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Advani slams PMO’s attempts to silence foreign scribe (Lead)


September 10th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday attacked the Prime Minister's Office for what he called attempts to "crush" a foreign correspondent for ... Read more...

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Advani slams PMO’s attempts to silence foreign scribe


September 10th, 2012 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday attacked the Prime Minister's Office for what he called attempts to "crush" a foreign correspondent for ... Read more...

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A plethora of ways to celebrate Easter


April 5th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A crafts fair or a play or a musical - the national capital's denizens can choose from a plethora of activities over the next few ... Read more...

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Award-winning US reporter dies


February 18th, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died of an apparent asthma attack while covering the uprising in Syria, The ... Read more...

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Rushdie visit cancellation sparks outrage on social media


January 17th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The cancellation of award-winning author Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival on the inaugural day Jan 20 has sparked outrage on social media ... Read more...

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Cairo mob raped me with their hands, says CBS reporter Lara Logan


April 29th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 29 (ANI): CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan has spoken out for the first time about her terrifying sexual assault in Egypt.Describing how attackers raped her with their hands, Logan said ... Read more...

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Threat of violence against women in Egypt unfolds after attacks


February 18th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): The reported attack of a senior U.S. television correspondent during celebrations of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's stepping down from office, has brought into the open the threat of ... Read more...

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Sexually assaulted CBS reporter Lara Logan could become target for copycat attacks: Ex boss


February 18th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 18 (ANI): Lara Logan's former boss has said that the sexual assault and brutal beating of the CBS foreign correspondent could "turn her into a target" should she return ... Read more...

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I was more afraid of being raped than shot, says female war correspondent


February 17th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): A day after it was emerged that CBS correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted while covering the Egyptian protests, another female war correspondent has exposed life on the ... Read more...

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‘US can’t save Afghanistan without dealing with Pak’


December 27th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan has said that winning war in Afghanistan will require much more than combat skills, and added that the US cannot save ... Read more...

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BJP youth wing to continue protests against Mirwaiz


December 1st, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing vowed to continue their protest against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday, a day after they tried to ... Read more...

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BJP youth wing activists attack Mirwaiz’s car


November 30th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing Tuesday attacked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's car as it was entering the Foreign Correspondent's Club, where the Hurriyat conference ... Read more...

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Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists attack Mirwaiz in New Delhi


November 30th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by ANI
Normal 0New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists on Tuesday attacked the All India Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in New Delhi when ... Read more...

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Iranian Press TV reporter Anna Parashkevova Moya murdered in Brussels


June 5th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- Iranian Press TV reporter Anna Parashkevova Moya was found murdered in her Brussels apartment on Thursday evening, the channel and the Sofia News Agency reported on Saturday. Her ... Read more...

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Indian American student wins WSJ’s Daniel Pearl internship


February 11th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Devin Banerjee, an Indian American student at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2010 Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship, which will have him working in one of the ... Read more...

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Brit journalist’s historic files up for grabs


January 16th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 16 (ANI): The family of a late reporter, who saved transcripts from the historic trial of the "architect of the Holocaust", has put the documents up for auction.George Gale, a ... Read more...

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Veteran journalist Bhargava dies


September 22nd, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) G.S. Bhargava, veteran journalist and former principal information officer of the government, died here Tuesday, his family said. He was 85. During his journalistic career spanning four decades, ... Read more...

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Amit Baruah new head of BBC Hindi


July 14th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) BBC World Service Tuesday announced the appointment of Amit Baruah, a senior Indian print journalist, as the head of its Hindi service. He will be based in ... Read more...

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Former ABC correspondent serving term on drug charges freed from Singapore jail


June 23rd, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Singapore, June 23 (ANI): Former ABC correspondent, Peter Lloyd, has been released from Singapore prison, where he was detained on drug offences.The foreign correspondent was jailed in December for 10 months for ... Read more...

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”Joe the Plumber” says war reporting should be ”abolished”


January 14th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Jan.14 (ANI): "Joe the Plumber", who is now in Israel as a foreign correspondent, says reporting on wars should be completely abolished. "To be honest with you, I don''t think journalists ... Read more...

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The BBC’’s future is bleak, says veteran broadcaster


October 15th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 15 (ANI): The BBC "is in its last stages," according to John Simpson, one of the corporation''s longest serving news reporters, who is expecting the sack soon "in horrible ... Read more...

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India has come to world’s top table: journalist Daniel Lak


September 30th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) If 1991 was India's wake-up call, then today India is out of bed and on its way to office, says senior British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist Daniel ... Read more...

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ABC’s Delhi correspondent faces 3 new drug-related charges


July 25th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 25 (IANS) Prosecutors Friday laid three more drug-related charges against Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Delhi-based South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd, who was last week arrested in Singapore on ... Read more...

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ABC reporter Peter Lloyd slapped with three more drug charges


July 25th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 25 (ANI): The Aussie journalist Peter Lloyd who was arrested in Singapore on July 16 for selling drugs, has been slapped with three more drug charges related to possessing ... Read more...

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ABC’s Delhi correspondent released on bail in Singapore


July 23rd, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 23 (IANS) Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Delhi-based South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd, who was last week arrested in Singapore on charges of trafficking and possession of the drug ... Read more...

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ABC South Asia correspondents arrest on drug charges shocks colleagues


July 19th, 2008 - 11:14 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 19 (ANI): News of the arrest of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation''s (ABC) much respected South Asian correspondent Peter Lloyd has left his colleagues and the company management quite stunned ... Read more...

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PM says government’s stability won’t be affected; conducts business as usual (Nightlead)


July 8th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Tarun Basu Sapporo (Japan), July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the withdrawal of support by the Left allies would not affect the stability of his government and it would ... Read more...

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Charles Wheeler, doyen of British foreign correspondents, dies


July 5th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Sir Charles Wheeler, one of Britain's best-known foreign correspondents - a man who shunned the glamour of anchoring television programmes for the good old business of reporting, has ... Read more...

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‘I’ll out-ethnic you, my kids are quarter Indian!’


April 18th, 2008 - 3:46 pm ICT by admin
(Reissue, correcting figure in Paragraph 1) By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 18 (IANS) The three main candidates for the job of London Mayor have made a pitch for the hearts and minds of ... Read more...

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‘I’ll out-ethnic you, my kids are quarter Indian’


April 18th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 18 (IANS) The three main candidates for the job of London mayor have made a pitch for the one million Asian votes on a British Asian radio ... Read more...

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An absorbing partition saga through eyes of an American


April 13th, 2008 - 10:25 am ICT by admin
(Book Review) By M.R. Narayan Swamy Book: "An American Witness to India's Partition"; Author: Phillips Talbot; Publisher: Sage Publications This is a remarkable and gripping book that provides a scholarly insight into the Indian ... Read more...

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Ryan, Kinnear join Damon in Iraq war thriller


January 10th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): Amy Ryan and Greg Kinnear have signed up to star alongside Matt Damon in the as-yet untitled Iraq war thriller hes starring in.The Universal Pictures movie, shooting for ... Read more...

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“An American’s account of India’s Partition” (Update)


November 14th, 2007 - 2:03 am ICT by admin
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“An American’s account of India’s Partition”


November 14th, 2007 - 2:01 am ICT by admin
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