British schools spend sports time on Indian dance: Cameron
August 10th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Defending a decision to scrap two-hour-a-week allotted for sports in British schools, Prime Minister David Cameron has said the schools were using the time on ... Read more...
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How did British PM’s ex-girlfriend become a nun?
April 29th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 29 (IANS) A former girlfriend of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who met her as a Conservative Party worker in the 1990s, left politics and worked in ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims reject Canada’s $24,000 ex-gratia
July 11th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 11 (IANS) Air India Kanishka victims' families have rejected the Canadian government's offer of $24,000 each for the 1985 bombing that killed all 329 people on board the ... Read more...
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Air India victims echo judge’s remarks on Sikh radicals
May 12th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Vancouver, May 12 (IANS) Reacting to remarks of a Canadian judge, who headed the 1985 Air India bombing inquiry, in Chandigarh Tuesday that Sikh radicals were more active in Canada ... Read more...
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Prince William behind Tony Blair wedding snub due to personal hatred?
April 29th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 29 (ANI): A prominent historian has claimed that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was not invited to Friday's royal wedding because Prince William dislikes the politician and not ... Read more...
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Not offended for not being invited to wedding: Blair
April 29th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 29 (IANS) Former prime minister Tony Blair has said that he was not offended at not being invited to Friday's wedding of Prince William with Kate Middleton.He ... Read more...
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Blair, Brown not invited to Wills-Kat wedding
April 24th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
However, their Conservative predecessors, Sir John Major and Baroness Thatcher have been invited."It appears odd that surviving prime ministers other than Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have rightly been invited to ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s sleazy political generation should retire: Mayor of Florence
February 20th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's, who is embroiled in controversies pertaining to his sexcapades, has been slammed by the mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi.The 36-year-old said that ... Read more...
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Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction
February 9th, 2011 - 9:54 am ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Feb 9 (IANS) Jailed Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat's petition to challenge his latest conviction has angered families of the victims of the 1985 tragedy.After spending 15 years in ... Read more...
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Vikram Bajwa to highlight justice for Kanishka crash victims
December 31st, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (ANI): Indian Overseas Congress President Vikram Bajwa has promised to highlight the cause of justice for the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing victims at the forthcoming Non-Resident Indian Conclave ... Read more...
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Brits’ prediction of 2025: Prince William as King of England, men on Mars
December 30th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by ANI
London, Dec 30 (ANI): If 100,000 Britons are correct, the world in 2011 could see China emerging as the most powerful nation and Prince William as the King of England.A survey ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims not after money, says campaigner
December 14th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 14 (IANS) As the Canadian government discusses ex-gratia compensation with the families of the Air India Kanishka bombing victims, the man who started this fight for justice says ... Read more...
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Padma Shri for Air India Kanishka inquiry judge demanded
December 9th, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Dec 9 (IANS) The Indian Oversees Congress in the US has urged the Indian government to confer Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, on Air India Kanishka inquiry ... Read more...
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Air Indian bombing kin unhappy with Canadian Govt. compensation
December 8th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa (Canada), Dec.8 (ANI): Relatives of those killed in the Air India flight 182 bombing of June 23, 1985, have expressed disappointment with the Canadian Government's proposed compensation plan.Most of them have ... Read more...
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No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan (Lead)
December 8th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) Canada Tuesday unveiled an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission, which submitted its report in June. But there was ... Read more...
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No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan
December 7th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) Canada is set to unveil an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission which submitted its report in June. But ... Read more...
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Canada asked to raise Kanishka bombing ex-gratia from $25,000
November 26th, 2010 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Nov 26 (IANS) The Indian Overseas Congress in the US has urged Canada to raise its proposed ex-gratia of $25,000 each to the families of 329 victims of the ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims to get ex-gratia before Christmas
October 29th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 29 (IANS) Canada is set to disburse an ex-gratia payment to the Air India Kanishka victims before Christmas.Though Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic ... Read more...
