Another Indian student stabbed in Britain, Krishna assures help (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A 26-year-old student from Hyderabad was critically injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in London late Friday night. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna spoke ... Read more...
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‘Nasheed never sought India’s help’
February 10th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) India has denied that former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed had sought New Delhi's intervention to prevent his ouster and underlined that it has urged ... Read more...
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Maldives crisis festers, India pushes for political deal (Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 10 (IANS) With the crisis in the Maldives deepening as defiant former president Mohamed Nasheed alleged a coup, India has stepped up its outreach to ... Read more...
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Russia may spend $12 bn on satellite navigation system
February 8th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 billion) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-20, the Kommersant daily said Wednesday.Glonass is Russia's answer ... Read more...
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Syria vote not for regime change: India
February 6th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) With the Left criticizing India's vote on the UN resolution on Syria, the government has clarified that it was opposed to any regime change in ... Read more...
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Mathai to visit US next week: N-deal, Iran on agenda
February 1st, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai goes on a three-day visit to Washington next week to hold talks with senior US officials to explore ways to ... Read more...
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India open to all mechanisms to buy Iranian oil (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Unfazed by the US and EU sanctions, India Thursday said it is open to all mechanisms for payment, "whatever it takes," to buy Iranian oil ... Read more...
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Krishna to visit Sri Lanka Jan 16
January 7th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will leave here Jan 16 on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he will discuss the progress in ... Read more...
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Indian military team’s China visit is on
January 7th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The visit of an Indian military delegation to China is on, though scaled down, even as a visa was denied to an Indian Air Force ... Read more...
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Lokpal in Rajya Sabha, Congress in Trinamool tangle (Roundup)
December 28th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The government Wednesday expressed confidence of mustering a majority in the Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal bill, a day after it faced an ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha Thursday (Third Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) After confusion since morning about tabling of the Lokpal bill in the upper house, the government Wednesday afternoon said the legislation will be debated ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha likely later Wednesday: Bansal (Second Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A day after the Lok Sabha passed the Lokpal Bill, the government Wednesday expressed confidence about bringing the legislation before the Rajya Sabha later ... Read more...
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Government not under pressure on Lokpal: Jaiswal
December 21st, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The government was not under any pressure to bring the Lokpal bill in parliament, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said Wednesday."The government is not under ... Read more...
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Cabinet to take up food bill
December 18th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The union cabinet will Sunday evening take up the contentious National Food Security Bill that seeks to provide rice at Rs.3, wheat at Rs.2 ... Read more...
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Special cabinet meeting on Lokpal likely Monday
December 16th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The special cabinet meeting to discuss and approve the contentious Lokpal bill is likely to be shifted to Monday, government sources told IANS.The meeting ... Read more...
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India to keep watch on Chinese naval facility in Seychelles
December 16th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) With China planning a supply and recuperation facility in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Seychelles, India Thursday said it will "watch" the development and ... Read more...
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Cabinet may take up food bill Sunday: Thomas
December 14th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The cabinet may take up the draft National Food Security Bill on Sunday, Food Minister K.V. Thomas said."The cabinet is likely to take up ... Read more...
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Omar for denotifying disturbed areas in Kashmir
December 2nd, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is set to recommend denotification of some parts of Jammu and Kashmir declared as disturbed areas and if accepted by the ... Read more...
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Commission begins probe into NC worker’s death
November 29th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 29 (IANS) A one-man commission headed by Justice (retd) H.S. Bedi started its probe here Tuesday into the custodial death of National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf ... Read more...
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PM, Obama discuss Iran
November 18th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Nusa Dua (Bali), Nov 18 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama exchanged views on Iran in the context of the recent IAEA report on ... Read more...
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Security for trains to be increased in Maoist-hit areas
November 1st, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In order to protect railway property, including tracks, in Maoist-affected areas, the government Tuesday decided to deploy additional forces and install CCTVs, said government sources.The ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu Nagar or not? Left, Trinamool back to name-calling
October 27th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) Shakespeare may have thought nothing of it, but names do matter. Certainly in politically polarised West Bengal where the ruling Trinamool Congress' decision to scrap ... Read more...
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Terror alert in metros ahead of Diwali
October 14th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India Friday issued a nationwide terror alert, particularly for metros such as Delhi and Mumbai, after security agencies found a car laden with five kg ... Read more...
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India clears $275 mn order for T-72 tank recovery vehicles
October 13th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India Thursday cleared a repeat order worth Rs.1,350 crore ($275 million) for 650 armoured recovery and repair vehicles for its 1,500 T-72 Ajeya main ... Read more...
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Bill to check corruption in procurement soon: Minister
September 26th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The government will soon introduce in parliament a bill to check corruption and bring transparency in the procurement of raw materials in the public sector, ... Read more...
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PM, Pranab call up Chidambaram on 2G note
September 22nd, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who are away in the US, called up P. Chidambaram over the latest controversy in ... Read more...
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Four-year-old scandal comes back to haunt NTRO
September 21st, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) India's hi-tech spy agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) finds itself battling revelations that one of its staffers illegally snooped on his seniors using a ... Read more...
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PM to leave for UN meet Sep 21
September 20th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for New York Wednesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly session, where he will push for UN ... Read more...
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Winter session crucial for corporates: Moily
September 20th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) The coming winter session of parliament will be crucial for the Indian corporate sector as a bill on company law will be tabled, and issues like ... Read more...
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Ministerial meet to discuss LPG supply, price deferred
September 16th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A ministerial meeting scheduled for Friday to consider limiting supply of and a hike in the price of cooking gas cylinders was deferred indefinitely ... Read more...
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No Indian injured in Kabul attack
September 13th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kabul, Sep 13 (IANS) India Tuesday condemned the attack by militants near the US embassy in Kabul and clarified that no Indian has been injured."India strongly condemns the incident. ... Read more...
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Pact on Chittagong port likely in March
September 6th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) The protocol on using Bangladesh's Chittagong and Mongla ports by India may be signed by March 31 next year, government sources say.The date will be ... Read more...
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Sangma seeks report on rebel’s ‘killing’ in Bangladesh
September 2nd, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 1 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday asked the union health ministry to confirm the alleged killing of secessionist Khasi rebel leader Bobby Reagan Marwein in Bangladesh.Quoting ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill may come up in parliament in November
August 28th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A redrafted Lokpal bill may be brought in parliament during its winter session, that usually starts mid-November, after the parliamentary standing committee on law ... Read more...
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Voice vote on Anna demand at 8 p.m.
August 27th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The voice vote on Anna Hazare's demands on the Lokpal bill will be held at 8 p.m., government sources said Saturday.
The voice vote will ... Read more...
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