Pakistan to release Sarabjit Singh soon, says lawyer
September 7th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row, is all set to be released by the Pakistani government, his lawyer Awais Sheikh says.Sheikh has said ... Read more...
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Iran pardons 130 inmates ahead of Eid al-Fitr
August 16th, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 130 convicts held on treason charges have been released in Iran on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.The leader of ... Read more...
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No comment on Guru clemency: President-elect Pranab (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) President-elect Pranab Mukherjee Monday refused comment on the clemency plea of 2001 parliament attack convict Afzal Guru till he assumed office and studied the ... Read more...
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President-elect Pranab refuses comment on Guru clemency
July 23rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) President-elect Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he could not comment on the clemency plea of 2001 parliament attack convict Afzal Guru till he assumed office ... Read more...
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Omar disagrees with army over Kashmir situation perception
July 19th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday reacted sharply to a statement by a senior Indian Army officer that the situation in the state is ... Read more...
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Pranab visits Kashmir on poll campaign
July 15th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrived here Sunday to meet Jammu and Kashmir leaders ahead of the July 19 poll, even as ... Read more...
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Brazilian footballer gets jail for torching his house
July 5th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 5 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's Breno Vinicius Rodrigues Borges, a former player for Bayern Munich, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and nine months in jail for intentionally burning ... Read more...
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Mercy pleas decided on home minister’s advice: President’s office
June 25th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil's Office Monday refuted reports that she had acted in haste and had not applied her mind in disposing of mercy petitions ... Read more...
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Beyond champagne chic: a peek into Indian diplomacy
June 25th, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Indian diplomacy is 50 percent protocol, 30 percent alcohol and 20 percent T.N. Kaul (India's legendary foreign secretary in the late sixties), so goes the ... Read more...
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Chisty delighted to be back in Pakistan
May 16th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 16 (IANS) Virologist Mohammed Khalil Chisty, who was in an Indian jail for a 1992 murder and reached here on a plane sent by President Asif Ali ... Read more...
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Zardari sending plane to fly Chisty home
May 15th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) Virologist Mohammed Khalil Chisty will return to Pakistan from India after 20 years in jail on board a special aircraft being sent by President Asif ... Read more...
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Chisti may meet Sarabjit in Pakistan
May 11th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, May 11 (IANS) Octogenarian Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti, who was Thursday permitted by the Supreme Court to visit Pakistan for a temporary stay, would like to meet Sarabjit ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Sikhs give demands charter to Chidambaram
April 12th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 12 (IANS) A Kashmir Sikh group met union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to demand clemency for five Sikhs who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in 1984 and ... Read more...
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British woman on death row in US seeks clemency
April 6th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) A British grandmother on death row in the US has appealed to the British government to save her life.Linda Carty, 53, who has spent 11 years ... Read more...
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Omar believes IPL5 inaugural was ‘tacky’
April 4th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 4 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems to be unhappy with the opening ceremony of IPL5 saying the inaugural couldn't have been more "tacky".Omar ... Read more...
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A life lost, tense days as leaders play politics (Punjab Newsletter)
March 30th, 2012 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) An 18-year-old loses his life, people are injured, public property gets damaged, tension and tempers rise between two communities and the common man is put to ... Read more...
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Shutdown affects Punjab, Rajoana appeals for peace (Third Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man ... Read more...
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Badal to meet president to seek clemency for Rajoana
March 28th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil to demand clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International ... Read more...
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Shutdown hits Punjab, Rajoana appeals for calm (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man ... Read more...
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Akali Dal asks Punjab government, SGPC to save Rajoana
March 25th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Sunday asked the state government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to take all possible legal and other steps to ... Read more...
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Pakistani virologist Chisty released, apex court told
March 19th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Monday that Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khaleel Chishty, undergoing life term in Ajmer jail for murder, was back home after ... Read more...
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Afzal Guru should ‘pay price’, says Farooq
February 26th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should "pay the price" for attacking India, union New and Renewable Energy Minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq ... Read more...
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BJP not soft on corruption: Advani
October 28th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Oct 28 (IANS) Accusing the central government of selectively targeting people involved in scams, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday said here that his ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik, supporters arrested in Srinagar (Lead)
September 30th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 30 (IANS) Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, was arrested along with some of his supporters in Srinagar Friday after he staged ... Read more...
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Afzal Guru’s hanging will re-kindle militancy: Yasin Malik
September 29th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of pro-freedom Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Thursday warned of another extended phase of violence in the valley if local ... Read more...
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Sikh group raps Badal regime in Bhullar case
September 29th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) Thursday demanded that the Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal should stop defending police officers responsible ... Read more...
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Omar fears rise in militancy if Afzal is hanged
September 28th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said he was worried that the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru could revive militancy in the ... Read more...
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Guru clemency resolution has lapsed, says speaker
September 28th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 28 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir assembly resolution seeking clemency for 2001 parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has lapsed, speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone said Wednesday after a ... Read more...
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PDP walks out of Kashmir assembly over grave issue
September 27th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 27 (IANS) The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly after the speaker turned down its demand for a discussion ... Read more...
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National Conference meet inconclusive as both Abdullahs absent
September 25th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 25 (IANS) The crucial National Conference (NC) legislature party meet Sunday ended without reaching any decision on the party's stand on the Afzal Guru clemency resolution likely ... Read more...
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Amarinder questions Badal’s stand on Bhullar clemency
September 25th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) Congress leader Amarinder Singh Sunday questioned the move by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to bring a resolution in the assembly seeking clemency for Khalistani ... Read more...
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BJP not to support Akali Dal on Bhullar clemency
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said it would not support a resolution proposed to be brought by the Shiromani Akali Dal, the senior partner ... Read more...
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PDP to vote for Afzal Guru clemency resolution
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's People's Democratic Party (PDP) Friday decided to vote for the resolution seeking clemency for Dec 13, 2001, parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, which ... Read more...
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NC in dilemma over Afzal Guru clemency resolution
September 19th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 19 (IANS) The ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir is in a dilemma over which way to vote when the Afzal Guru clemency resolution comes up in ... Read more...
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Kashmir assembly to take up Afzal mercy plea Sep 28
September 17th, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) The resolution seeking clemency for parliament attack convict Afzal Guru will be tabled in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Sep 28, an official said Saturday.The resolution ... Read more...
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