South Sudan seeks Indian help in parliamentary work (With images)
July 13th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) South Sudan, a year-old African nation, is seeking India's help in creating its parliamentary systems and a delegation is here to study the ... Read more...
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Congress claim whittles, BJP coy over seats
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) After consistently claiming that the Congress-NCP alliance would win 25 seats in the Goa assembly, Congress leader Francisco Sardinha has scaled down the assessment to ... Read more...
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Drunken Russian official fired for jumping out of window
January 24th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian official has been sacked for jumping out of the office window while drunk.Alexander Vatrushkin worked with the Investigative Committee in Ulyanovsk, around 750 ... Read more...
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Libyan NTC member doubts Gaddafi death account
October 23rd, 2011 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Oct 23 (IANS) A member of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) has raised doubts over the exact circumstances of the death of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, Al Jazeera reported."Gaddafi ... Read more...
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Medals for London Olympics unveiled
July 28th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The 2012 London Olympics medals have been unveiled, marking the one-year countdown to the mega event.The medals were revealed at a special ceremony attended Princess Anne, ... Read more...
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Russia plans ‘child abandonment’ centres
May 31st, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian women who do not want to keep their newborn babies will be able to leave their children anonymously in special centres if new legislation ... Read more...
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High-level committee to trail money laundering (Lead)
April 25th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a multi-disciplinary committee, comprising top officials of different departments, to oversee and coordinate ... Read more...
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BJP wants Shunglu Committee report on Commonwealth Games tabled in Parliament
March 25th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar.25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party walked out of the Lok Sabha today, over the Government's delay in tabling the Shunglu Committee report, probing the alleged irregularities in the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court declines to block Godhra carnage verdict (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to restrain a special fast track court in Gujarat from pronouncing its verdict Feb 19 in the 2002 Godhra train carnage ... Read more...
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Kaczynski’s brother blasts Russian probe of plane crash
January 12th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Jan 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Jaroslaw Kaczynski, opposition leader and the twin brother of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski, criticised Wednesday the Russian investigation of the plane crash that killed the leader ... Read more...
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Now, Cabinet Secretary snubs Kalmadi
October 24th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 24 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi who is facing charges of corruption in the sporting event, was not invited to a thanksgiving dinner hosted by ... Read more...
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Nepal looking to India to resolve impasse? (Capital Buzz)
October 10th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Nepal looking to India to resolve impasse? (Capital Buzz)New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) At the instance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon has begun discussions at various ... Read more...
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Battle to control Rs.7 bn Lilavati Hospital hots up
July 31st, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) The ongoing family feud for control over the estimated seven billion-rupee business empire linked to the Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre here Saturday took a new turn with ... Read more...
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Congress leaders into illegal mining, not me: Reddy
July 19th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 19 (IANS) Karnataka Tourism Minister and iron ore mine owner G. Janardhana Reddy Monday charged that many state Congress leaders, and not he, were into illegal mining and exports.
Quoting a ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games: Queen’s baton arrives in India
June 25th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, June 25 (ANI): The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) arrived in India from Pakistan via the Wagah Border on Friday.The baton entered India at 9.30 a.m.The ... Read more...
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Dantewada massacre: Probe hints at lack of police support
April 26th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh police did not fully support the central paramilitary troopers, thus failing to prevent the April 6 Maoist attack in which 76 security personnel were killed, ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama gets the Noble Peace Prize 2009
October 9th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oslo, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a result that is being described as ‘stunning’, ‘surprising’ amongst a lot of other colorful adjectives, President Barack Obama has been awarded the Noble Peace ... Read more...
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Mutilated bodies of five Taliban suspects found in NWFP
August 10th, 2009 - 10:42 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad/Mohmand Agency, Aug.10 (ANI): The mutilated bodies of five suspect Taliban fighters have been recovered in the insurgency-hit Swat valley in Pakistan's northwest.The private NNI news agency quoted reports, as ... Read more...
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Censor board must update rule book on homosexuality, says filmmaker
July 21st, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) He is a gay activist, makes movies on issues confronting the community and is delighted with the Delhi High Court order decriminalising consensual gay sex between ... Read more...
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Trouble brews in Chhattisgarh Congress after polls
April 20th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) Elections to all of Chhattisgarh's 11 seats ended Thursday, but trouble within the Congress party in the state has begun after the polls as its election coordinators ... Read more...
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Dhaka mutiny probe panel given a week’s extension
March 9th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 9 (IANS) The panel formed to investigate the Bangladesh Rifles troopers' mutiny has been given a week's extension by the Sheikh Hasina government.
The home ministry extended the tenure of the ... Read more...
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Three accused of attempting to overthrow Bahraini government
January 27th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Manama, Jan 27 (DPA) Bahraini authorities charged three opposition figures early Tuesday with attempting to overthrow the government, and their arrest sparked widespread clashes between supporters and police across the Gulf island.The ... Read more...
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Cine workers’ strike has hit TV shootings, says producer
October 28th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Leading television producer Dheeraj Kumar has claimed that 75 percent of TV shootings have been affected due to a strike by cine workers demanding higher wages."The shooting of ... Read more...
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India must maintain equi-distance between US and Russia: Expert
October 6th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.6 (ANI): India might do well if it engaged with Russia with a sense of equi-distance between the US and Russia, an expert on security affairs has said.
Dr. Rajeswari ... Read more...
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UAE asks stateless people to register
September 3rd, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Sep 3 (IANS) Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are allowing stateless people in this Gulf nation a final chance to register themselves.This is part of an initiative taken ... Read more...
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Overseas Uighur group fears ‘fierce’ repression after Olympics
August 23rd, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (DPA) A US-based group of exiled members of China's Uighur ethnic community issued a statement Saturday saying it feared the Chinese government will launch a "fierce" repression of Uighurs ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan parliament to restore judges in its own way’
April 27th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Pakistan's parliament will decide the fate of the deposed judges as parts of a package, a member of the ruling coalition's joint committee set up for the purpose ... Read more...
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Kolkata prepares for second home match
April 24th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) The five-member committee probing the power failure Sunday at the Eden Gardens here during the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) says the breakdown was due ... Read more...
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Vancouver unlikely to have global torch relay in 2010
April 11th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by admin
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Beijing, April 11 (DPA) Vancouver will centre its torch relay on Canada when it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics, organizing committee head John Furlong said Friday after a meeting with the International ... Read more...
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Pak Senate Committee summons Inzamam, Moin
April 10th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 10 (ANI): Pakistans Senate Committee on Sports has summoned former cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and wicketkeeper Moin Khan after both were reportedly dragged by fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar into alleged ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz’s partymen celebrate Musharraf’s victory in Srinagar
November 14th, 2007 - 1:50 am ICT by admin
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