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November 27th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs address to the nation on Mumbai terror attack.
The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Oct 17 (ANI): United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief, Ian Martin has said that the UN body is not inclined towards any party while the peace process is underway.
His ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Oct 11 (IANS) Greater transparency might not always lead to less corruption, according to a doctoral thesis that investigates why graft among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , Sept 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh on Monday stressed on the need of stringent law to tackle the menace of terrorism in the country. ...
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September 25th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Mumbai/New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): Family of Mohammad Zakir, who has been arrested in connection with the serial bombings in the country, refutes his involvement in the blasts that rocked the ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
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United Nations, Aug 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought "disciplinary action to the maximum degree permitted by Indian law" against some Indian peacekeepers who allegedly engaged in "sexual exploitation and ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
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United Nations, Aug 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought "disciplinary action to the maximum degree permitted by Indian law" against some Indian peacekeepers who allegedly engaged in "sexual exploitation and ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) India must become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC) statute, said Rajya Sabha member E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan here Saturday, adding that "our police forces and agencies ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
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By Richa Sharma
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) An average of four people are killed every day in India's jails or police stations, says a report by a human rights watchdog. The ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Once known for firing his gun and picking up fights in night clubs with impunity, Nepal's former crown prince Paras has now fallen on harder times ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A Sri Lankan activists body Friday called for a political solution to the dragging ethnic conflict that has claimed around 70,000 lives since 1983. The Sri Lanka ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
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London/Auckland/Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Two human trafficking scams involving Indians, especially from Punjab, unearthed in two far-flung countries - New Zealand and Britain - showed the massive scale of the illegal ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 8 (ANI): In the backdrop of Sundays suicide blast in Islamabad killing 20 people and yesterdays serial blasts in Karachi claiming one life and injuring more than 50, the ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 2 (IANS) Hundreds of Sri Lankan journalists Wednesday held a peaceful rally in the heart of Colombo to denounce the attack on a fellow journalist and a British high commission ...
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June 25th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) In a grim remainder of the human rights situation in the country, a report by a rights group has revealed that nearly four people die in police ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 20 (ANI): Researchers at Yale University have offered new insights into how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients.
They have ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , June 20 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reportedly said that Pakistan had every right to deal with militants in its Tribal Areas, but it must ...
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June 5th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Tegucigalpa (Honduras) June 5 (IANS) A Honduras court has convicted 22 security officials for their alleged involvement in a jail massacre, which killed 68 people, Spain's EFE news agency reported Thursday. The ...
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May 29th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 29 (IANS) A Tamil journalist and his friend were hacked to death in the heavily-guarded northern Jaffna peninsula by unknown men, a media rights group here said Thursday. "Sirasa, Shakthi ...
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May 29th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 29 (ANI): Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said that there is no consensus between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , May 21 (ANI): Expressing its concerns against the recent peace pact signed between the Pakistan Government and the pro-Taliban militants, the US has reportedly warned Islamabad that the deal ...
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May 19th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 19 (ANI): Bollywood actors have joined hands with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to create awareness in the country about the need to save the tiger.
Actor Farooq Sheikh stressed on ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 13 (IANS) With just a fortnight left for the ouster of Nepal's King Gyanendra, the army that had once been allowed to perpetrate gross human rights violations in ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 2 (IANS) South Asian countries, including India, are among the worst at prosecuting the killers of journalists, according to a new report from a US organisation that promotes press ...
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April 23rd, 2008 - 8:22 am ICT by admin
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DPA
New York, April 23 (DPA) The UN Security Council president Tuesday declared efforts to stop killings in Darfur a "mess" while Sudan's ambassador to the UN insisted the death toll in the ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 12:00 am ICT by admin
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(Second Lead, Superseding earlier story)
New York, April 8 (IANS) The Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) has filed a $100 million libel lawsuit against three people associated with the Forum for Saving Gandhi's ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 12:34 am ICT by admin
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DPA
Geneva, March 19 (DPA) A report by a UN fact-finding mission into the post-election violence in Kenya published Wednesday said that the police used "excessive" force and were responsible for at least ...
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March 19th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, March 19 (IANS) International PEN, the global writers' body, has said it is increasingly concerned about the safety and well-being of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and asked New ...
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March 17th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The crackdown by China against protesters in Tibetan capital Lhasa echoed in parliament Monday with the government being asked to make a statement on how it intended ...
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March 13th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Mar 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said that Pakistan has suffered the worst violation of human rights, and therefore, it would adopt a zero tolerance policy on ...
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