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Control room, helplines set up for foreign missions

November 27th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The external affairs ministry has set up a control room to assist Indian and foreign missions with information about the foreigners trapped in the two luxury ...

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Pak Senate rejects US offer for NATO briefing on Afghan situation

November 14th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Senate has reportedly rejected the US embassy''s invitation for the Senate Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee to attend a key NATO briefing on the current ...

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Three more Saravana staffers jailed for visa fraud

November 12th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Three more workers of the popular restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan were sent to jail by a local court for visa fraud Wednesday, taking the number of those behind ...

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UN equates Pak security situation to Kabul, Somalia

UN equates Pak security situation to Kabul, Somalia

October 3rd, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Oct 3 (ANI): Amid the volatile security situation in Pakistan , especially after the September 20 suicide attack on Hotel Marriott killing 60 people, the United Nations has reportedly ...

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Foreign diplomats in Pak demand improved security around embassies

September 27th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Sept 27 (ANI): Amid the growing insure atmosphere in Pakistan in the wake of fresh spate of suicide bombings, nearly 120 foreign diplomats posted in Islamabad have urged upon the ...

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Pakistan enhances security

September 21st, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Security throughout Pakistan, particularly at government installations and foreign missions, was enhanced after a massive explosion here killed more than 60 people Saturday evening.Sources in the interior ministry ...

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Awami League lobbies with foreign embassies to get emergency lifted

August 8th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IANS) Foreign missions in Bangladesh have become the hub of political parleys, with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League (AL) lobbying with some of them to pressure the ...

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Foreign missions advise their nationals caution in India

July 31st, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) In the wake of serial bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad and explosives being found in Gujarat's Surat city, various embassies and missions in India have issued ...

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More than 5,000 observers for Bangladesh local government polls

July 27th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Dhaka, July 27 (Xinhua) More than 5,000 local and international observers will monitor local government elections next month in four cities and nine municipalities in Bangladesh, reports said Sunday. The Aug 4 ...

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Israel to launch website in Hindi and Urdu

July 24th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Israel, which has often been the whipping boy in Indian political discourse, has decided to be the first foreign mission here to launch a website in Hindi ...

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Six people killed in attack outside US consulate in Istanbul

July 9th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Istanbul, July 9 (ANI): Three Turkish policemen and three gunmen were killed outside US consulate in Istanbul today, when three assailants opened fire at the police checkpoint after jumping from a ...

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Hundreds of insecure foreign diplomats planning emergency evacuation from Islamabad

July 8th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , July 8 (ANI): Considering the volatile situation erupting in Pakistan , the foreign envoys living in Islamabad are said to be readying an emergency evacuation plan, especially after Sundays ...

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Red Alert in Islamabad in wake of FATA operation

June 29th, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , June 29 (ANI): Pakistan capital Islamabad was placed on a state of red alert from Saturday in the wake of the launch of a paramilitary operation in the country's ...

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Chinese official denies government hand in cyber attacks

May 5th, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Chinese officials Monday dismissed as "baseless" reports that their government was involved in cyber warfare targeting Indian computer networks and stressed that such activities were not in ...

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Economic diplomacy new watchword for Pakistan foreign secretary

May 3rd, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan's missions abroad need to concentrate more on "economic diplomacy" in developing country-to-country relationship, particularly with the neighbours, new Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Saturday. Pakistan being a ...

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MEA servers hacked, but no breach of classified files

April 11th, 2008 - 9:27 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Hackers have been targeting the servers of the computer network of the external affairs ministry from time to time, but there has been no breach of classified ...

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Kosovo parliament adopts constitution

April 9th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Pristina, April 9 (DPA) Kosovo's parliament unanimously passed a new constitution Wednesday, less than two months after Pristina declared independence from Serbia with Western support. The 107 legislators taking part in the ...

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Diplomatic missions in Nepal call for a fair election

April 9th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin -
Kathmandu, Apr 9 (ANI): Diplomatic missions in Nepal have called for a free and fair election on Thursday. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, diplomatic missions of fifteen nations and ...

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India to appeal imposition of tax for New York property

March 21st, 2008 - 1:23 am ICT by admin -
New York, March 20 (IANS) India will appeal the decision of a US court that upheld imposition of $42.4 million tax on its property in New York. The appeal will be filed ...

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Consulates tighten security to beat visa fraud

March 13th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by admin -
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) A day after the US consulate here slapped "life time ban on travel to US" on nearly 200 film personalities, a consulate official said Thursday that the scandal's ...

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Terrorists may target Indian, US embassies: Pak Intelligence report

December 14th, 2007 - 3:08 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Dec 14 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned against suicide attacks by terrorists based in the tribal areas and Swat targeting Indian and US embassies. Sources quoted intelligence agencies as further saying ...

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Diplomatic missions in Dhaka told not to give visas to Bangladesh war criminals

November 26th, 2007 - 7:19 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, Nov.26 (ANI): The Ekattorer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee, a forum for promoting a secular Bangladesh and demanding the trial of War Criminals of 1971, today sent a list of 10 notorious ...

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Eleven suicide bombers active in Rawalpindi, Islamabad

November 14th, 2007 - 8:08 am ICT by admin -

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