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Canadian Govt. could offer up to 25,000-dollar compensation to Air India families
October 23rd, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto (Canada), Oct. 23 (ANI): The Canadian Government has opened discussions over compensation with relatives of Air India victims by telling them that payouts in acknowledgment of historic wrongs in Canada have ... Read more...
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25 years later, Canada offers $25,000 to each Kanishka victim family
October 23rd, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 23 (IANS) The Canadian government has reportedly offered $20,000 to $25,000 to families of each Air India Kanishka victim - 25 years after all 329 people on board ... Read more...
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British PM rents out his Notting Hill home
August 21st, 2010 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha are pocketing up to 6,000 pounds a month by renting out their London home while they live in ... Read more...
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Brown aiming to pocket 64,000 pounds per public speaking engagement
August 19th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 19(ANI): Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reportedly aiming to secure bookings worth 64,000 pounds for speaking engagements in the Middle East and Asia.Anyone wishing to hire ... Read more...
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British firms ink multi-million pound deals in India
July 29th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Visiting British Business Secretary Vince Cable Thursday announced a series of multi-million pound deals signed between British and Indian firms.
The deals spanning sectors like infrastructure, high-technology ... Read more...
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Chelsea Clinton can do better than the man she’s marrying: Dating website users
July 29th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): Former US first daughter Chelsea Clinton has been told by users of a dating website that she can do better than the man she is marrying.
CanDoBetter.com, a ... Read more...
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New leads spell fresh hope for Kanishka victims
June 20th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, June 20 (IANS) With 20 Canadian investigators still actively pursuing leads in the Air India Kanishka bombing case, the victim families have not abandoned their hope to see the ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims’ relative angry over Canadian Govt.’s inquiry report
June 19th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), June 19(ANI): After the Canadian Government released the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing, an angry relative of three victims has ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims call inquiry report bitter-sweet (Lead)
June 18th, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, June 18 (IANS) Despite an inquiry report indicting the Canadian government Thursday for the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing and recommending ex-gratia compensation for them, families of the victims ... Read more...
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Kanishka bombing: Canada ignored reports on threat to India, says co-pilot’s widow
June 18th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, June 18 (ANI): The widow of an Indian co-pilot, who flew the bombed Air India Boeing 'Kanishka' Flight 182 from Canada to India, on Friday, rued the lack of intelligence sharing ... Read more...
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1985 Air India explosion, a Canadian atrocity, says inquiry head
June 18th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, June 18 (ANI): Canadians never really had an understanding of the investigations that were required to be undertaken with regard to the June 23, 1985 bombing of an Air India flight ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims call inquiry report bitter-sweet
June 18th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, June 18 (IANS) Despite an inquiry report indicting the Canadian government Thursday for the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing and recommending ex-gratia for them, families of the victims were ... Read more...
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Air India explosion report a ‘damning indictment’: Canadian PM
June 18th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto (Canada), June 18 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has described a federal report inquiring into the 1985 terrorist attack on the Air India plane "Kanishka" as a "damning indictment of ... Read more...
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Kanishka report out, Canada to apologise, pay compensation
June 18th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 18 (IANS) Though there was little in the Air India Kanishka report presented Thursday for the families of the 329 victims, the Canadian government said it will apologise to the ... Read more...
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Canada to pay compensation to Kanishka victims
June 18th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 17 (IANS) The Canadian government said Thursday it will apologise to the families of 329 victims of the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing and pay further compensation to them. ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims’ relatives ‘angry’ over Canadian govt’s inept handling of inquiry
June 17th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Vancouver, June 17(ANI): As the Canadian Government's Commission of Inquiry into the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing is set to release its final report, angry Indian community members have reiterated that the ... Read more...
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Air India Kanishka bombing report today
June 17th, 2010 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 17 (IANS) For the families of 329 victims of the Air India Kanishka bombing in 1985, the tragic memories of the event 25 years ago will be revived Thursday when ... Read more...
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