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November 8th, 2009 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday condoled the death of former civil servant Gopi Arora, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Arora, who died Thursday, ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov.7 (ANI): Pakistan's current turbulent political scenario seems to have the former President General Pervez Musharraf worried.
Musharraf wants President Asif Ali Zardari to continue on the post as he ...
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November 6th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Well-known Indian journalist Prabhash Joshi, 72, died following a heart attack here late Thursday. His demise was widely mourned as the passing away of a "fearless ...
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November 6th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Gopi Arora, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi who wielded enormous power and authority in the 1980s, died Thursday. He was 76.
Arora joined ...
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November 6th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Nov 6 (IANS) Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who had surveyed the area around the US mission in the Bangladesh capital and were allegedly planning to attack it, have been arrested. ...
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November 6th, 2009 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Gopi Arora, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi died Thursday. He was 76.
Arora, who wielded enormous power and influence in the 1980s, was ...
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November 5th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov.5 (ANI): Worried by recent developments that have shaken the country's power set-up, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government is reportedly toying with the idea of taking opposition parties ...
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November 5th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Jarnail Singh, the Sikh journalist who created headlines for throwing a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the injustice committed towards the victims of the ...
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November 4th, 2009 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Nov 4 (IANS) A private school-educated mercenary arrived back in Britain Wednesday after being freed by the government of Equatorial Guinea for trying to mount an armed coup that he says ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 3 (DPA) Thirteen opposition parties, including the main opposition faction, led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, formed an alliance Tuesday to contest the presidential and parliamentary elections expected to ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 3 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who have kept up a siege on parliament since May and Monday launched fresh street protests against the coalition government, finally ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) The entire teaching and non-teaching staff of the central government's 586 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) across India has decided to work with a black arm bands to protest ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Rawalpindi, Nov.3 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has dismissed all charges levelled against a woman allegedly involved in the twin suicide attacks on the convoy of former President General Pervez ...
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November 2nd, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Nov 2 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country's main opposition in parliament, has complained of "repression" of its leaders and cadres by the government while briefing foreign diplomats and ...
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November 1st, 2009 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 1 (IANS) Despite fears of violence, the first day of the new protest movement started by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas against the coalition government passed off peacefully Sunday with no ...
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November 1st, 2009 - 3:30 am ICT by sampurn
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On the 25th death anniversary of the former Prime Minister of India the late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan paid a tribute to her by dedicating an especially ...
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October 31st, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct.31 (ANI): Activists of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), a regional political party in Punjab, staged a protest in the national capital against the lack of justice to the families of ...
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October 31st, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 31(ANI): On 25th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Delhi Government is organizing a two-day exhibition at the Ram Lila ground in the national capital.
The exhibition ...
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October 31st, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
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Lucknow, Oct 31(ANI): On the 25th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, her close aide Dinesh Chandra Tiwari fondly remembered her and paid rich tribute.
Accompanying her to Rae Bareilly ...
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October 31st, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) A city court Saturday allowed the counsel of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims to examine the CD in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler has been shown ...
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October 31st, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Indians Saturday flocked to Shakti Sthal to pay homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 25th death anniversary Saturday. Known as 'Iron Lady', she ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 30 (IANS) A massive crowd waited patiently for over two hours to catch a glimpse of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally here Friday ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Sikhs in the capital have planned major protests over the coming two days as they grimly observe the 25th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots that followed ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct. 30 (ANI): Only one in three Brits want former Prime Minister Tony Blair to be appointed as the president of the European Union, a new poll has found.
According to ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Rawalpindi, Oct.30 (ANI): Pakistani security agencies have beefed-up security in and around the Adiala Jail here, where several high profile criminals including the seven Mumbai terror attack accused have been locked ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the senior most member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet, Friday hinted his present tenure may be the last after which ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Oct.30 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has urged US President Barack Obama to deliver on his promises of addressing the Kashmir issue.
Sharif met US Secretary of State Hillary ...
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October 29th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) With terror attacks occurring with frightening regularity in Pakistan, beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari seems to have just two options: give up his executive powers and occupy ...
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October 29th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
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An American schoolteacher and anti-race campaigner will conduct an experiment for Channel 4 to prove how prejudiced Britain is, reports the Daily Star.
Jane Elliott, 76, whose nickname is The Bitch, ...
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October 29th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
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By Manish Chand
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Indira Gandhi decided to send the army to the Golden Temple in 1984 as a last resort and only after getting repeated assurances from ...
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