Nagaland government appeals for calling off blockade
August 21st, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kohima, Aug 21 (IANS) The Nagaland government Tuesday appealed to the Assam-based organisations to call off their indefinite economic blockade of National Highway 39, the lifeline of Nagaland and Manipur.Five ... Read more...
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23 Indian fishermen released by Sri Lanka: Krishna
July 27th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Twenty-three Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy six days ago while fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Strait, have been released and will ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to free fishermen
July 26th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) India Thursday asked Sri Lanka to release 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested on charges of entering the island nation's waters on humanitarian grounds.External Affairs ... Read more...
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HSPDP withdraws support to Meghalaya’s Congress government
July 14th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 13 (IANS) The Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) Friday pulled out from the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) government over the boundary row with Assam but there ... Read more...
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Bank attaches school for loan default in Maharashtra
July 13th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), July 13 (IANS) The fate of around 600 secondary and higher secondary school students hangs in balance after a bank attached the school building and premises for defaulting ... Read more...
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Insurance cover sought for Mumbai festival revellers
July 13th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu Thursday mooted a proposal to provide insurance to lakhs of participants in the forthcoming "dahi-handi" and Ganeshotsav celebrations here.He urged Municipal ... Read more...
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I regret the day Surjeet Singh got released: Dalbir Kaur
July 2nd, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Dalbir Kaur, sister of Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh, Monday said she regretted the day Surjeet Singh got released from a Pakistani prison."Surjeet Singh has ... Read more...
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Donations by president: Information panel’s order stayed
May 29th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order to the government to disclose the donations made by the president on humanitarian ... Read more...
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Hawkers should not be evicted: Mahasweta Devi
May 16th, 2012 - 2:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) With the West Bengal government deciding to issue permits to Kolkata's hawkers without earmarking any permanent hawking zone, Magsaysay awardee Mahasweta Devi Tuesday said the hawkers ... Read more...
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Zardari writes to Manmohan for Chisty’s repatriation (Lead)
April 14th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to send home on humanitarian grounds Pakistani scientist Khalil Chisty, who ... Read more...
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Send Chisty to Pakistan, Zardari tells Manmohan
April 14th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Mohammad Khalil Chisty, 80, who has been granted bail by the Indian Supreme Court should be sent to Pakistan on humanitarian grounds, President Asif Ali ... Read more...
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India must let Chisty, Pakistani fishermen return: Activists
April 13th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) A group of activists working to improve India-Pakistan relations Friday appealed to the Indian government to let Pakistani doctor Mohammad Khalil Chisty return home and release ... Read more...
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Khalil Chisti’s release to take a few days
April 9th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 9 (IANS) It will take at least a couple of days for 80-year-old Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti to step out of the Ajmer Central Jail in ... Read more...
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Pakistanis urge India to free aged prisoner Chishti
April 8th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Pakistani officials Sunday urged India to set free an 80-year-old virologist, Khalil Chishty, who is serving life imprisonment in an Ajmer jail with his ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoist’s wife, 26 others to be freed (Lead)
April 5th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced the names of 27 people, including a Maoist's wife, whose release will facilitate the freeing of an Italian and ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoist’s wife, 26 others to be freed
April 5th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced the names of 27 people whose release will facilitate the freeing of an Italian and a legislator being held ... Read more...
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Maoists reiterate demands to release Italian (Lead)
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Maoists holding one of the two Italians hostage since March 14 reiterated Monday that the government must concede their demands in order to secure his release.Sabyasachi ... Read more...
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Odisha Maoists yet to respond to mediators’ appeal
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Maoists are yet to respond to the appeal made by their mediators two days ago to release an Italian held hostage by them in Odisha since ... Read more...
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Pakistani virologist Chisty released, apex court told
March 19th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Monday that Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khaleel Chishty, undergoing life term in Ajmer jail for murder, was back home after ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct two Italians in Odisha (Third Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 18 (IANS) Maoists have abducted two Italian male tourists in Odisha's Kandhamal district, an official said Sunday in what appears to be the first case of foreigners being ... Read more...
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Egypt to extradite Gaddafi supporters
March 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt is planning to hand over to Libya loyalists of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi who fled to Egypt after rebels toppled his regime.Libya's National Transitional ... Read more...
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Navy denies attacking Indian fishermen
March 12th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 12 (IANS) The Sri Lanka Navy has denied attacking Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters, saying it was worried over such "malicious allegations".The navy said in a statement ... Read more...
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Geelani under scanner for alleged Lashkar links
March 2nd, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani may be questioned for recommending a Pakistani visa for a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist arrested for allegedly plotting a ... Read more...
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Pakistani airspace never closed for NATO: Gilani
February 27th, 2012 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Pakistan never closed its airspace for NATO supplies in Afghanistan and had only suspended the land route, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said."The Defence ... Read more...
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No trace of abducted workers in Jharkhand
February 20th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 20 (IANS) Police were Monday yet to trace the six road construction workers abducted by Maoists from Jharkhand's Giridih district despite searches in areas along the Bihar border."We ... Read more...
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Abducted Meghalaya engineers freed: Police
February 5th, 2012 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 5 (IANS) Two engineers kidnapped by terrorist outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were released unharmed Saturday after 10 days in captivity, police said.Assistant executive engineer Apus Pothmi ... Read more...
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10 days on, no trace of kidnapped Meghalaya engineers
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 3 (IANS) The whereabouts of two engineers kidnapped by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels remain unknown, an official said Friday, 10 days after the abduction.On Jan ... Read more...
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Myanmar to release 651 more prisoners
January 12th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Jan 12 (IANS) The Myanmar government Thursday granted amnesty to 651 more prisoners who will be released Friday. Over 6,600 prisoners were released last week, Xinhua reported.The prisoners will ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh’s passport released (Lead)
December 13th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday modified the bail conditions of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, an accused in the ... Read more...
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No mass exodus of Indian nurses from Saudi Arabia: Ravi
November 23rd, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) There are no instances where exodus of Indian nurses in large numbers from Saudi Arabia has taken place, parliament was told Wednesday.Replying to a ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s son to remain in Niger
November 16th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Saadi Gaddafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will remain in Niger until the UN lifts a ban on his freedom of movement, ... Read more...
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Amar Singh to go to Singapore for treatment
November 8th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who was allowed by a Delhi court to travel abroad for treatment, said he will be visiting Singapore later ... Read more...
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Amar Singh allowed to go to Singapore for treatment (Second Lead)
November 3rd, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh can visit Singapore for treatment of his kidney infection as a Delhi court Thursday allowed him to travel and ... Read more...
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Amar Singh at AIIMS with respiratory problem
November 3rd, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Thursday went to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) complaining of a respiratory problem, four days after ... Read more...
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Amar Singh can go to Singapore for treatment
November 3rd, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday allowed former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh to visit Singapore for treatment of his kidney infection from Nov 8-30.
While permitting the ... Read more...
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