Sleazegate: BJP, opposition spar over three ministers
February 9th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka and opposition parties Thursday stepped up their attack on each other over action against three sleazegate ministers ... Read more...
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Zambian soccer players warned against indiscipline
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lusaka (Zambia), Feb 3 (IANS) The Zambian government has warned its footballers currently participating in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that it will not tolerate any more indiscipline at ... Read more...
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Geelani opposes fatwa to expel Christian priests
January 31st, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday locked horns with the local Sharia board over a fatwa seeking expulsion of four Christian priests from the Kashmir ... Read more...
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Osama top aide not to be deported from Britain
January 17th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) The right-hand man of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Europe may be released after a court ruled he could not be deported from ... Read more...
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Diplomat’s expulsion: Venezuela to close Miami consulate
January 14th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Jan 14 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela will respond to the US expulsion of its consul in Miami by closing - at least temporarily - its consulate in the Florida city, President ... Read more...
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Russia threatens Tajikistan with import sanctions
November 21st, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Monday threatened to slap sanctions on vegetable imports from Tajikistan, a move that comes shortly after the jailing of a Russian pilot in the ... Read more...
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BJP expels six Jammu and Kashmir legislators
October 9th, 2011 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expelled six of its legislators for cross-voting in April's legislative council polls in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said ... Read more...
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US to restore military aid to Pakistan? (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) The US is mulling to restore the suspended $800 million in military aid and equipment to Islamabad, Pakistan's spy chief was quoted Sunday as saying.Lt Gen ... Read more...
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CPI-M expels senior Kerala leader
July 2nd, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (IANS) P. Sasi, a senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member in Kerala, was expelled from the party on grounds of moral turpitude, a party leader said ... Read more...
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Omar hails Hurriyat leader for meeting interlocutors
April 21st, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 21 (IANS) Offering his open support to separatist leaders willing to enter into dialogue for a resolution to the Kashmir issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: Ecuador expels US ambassador
April 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, April 6 (IANS/EFE) The Ecuadorian government announced Tuesday that US Ambassador Heather Hodges has been declared "persona non grata" and ordered to leave the country in response to comments ... Read more...
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Soccer player suspended for fight sparked by racist insult
April 6th, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Afro-Colombian forward Carlos Darwin Quintero has been suspended for six matches for his part in a fight he says was spurred by a racial epithet, ... Read more...
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Police file case in JNU sex clip scandal (Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Over two weeks after the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University was rocked by the emergence of a video clip showing two of its students in a compromising position, ... Read more...
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‘Qureshi’s expulsion as Pak Foreign Minister was a last minute decision’
February 14th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb 14(ANI): The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s decision to replace former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi from the new cabinet was a last minute decision, according to Railways Minister ... Read more...
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Afghan peace dialogue talk “propaganda of occupation forces”: Taliban commander
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Jan 22(ANI): In the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan, 'dialogue for peace' with the Taliban is baseless and nothing more than propaganda, Taliban commander Maulavi Abdul Kabir has said."As ... Read more...
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Berlusconi foes to pull out of government
November 13th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS/AKI) Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing rival Gianfranco Fini Monday will pull four ministers of his party from the government, putting the prime minister's embattled rule on the brink of collapse, ... Read more...
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Student indiscipline rampant in Cambridge (Lead)
November 10th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (IANS) Cambridge University, an 800-year-old institution where 15 British prime ministers have been educated, has witnessed widespread student indiscipline, a media report said Wednesday.The Daily Telegraph reported that a ... Read more...
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Students indiscipline hits Cambridge University
November 10th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (IANS) Cambridge University, an 800-year-old university where 15 British prime ministers have been educated, has witnessed hundreds of incidents indiscipline from students who have got drunk, become nude, and ... Read more...
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Hindus & Jews shocked at France’s continuing Roma expulsion despite promise otherwise
November 9th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 9 (ANI): Hindus and Jews have expressed shock over the reported expelling of Roma (Gypsies) from a church in France, who had been in the country for about a ... Read more...
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Azam Khan’s expulsion revoked
November 3rd, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday revoked the expulsion of the party's most prominent Muslim face, Azam Khan.This was communicated to Khan by party general secretary Ram ... Read more...
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Akali Dal expels Manpreet Badal from party (Lead)
October 20th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday expelled former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, a nephew of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, from the primary membership of the party. ... Read more...
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Akali Dal panel recommends Manpreet’s expulsion
October 20th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) A high-level disciplinary committee of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday recommended the expulsion of former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal from the party owing to his ... Read more...
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PCB boss Butt was forced to choose reforms to save his ICC post during Dubai meet
October 19th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 19 (ANI): The prospect of expelling Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt as an International Cricket Council (ICC) Director was reportedly raised at the ICC board meeting in Dubai ... Read more...
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Fist-fights mar Jaipur civic body meeting
October 19th, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 18 (IANS) Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation got into fisticuffs and some even had their shirts torn off over expulsion of a ... Read more...
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Former n-firm chief expelled from Chinese Communist Party
October 18th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 18 (IANS) Members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Monday endorsed a decision to expel Kang Rixin, the former chief of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), from the party's ... Read more...
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Finished with Akali Dal, Sukhbir should resign: Manpreet Badal
October 13th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 13 (IANS) Hours after being sacked as Punjab's finance minister, Manpreet Badal Wednesday said he had already sent his resignation to state Governor Shivraj Patil, adding that he was ... Read more...
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Brazilian student Geisy Arruda wins 15,000 pounds for her mini-dress court case
October 8th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
A Brazilian university student who was dismissed from her school for wearing a mini-skirt to school has been awarded 15,000 pounds in damages. Her lawyers however say they expected the amount to ... Read more...
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Castro claims France is carrying out a racial holocaust
September 11th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.11 (ANI): Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has accused France of carrying out a "racial holocaust" over its expulsion of Roma migrants back to their homes in eastern Europe. He said ... Read more...
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Sukumar Azhikode Files Case Against Megastar Mohanlal
August 28th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Renowned orator Sukumar Azhikode has filed a defamatory case against Malayalam film megastar Mohanlal at Thrissur. The famous writer and critic Azhikode has also asked for ... Read more...
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Tirupur legislator to join DMK
August 16th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) C. Govindasamy, representing the Tirupur assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, Monday announced his decision to join the ruling DMK.
Elected on a Communist Party of India-Marxist ticket, ... Read more...
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US deportation order spares students brought illegally into country as kids
August 9th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
The Obama administration is reported to be sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion --students who came to the United States without papers when they were children.According to the New ... Read more...
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After 62 years, Dhaka varsity to revoke Mujib’s expulsion
August 3rd, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) The Dhaka University is initiating steps to revoke an expulsion order issued 62 years ago against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the man who later led the country's freedom movement.
Then ... Read more...
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57 Pak students deported over terror charges, illegal activities since 2003: Qureshi
July 30th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 30(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that 57 Pakistani students have been deported from various countries over alleged involvement in terrorism and other illegal activities in ... Read more...
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Book on Goan diaspora readies for British launch
July 24th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 24 (IANS) The British Goan Festival here Sunday will see the launch of a book on Goan diaspora experiences. And first-time author Selma Carvalho, who has lived in ... Read more...
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Expulsions will hurt MIC: ex-party youth chief
July 7th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Klang (Malaysia), July 7 (ANI): A former chief of the youth wing of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has warned that the continued expulsion of members for asking its president to ... Read more...
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