Pakistan will return empty-handed from Olympics: Experts
July 30th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 30 (IANS) Pakistan's Olympic delegation will most likely return without winning a single medal at the London Games as there is no potential team or individual that can ... Read more...
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Are there more tunnels on India-Pakistan border?
July 29th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 29 (IANS) After the discovery of a tunnel running from Pakistan to India, security personnel fear that more such tunnels may have been dug to push terrorists and ... Read more...
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Tunnel from Pakistan found near border in Kashmir (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 28 (IANS) An "under construction" tunnel originating from the Pakistani side of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir has been discovered near an army post in Samba ... Read more...
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India Mujahideen terrorist arrested from UP
May 14th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist was arrested Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur for motivating youths to become members of the outlawed terror group, Delhi Police ... Read more...
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Kashmir is ultimate for outdoor film shooting: Saroj Khan
April 24th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) For renowned Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan, the locale for her latest song sequence could just not be better. Srinagar's Tulip Garden Tuesday not only fascinated ... Read more...
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Another Indian Mujahideen member held, say Delhi Police
February 7th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday claimed to have arrested one more cadre of the Indian Mujahideen terror outfit, who had provided refuge to Yasin Bhatkal, the main ... Read more...
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US national’s kidnapper’s sketch released
August 19th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 19 (IANS) Police in Pakistan Thursday released a sketch of a man accused of being involved in the kidnapping of US national Warren Weinstein.The sketch shows an ... Read more...
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US begins probe into American’s abduction in Pakistan
August 18th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) US has begin its own investigation into the kidnapping of an American in Lahore.Warren Weinstein, 63, was kidnapped Aug 13 from his home in Lahore city ... Read more...
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American’s abduction: Suspects’ sketches being prepared
August 17th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The sketches of a couple of suspects were being prepared over the kidnapping of a US national in Lahore, police said.Warren Weinstein, 63, was kidnapped Aug ... Read more...
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FBI may look for American abducted in Pakistan
August 16th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may be asked to probe the kidnapping of an American national in Lahore, a media report said Tuesday.Warren Weinstein, ... Read more...
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Robbery gang busted in Chandigarh
April 11th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Chandigarh Police Monday claimed to have solved 25 cases of vehicle theft and chain snatching with the arrest of three men. Six cars and 17 motorcycles ... Read more...
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PPP lawmaker richest in Pak Parliament
March 12th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 12(ANI): Senator Gul Muhammad Lot of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is the richest member of the Upper House of Parliament, with his property valuing 1.351 billion rupees in and ... Read more...
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Man held for carjacking, killing driver
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A 20-year-old youth , allegedly involved in carjacking and the murder of the vehicle's driver, was arrested in east Delhi. He wanted to impress his girlfriends by ... Read more...
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Lahore’s three parking plazas to cost Rs.1.35 bn
January 17th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Jan 17 (IANS) A sum of Rs.1.35 billion will be spent on the construction of three parking plazas to be built in this historic Pakistan city. A total of 23 ... Read more...
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Six terrorists get life term for plot to kidnap Sachin, Sourav (Second Lead)
January 15th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday awarded life term to six Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists, including three Pakistanis, for plotting to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in ... Read more...
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Plot to kidnap Sachin: Six terrorists get life term (Lead)
January 15th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Six Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists, including three Pakistanis, were Saturday awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court for plotting to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly ... Read more...
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Chakdara press club urges Pak Chief Justice to ban footballs inscribed with ‘Allah’
November 28th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 28 (ANI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chakdara Press Club has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to take suo muto action against a manufacturing company of Sialkot for ... Read more...
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Proposed road endangers Uttar Pradesh mango belt
September 26th, 2010 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 26 (IANS) One of the prime mango belts of the country is fighting a battle for survival in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh as the central government ... Read more...
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Murder ‘accused’ jailed two months before police admit mistake
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:42 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 22 (IANS) A 30-year-old man in Ghaziabad was lodged in jail since two months on charges of murder, before police admitted he was not involved in the crime.
Israr Chaudhary, a ... Read more...
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Woman burnt to death in Greater Noida
August 9th, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Aug 8 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws in Shadipur Chidauli area of Greater Noida, police said Sunday.
Reshma, the wife ... Read more...
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Pakistan issues stamp to honour China
October 1st, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 1 (Xinhua) Pakistan issued a commemorative postage stamp Thursday to mark the 60th anniversary of Communist China, and Beijing's envoy described Sino-Pakistani relations as "higher than the Himalayas, deeper than ... Read more...
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Pakistan rejects reports about obtaining French submarines
August 30th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.30 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected reports about purchase of submarines from France.Briefing Senate's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, Defence Production Secretary, Israr Ghumman said an evaluation committee formed by ... Read more...
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Nearly 100 infants found abandoned in Uttar Pradesh in 2008
January 18th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 18 (IANS) Little Naureen is the apple of her father's eye. It is over a year since Israr Ali Khan found the girl, then barely a day old, abandoned in ... Read more...
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Eight year-old, victim of Ahmedabad serial blasts, battles for life
July 29th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, July 29 (ANI): An eight year-old Israr Mohammed, who sustained serious head injuries in Saturday''s serial blasts in Ahmedabad, battles for his life after slipping into Coma.Israr Mohammed is the ... Read more...
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70 Taliban rebels killed in Afghanistan (Lead)
July 27th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kabul, July 27 (Xinhua) Seventy Taliban militants were confirmed killed in a joint operation of the Afghan army and the NATO-led international forces Sunday in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province. "In the successful ... Read more...
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21 Taliban rebels killed in Afghanistan
July 27th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kabul, July 27 (Xinhua) At least 21 Taliban rebels were killed early Sunday in a joint operation of the Afghan army and the NATO-led international forces in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, an ... Read more...
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24 years after operation Blue Star
June 3rd, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by David M N James
It’s June 3 the day Indira Gandhi sighed her death certificate and 24 years since June 3rd to June 6, 1984 when she ordered operation Blue Star to quash Shabeg Singh's militia ... Read more...