Pakistan to help de-mining in Sri Lanka
October 25th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 25 (IANS) Pakistan will help de-mine parts of Sri Lanka's Northern province, Xinhua reported Tuesday.A 10-member de-mining team from the Pakistani Army Engineering Corps is currently in the ... Read more...
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France launches pilotless mine-hunting vessel
December 10th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Dec 10 (IANS) France has launched the first pilotless vessel to be used in demining operations, the defence ministry has said.The "mine counter-operations" vessel was launched Thursday in the northwestern waters ... Read more...
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India assures Lanka’s displaced Tamils of help in resettlement
August 31st, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) Amid concerns in India about the plight of war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Tuesday visited their camps in northern and eastern Sri ... Read more...
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Chidambaram to raise terror issue with Pakistan: CCS
June 21st, 2010 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A ministerial panel on security Sunday decided that terrorism and Pakistan's actions in eliminating the scourge will dominate the talks between Home Minister P. Chidamabaram and ... Read more...
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Landmines killed 3,000 Indians in 10 years
November 20th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Some 3,000 Indians, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, have been killed in landmine explosions over the past 10 years, according to an NGO working for a world ... Read more...
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Colombo to resettle Tamils after demining operations: Krishna
July 23rd, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
On Board Special Aircraft, July 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said Sri Lanka has assured India that it will start the process of building houses for over ... Read more...
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IAF flies medical team, aid to Sri Lanka
May 22nd, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India Friday dispatched a team of 27 doctors and paramedics to the war ravaged northern Sri Lanka, where the large civilian Tamil population is still reeling under ... Read more...
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Good sense has prevailed: Pranab on Advani n-deal comments
April 22nd, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) "Good sense has prevailed," quipped External Affairs Minister and Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as he Wednesday welcomed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's comment that the ... Read more...
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