Commonwealth Games timeline
October 2nd, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Timeline in the lead-up to the 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games here:Nov 13, 2003: New Delhi wins bid for 2010 Commonwealth Games by outvoting ... Read more...
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Ayodhya judgment: Flawed, but it has its positive sides (Comment)
October 1st, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
Notwithstanding several flaws, the judgment of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on the six-decade-old Ayodhya dispute does have a positive side.But, first, the defects. A major ... Read more...
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Verdict opens up ‘chance for reconciliation’: Muslim panel member
September 30th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court decision on the disputed Ayodhya site has opened up a "chance for reconciliation" between Hindus and Muslims of India, a member of the All ... Read more...
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Don’t foresee problem after Ayodhya verdict: Chidambaram (Lead)
September 29th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A day before the Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the government did not foresee any problems after ... Read more...
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Don’t foresee problem after Ayodhya verdict: Chidambaram
September 29th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A day before Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the government didn't foresee any problems after the announcement ... Read more...
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Security alert ahead of Ayodhya verdict, Games
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) With just two days to go for the Ayodhya dispute verdict and 11 days for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the central government has asked the states ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict: Jammu and Kashmir takes steps to stem trouble
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 22 (IANS) Fearing that there may be trouble in the communally sensitive Jammu region, the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday asked the police and paramilitary forces to step up ... Read more...
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Commonwealth foreign ministers set to quiz India on CWG
September 22nd, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IANS) A week before the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is set to face some difficult questions from foreign ministers of the 53-nation ... Read more...
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Security beefed up in West Bengal after Delhi firing
September 19th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) All police stations across West Bengal have been alerted and security beefed up in the state, particularly in and around this capital, following the shooting at Jama Masjid ... Read more...
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Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on Saturday
September 10th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.10 (ANI): Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday, said the The Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, Mufti Mohammad Mukkaram Ahmed on Thursday."The moon ... Read more...
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We will move Supreme Court if Ayodhya verdict against us: Owaisi
September 9th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) The Muslim community would maintain peace and move the Supreme Court if the verdict in the Ayodhya case, expected Sep 14, does not go in their favour, ... Read more...
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Two killed in police firing in Kashmir Valley
August 13th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kupwara/ Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 13 (ANI): At least two persons were killed and several others injured in firing by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara and Baramulla Districts on ... Read more...
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Fresh violence rocks Kashmir Valley, one killed
August 13th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Kupwara (J-K), Aug 13 (ANI): One person was killed and several others were injured in firing by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District on Friday.According to sources, the forces opened ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban, other militant outfits behind MQM leader’s killing: Malik
August 4th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 4 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Raza Haider in Karachi was part of a plan hatched by the Tehreek-e-Taliban ... Read more...
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MQM leader’s murder part of ‘larger conspiracy to destabilize Pak’: Malik
August 3rd, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.3 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has blamed the banned terror group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) for the assassination of MQM Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Raza Haider following which massive ... Read more...
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Powerful blast rips apart 100-year-old mosque, shrines in FATA
July 15th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): A powerful blast ripped apart a mosque and some other shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas'(FATA) Khyber Agency on Thursday morning.According to reports, ... Read more...
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Blast damages 100-year-old Pakistani mosque
July 15th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Peshawar, July 15 (IANS) A powerful blast damaged a 100-year-old mosque in Pakistan's Khyber Agency. There were no casualties, a media report said Thursday.
The explosion took place late Wednesday night in tehsil ... Read more...
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Kashmir problem is core issue between India, Pakistan: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
July 11th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 11 (ANI): All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) moderate faction chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led a massive protest in Srinagar on Saturday, and reiterated that the Kashmir problem is the core ... Read more...
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Muslim groups protest Israeli assault on Gaza aid ship
June 4th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Representatives from several Muslim organisations Friday staged a protest march in the capital against Israel's assault May 30 on an aid ship en route to Gaza, leading ... Read more...
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Criminal proceedings against Geelani for perjury stayed
May 25th, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the criminal proceedings against Delhi University (DU) teacher S.A.R.Geelani, who was acquitted in 2001 Parliament House attack case, on the charge ... Read more...
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Muslim clerics condemn scholar’s arrest
May 15th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Muslim leaders Saturday condemned the arrest of an Islamic scholar after a scare on a London-bound flight when a woman passenger complained to the flight crew about ... Read more...
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BJP says no need to react to Thackeray’s criticism of Gadkari’s statement
February 20th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that it was not in the business of always reacting to statements issued by leaders of other parties, ... Read more...
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Terror trail in India: 780 killed since 2005
February 14th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 14 (IANS) The Pune bombing, which killed nine people and left 57 injured, is the latest in a trail of terror strikes in India in recent years which have left ... Read more...
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Delhi police asked to explain terrorists’ escape (Roundup)
January 3rd, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The union home ministry Sunday asked Delhi Police to explain how three Pakistani terrorists awaiting deportation escaped from a city hospital even as police claimed they ... Read more...
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BJP criticises police for terrorists’ escape
January 3rd, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday raised questions on the escape of three Pakistani terrorists, saying the circumstances were "highly suspicious".
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told ... Read more...
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Delhi police asked to explain how Pakistani terrorists fled
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Miffed with the Delhi Police over the escape of three Pakistani terrorists, the union home ministry Sunday asked it to explain how the three men awaiting deportation ... Read more...
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Rocket-shaped minaret, giant arches outside London’s mosque sparks controversy
December 14th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14(ANI): A huge rocket-shaped minaret and two giant arches in the style of Muslim headscarves outside London's Brick Lane Jamme Masjid has sparked off a controversy, as community leaders believe ... Read more...
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BJP fully responsible for Babri mosque demolition: Chidambaram (Lead)
December 8th, 2009 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Amid acrimony in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister P. Chidambaram held the Sangh Parivar responsible for the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992 and dismissed ... Read more...
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BJP dismisses Liberhan report; Congress blames RSS (Roundup)
December 8th, 2009 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday termed the Liberhan Commission report "perverse, baseless and ill-founded", while the Congress blamed its political opponents for playing "divisive politics" ... Read more...
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Sushma Swaraj slams findings of the Liberhan Commission
December 8th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 8(ANI): Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed the findings of the Liberhan Commission tabled in the ... Read more...
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Someone must be responsible for Babri mosque demolition, says Chidambaram
December 8th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.8 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday created ruckus in the Lok Sabha by resorting to loud sloganeering to disrupt Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram while ... Read more...
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Security steeped up in Uttar Pradesh for Babri anniversary
December 5th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 5 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday ordered security to be beefed up across the state, especially in communally sensitive towns, ahead of the 17th anniversary Sunday of the demolition ... Read more...
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Parliament to discuss Liberhan report next week: Bansal (Lead)
December 1st, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The discussion on Liberhan Commission report in parliament, slated for Tuesday but postponed, will now be held next week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Tuesday.
The ... Read more...
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Parliament discussion on Liberhan report postponed
November 30th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The discussion in parliament on the Liberhan Commission report, slated for Tuesday, has been postponed.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Basudeb Acharya told IANS that the discussion ... Read more...
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Eid-ul-Zuha celebrated with fervour in Uttar Pradesh
November 28th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) Muslims across Uttar Pradesh celebrated Eid-ul-Zuha Saturday with traditional fervour as thousands attended the special morning prayers in mosques amid heavy deployment of police and security personnel.
In Lucknow, ... Read more...
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