India, Pakistan fail to make headway on Sir Creek (Lead)
June 19th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India and Pakistan Tuesday wrapped up their two-day talks on the mineral-rich Sir Creek marshlands, but failed to make any headway, with both sides ... Read more...
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A marshy dispute: Sir Creek factfile
June 19th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Sir Creek: A marshy dispute( Q and A.Factfile)
Factfile on the India-Pakistan dispute on the Sir Creek marshlands on which the two countries concluded two days of talks in New Delhi ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan discuss Sir Creek; no headway
June 19th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India and Pakistan Tuesday wrapped up their two-day talks on the Sir Creek marshlands without much headway, but agreed on finding "an amicable solution" to ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan begin talks on Sir Creek dispute
June 18th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Seeking a lasting solution to the decades-old maritime boundary dispute over Sir Creek in the Rann of Kutch marshland, India and Pakistan Monday began a ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan top diplomats to meet June 29, visa accord soon (Lead)
June 6th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday affirmed that the liberalized visa treaty with India will be signed soon as the foreign secretaries of the two countries prepare to meet ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan foreign secretaries to hold talks June 29
June 6th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 6 (IANS) Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold talks in New Delhi June 29, setting the stage for the crucial visit of External Affairs Minister S.M. ... Read more...
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Migratory birds are flying back home from Odisha
February 17th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) More than a million migratory birds that thronged various lakes and marshlands of Odisha, flying in from as far places as Siberia and Iraq, have started ... Read more...
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Iraq sets free Saddam Hussien’s loyalist
August 5th, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 4 (IANS) A former Saddam Hussien loyalist was set free after being cleared of draining the marshlands in the country's south, while other co-defendants were sentenced ranging from seven years ... Read more...
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Do not pre-judge outcome of talks with Pakistan: Krishna
July 8th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) A week before he meets Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday struck a realistic note, saying one should not pre-judge ... Read more...
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Admiral Allen approves one section of Louisiana’s barrier island project proposal
May 28th, 2010 - 1:41 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The National Incident Commander for the BP oil spill, Admiral Thad Allen, on Thursday approved the implementation of one section of Louisiana's barrier island project proposal that ... Read more...
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BP Devises ‘Top Kill’ To Curb The Oil Leak
May 25th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 25, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Oil giant, British Petroleum (BP), is preparing itself for an immense endeavor to stop the oil leak in the Gulf Of Mexico that possesses the ... Read more...
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Gulf Oil Spill: Tar Balls Wash Up On Shore
May 16th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Gulf Of Mexico, May 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Gulf oil spill's effects have started showing up on the shores. The latest reports confirm that tar balls of up to 8 ... Read more...
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Six Pakistanis held for entering Indian waters
April 5th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) Six Pakistanis were held and their fishing boat seized when they trespassed into Indian territorial waters in the Sir Creek area of Kutch Monday, officials said.
The ... Read more...
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Under twinkling sky, bike through Rann of Kutch marshlands (IANS Travel)
February 17th, 2010 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By Shilpa Raina
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) How about navigating the stars while biking it through the vast marshlands of the Rann of Kutch in western India? Not even mosquitoes will dare ... Read more...
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No link between Mumbai, Sir Creek talks suspension
November 30th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) India has denied any link between the postponement of talks over the Sir Creek dispute and the Mumbai terror attacks and said there was also no plan ... Read more...
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Lanka army ”takes Tiger base”
November 15th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Nov.15 (ANI): Sri Lankan soldiers have entered the strategically important Tamil Tiger stronghold of Pooneryn, according to the ministry of defence.
The move follows months of fighting and the BBC ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan begin peace talks
May 20th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) India and Pakistan opened talks here Tuesday morning to take their peace process forward in the first major bilateral engagement since a civilian government took ... Read more...
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Wounded Sundarbans tiger under treatment in Kolkata zoo
February 23rd, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The West Bengal forest department has hired a team of veterinary doctors to treat a wounded tiger captured from a village outside Sundarbans, one of the biggest tiger ... Read more...
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Stray Sundarbans tiger captured by forest officials
February 22nd, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A tiger was captured Friday by West Bengal forest department officials from a village outside the big cat's core habitat in the Sundarbans mangrove forest. The tiger ... Read more...
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