Clinton, Morsi discuss US-Egypt relations
July 15th, 2012 - 2:36 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 15 (IANS) Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held bilateral talks with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Xinhua reported.The two leaders Saturday discussed Egypt's transition to democracy ... Read more...
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Dhaka High Court postpones Bangladesh’s cricket tour to Pakistan
April 19th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 19 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suffered a huge set-back Thursday when, citing security concerns, the Dhaka High Court ordered the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to postpone ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus protest kidnapping of young girls
April 9th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Some political parties and Hindu groups in Pakistan are furious over the kidnapping and alleged conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh province.The Human Rights Club, Young ... Read more...
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Egypt to extradite Gaddafi supporters
March 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt is planning to hand over to Libya loyalists of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi who fled to Egypt after rebels toppled his regime.Libya's National Transitional ... Read more...
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Press Council chief condemns attack on media
March 2nd, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 2 (IANS) Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju condemned Friday's attack on media persons by lawyers here."I am deeply distressed that some lawyers took the law into ... Read more...
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Egypt’s ruling military pardons nearly 2,000 detainees
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 22 (IANS) Egypt's ruling military council has approved the release of a total of 1,959 people detained in military prisons, state media reported.The move was approved by military ... Read more...
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Egypt’s ruling military council chief meets president hopefuls
November 27th, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Nov 26 (IANS) Head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Hussein Tantawi Saturday met two potential presidential candidates and discussed with them the current situation ... Read more...
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31 injured in Philippines quake
November 8th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Davao City (Philippines), Nov 8 (IANS) At least 31 people were injured and more than 80 houses destroyed after a magnitude 5.2 quake hit parts of southern Philippines late Monday, ... Read more...
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Pakistan offers Afghanistan intelligence in Rabbani’s killing
October 11th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday offered intelligence sharing to Afghanistan for its investigation into the assassination of the former Peace Council chief Burhanuddin ... Read more...
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Case filed against former Dental Council chief
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday registered a graft case against former Dental Council of India chief Anil Kohli and conducted raids at six ... Read more...
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Lorgat slams Indian team for skipping ICC awards
September 13th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Describing the Indian cricket team's skipping the ICC annual awards function here as a "shame", International Cricket Council chief Haroon Lorgat Tuesday said the Board of ... Read more...
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PM shocked at Ahmed Karzai’s assassination
July 12th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed "deep sorrow and shock" over the "sad news of tragic assassination" of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother Ahmed ... Read more...
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Afghan president’s half-brother killed by bodyguard (Second Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 12 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother was Tuesday assassinated by a bodyguard at his home in Kandahar with the Taliban promptly claiming responsibility for it."My brother ... Read more...
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Pakistan condemns killing of Karzai’s half-brother
July 12th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday expressed grief and sorrow over the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother ... Read more...
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Voluntary blood donation increases in Haryana
June 14th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 13 (IANS) Voluntary blood donation in Haryana has recorded a significant increase - from over 56 percent in 2008 to nearly 91 percent in 2010 of the total ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu shelves revival of upper house (Lead)
June 7th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's AIADMK government Tuesday shelved the previous DMK regime's decision to revive the state legislative council - the upper chamber - and the implementation of ... Read more...
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Malaysia Education Ministry explains race column in varsity application forms
April 17th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 17 (ANI): Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry has explained that the sub-categories under the "race" column in the Universities' Admissions Unit's online application forms are for authorities to check the ... Read more...
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Tax exemption: Pawar shouldn’t have attended cabinet meet, says BJP
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that due to a conflict of interest, International Cricket Council chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar should ... Read more...
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Bible translated in Malaysian language no affront to Muslims: Ulema
March 19th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 19 (ANI): The translation of Bible in the traditional Malaysian language is of no affront to Muslims and is perfectly fine in the eyes of Federal Constitution, according to ... Read more...
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Two get death penalty for killing four people
March 16th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh), March 20 (IANS) A local court in this Uttar Pradesh district Tuesday awarded death penalty to two men out of 22 convicted for murder of four people ... Read more...
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Former captains Border, Taylor and Waugh to lead revival of Australian cricket
March 11th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 11 (ANI): Former captains Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh, will join former International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed on a panel chaired by former BHP chief executive ... Read more...
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Settlers and Palestinians clash in West Bank village; one dead, one injured
January 29th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by BNO News
WEST BANK (BNO NEWS) -- Israeli settlers on Friday clashed with Palestinian residents at a village north of the West Bank city of Hebron, causing the death of one Palestinian and injuring ... Read more...
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Village headman held for helping Maoists
January 28th, 2011 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 (IANS) A sarpanch (village council chief) in Orissa's Sundergarh district was arrested Thursday for supplying explosives to Maoists, police said.Srikant Samant of Chandiposh was arrested for supplying explosives to ... Read more...
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Sydney is Australia’s worst city, say inhabitants
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 22 (ANI): Despite its charms, ranging from the iconic Opera House, the beautiful harbour and ready access to numerous beaches, Sydney has been named Australia's worst city by its own ... Read more...
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‘Free press more important than free government’
December 28th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 28 (IANS) A free press, which strives to be the voice of the people, is more vital than free government, Press Council of India (PCI) chairman G.N. Roy said Tuesday.According ... Read more...
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Madras high court’s order suspending bar council chief stayed
December 15th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court order suspending senior counsel R.K. Chandramohan from membership and the chairmanship of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council (TNBC).An ... Read more...
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Tory councillor says unemployed Northerners should pick fruit rather than claim benefits
December 14th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A senior Conservative council chief David Shakespeare has incurred the wrath of several people including politicians with his recent remarks.Shakespeare, who is the leader of the Buckinghamshire ... Read more...
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Potential for India-EU bilateral ties huge: European Council chief
December 10th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by ANI
Brussels, Dec. 10 (ANI): The president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, on Friday, expressed satisfaction with both the substance and the quality of discussions and decisions taken at the ... Read more...
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Doctors group protests Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate
November 20th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A doctors group has written to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi protesting against tainted former Medical Council of India (MCI) chief Ketan Desai getting elected ‘uncontested' ... Read more...
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Meghalaya finalising comment on rebel group’s demand
October 7th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 7 (IANS) Meghalaya will soon give the central government its comments on rebel group A'chik National Volunteers Council's (ANVC) demand for creating a Garoland autonomous council, Chief Secretary W.M.S. Pariat ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists abduct Orissa village council head
September 27th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) Suspected Maoists have abducted a village council chief in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday.
Four suspected rebels kidnapped Chingu Jani, the sarpanch of Dumuripadar panchayat, when he was ... Read more...
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Caste row results in boycott of village council chief in Uttarakhand
August 22nd, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI
Gangro (Uttarakhand), Aug 22 (ANI): Residents of Gangro village in Uttarakhand boycotted the head of the village council Viddho Devi contending that she belongs to a socially lower caste.They have resolved ... Read more...
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Pak Hindus being looted at gunpoint call for Army’s deployment in flood-affected areas
August 10th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 10(ANI): Pakistan's Hindu community has called for deployment of Army in the flood-affected areas of Sindh province to safeguard the lives of thousands of Hindus allegedly being looted by the ... Read more...
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Maoists torch CPI-M leaders’ houses
July 8th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Houses of seven Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members and supporters were set ablaze by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on day two of a shutdown ... Read more...
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Former local council chief shot dead in gang war
June 24th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, June 24 (IANS) The former head of a town council in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida district was shot dead Thursday during a gunfight with a rival gang, police said.
Abdul Kadir, ... Read more...
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