Drone strikes fuelling insurgency in Pakistan: Gilani
January 29th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Pakistan and the US have longstanding friendly relations, but drone strikes are only fuelling insurgency in the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said."In ... Read more...
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Britain, Afghanistan sign partnership agreement
January 29th, 2012 - 8:15 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 29 (IANS) Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron have signed a long-term partnership agreement Saturday.They signed the Enduring Strategic Partnership agreement in ... Read more...
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Senior Maoist killed in Chhattisgarh gun battle
January 27th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior Maoist rebel was killed Friday in a gun battle with Chhattisgarh police, a police official said.The killing was reported from Raigarh district close to ... Read more...
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Security up in Chhattisgarh as Maoists to boycott R-Day
January 25th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Security was heightened in Chhattisgarh Wednesday as the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) announced that it would boycott and disrupt Republic Day celebrations, police ... Read more...
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Open to dialogue with militants: Gogoi
January 24th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday appealed to the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by Paresh Barua to join ... Read more...
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Protest hits rail services in Bastar
January 17th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 17 (IANS) A protest launched by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), hit rail services Tuesday in ... Read more...
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Funds no problem for Maoist-hit areas: Jairam Ramesh
January 16th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 16 (IANS) There was no problem of funds for development and infrastructure projects for Maoist-hit areas, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said Monday."The central government is striving to ... Read more...
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Omar briefs governor on security
January 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday met Governor N.N. Vohra and listed his government's thrust on internal security and how the situation could be ... Read more...
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Bombs found in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist heartland
January 1st, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 1 (IANS) Two bombs of 40 kg each were recovered Sunday from Chhattisgarh's Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar region, police said.Officials at police headquarters here said the bombs were placed ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh carves out nine more districts
January 1st, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 1 (IANS) Nine more districts came into existence in Chhattisgarh Sunday, taking the total number to 27, Chief Minister Raman Singh said.The new districts, a new year gift ... Read more...
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Yearend hope: India’s democracy is alive and well (Comment)
December 29th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
There is reason to hope that India will fare better in 2012. For one, much of the political storms have blown over - scams, Anna Hazare, et al. They ... Read more...
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Dantewada police chief shifted after Maoist attack
December 29th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 29 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Thursday shifted the Dantewada district superintendent of police to police headquarters here after Maoists blew up a new police building in the district ... Read more...
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Two Babbar Khalsa terrorists arrested (Lead)
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Two Babbar Khalsa International terrorists, planning to target some political and religious leaders, have been arrested from Delhi and Punjab, police said Friday.Sarab Preet Singh, ... Read more...
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Two Babbar Khalsa terrorists nabbed
December 23rd, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Two suspected Babbar Khalsa International terrorists have been arrested from Delhi and Punjab, police said Friday.According to sources, the two were planning to target some ... Read more...
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Georgia to send more troops to Afghanistan
December 21st, 2011 - 5:09 am ICT by IANS
Tbilisi, Dec 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Georgia's parliament has voted in favour of a plan to send more troops to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).The initiative ... Read more...
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Taliban being paid $150 a month to stop fighting
November 27th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 27 (IANS) Taliban cadres are being paid 100 pounds (over $150) a month for desisting from action and will be allowed to keep their weapons as part ... Read more...
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Why Kashmiris want the hated AFSPA to go
November 20th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar/New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Caught in the crossfire between security forces and separatist militants for over two decades, Kashmiris say the government must revoke the controversial Armed Forces Special ... Read more...
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Farooq backs ‘boss’ Omar on AFSPA
November 17th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Union minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday said his son, Omar Abdullah as the chief minister is the "boss" of Jammu and ... Read more...
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Chidambaram reviews Chhattisgarh’s anti-Maoist strategy
November 15th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 15 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday began a high-level meeting here to review the anti-Maoist strategy in Chhattisgarh, one of the states worst-hit by insurgency since ... Read more...
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Off the road: Kashmir’s nomads settling down (Feature)
November 4th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Among the numerous scarred inhabitants of Jammu and Kashmir are the nomadic Gujjars, whose languid rhythm of life and simple traditions are dying a gradual death ... Read more...
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Pakistan abets Afghan insurgents to limit Indian influence: US report
October 29th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) Pointing at insurgent safe havens in Pakistan as the biggest security threat, the US says Pakistan continues to tolerate and abet the insurgency in Afghanistan ... Read more...
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Maoist ambush kills three cops in Bastar
October 21st, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 21 (IANS) Three policemen were killed on the spot Friday in an ambush by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh teacher on hunger strike, alleges police harassment
October 12th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 12 (IANS) Soni Sori, the tribal teacher arrested on charges of being a Maoist conduit, is on hunger strike to protest alleged harassment by Chhattisgarh Police and Wednesday ... Read more...
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Pakistani PM asks militants to shun violence
October 11th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday asked militants to shun violence and work for the progress of the country.The prime minister's statement came at ... Read more...
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Five bombs found in Chhattisgarh
September 26th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) A search team of para-military forces and the Chhattisgarh police Monday found five bombs on a jungle road in Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar region's Kanker district, police ... Read more...
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Maoist commander held in Gadchiroli
September 25th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Sep 25 (IANS) A Maoist commander from Chhattisgarh's Bastar but operating in this Maharashtra district has been arrested, police said Sunday."We arrested Somji Made after we laid a ... Read more...
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11 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
September 15th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 15 (IANS) Eleven senior Maoist cadres were arrested Thursday in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.The arrests were made from Mardapal area of the district, some 300 ... Read more...
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Teacher in London becomes Somalian deputy PM
September 10th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) In what could be termed a bizarre chain of events, a teacher in a London college failed to return when classes reopened after summer recess. His ... Read more...
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NMDC, BEC agreement for Chhattisgarh steel plant
September 6th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 6 (IANS) The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Tuesday signed a contract for a coke oven package in its upcoming integrated steel plant in Chhattisgarh with a consortium ... Read more...
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Central government, ULFA sign ceasefire accord
September 3rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The central government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Saturday signed an agreement for bilateral ceasefire and to work towards a ... Read more...
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Nepal fails to get new constitution for third time
August 30th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Ahead of a deadline Wednesday, Nepal's major parties conceded they would not be able to promulgate the new, much-awaited constitution in time, for the third time ... Read more...
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No ‘classical’ insurgency in northeast: Assam Rifles chief
August 26th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Nongkrem (Meghalaya), Aug 26 (IANS) The insurgency in India's northeastern states can no longer be viewed as "classical" guerilla warfare as it lost the support of the people, the head ... Read more...
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Reporters imprisoned in Libya
August 24th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tripoli, Aug 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A group of international journalists are being held in a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli. The journalists were in the city to cover the rebel ... Read more...
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Maoist-affected states can hire private choppers
August 23rd, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The government Tuesday said some states have been allowed to hire private helicopters for their anti-Maoist operations."To meet the shortfall, the Left-wing extremism affected states ... Read more...
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Congress seeks judicial probe in Dantewada killing
August 18th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress Thursday sought a judicial inquiry into killing of a village head allegedly by para-military troopers in a staged shootout earlier this month."The Chhattisgarh ... Read more...
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