the forbidding heights of the Siachen Glacier in September, ... Read more...
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Two army officers killed in Siachen bunker fire (Second Lead)
July 22nd, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) An army major and a lieutenant were burned to death and four soldiers were injured in a fire at their bunker on the Siachen Glacier, ... Read more...
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Two army officers killed in fire in Siachen (Lead)
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) An Indian Army major and lieutenant were killed in a fire that broke out at a post in Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, sources said ... Read more...
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Libya welcomes Russian efforts in peace talks
July 21st, 2011 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Libya will support any Russian assistance in the peaceful mediation of the crisis in the country, a minister has said.Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi ... Read more...
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