Afghanistan keen to trade with India via Wagah-Attari border
July 1st, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Afghanistan wants to trade with India through the Wagah-Attari border and has urged Pakistan to work out a mechanism that would spur regional trade and ... Read more...
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Shed fear, invest in Afghan opportunity: India (Roundup)
June 28th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) India Thursday unveiled its vision of promoting economic rejuvenation and stability of Afghanistan by asking companies from the region to invest in that country in ... Read more...
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Anand Sharma to lead business team to Afghanistan
June 28th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Thursday he would soon lead an Indian business delegation to Afghanistan in a bid to enhance economic engagements ... Read more...
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India bats for investments in Afghanistan (Factfile) (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
* India June 28 hosted the first regional investment summit in New Delhi to promote Afghanistan's economic rejuvenation and stability by encouraging private sector investment from across the region. External Affairs ... Read more...
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India pushes Afghanistan’s economic rejuvination (Factfile)
June 28th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
* India June 28 hosted the first regional investment summit in New Delhi to promote Afghanistan's economic rejuvenation and stability by encouraging private sector investment from across the region. External Affairs ... Read more...
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Afghanistan woos Indian investors assuring high returns (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Dispelling security fears, Afghanistan Thursday assured Indian investors a business-friendly environment and said there are 17 key sectors, including mines, cement, steel and agriculture, in ... Read more...
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Rushdie factor: Imran Khan won’t attend India Today conclave (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has refused to attend the India Today conclave this week because of the presence of "The Satanic Verses" author Salman ... Read more...
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Three blasts after Malaysian court acquits Anwar (Lead)
January 9th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) At least two people were injured in three explosions near Kuala Lumpur High Court Monday, shortly after opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians moving away from opposition alliance: Report
April 6th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 6 (IANS) Ethnic Indians in Malaysia are "drifting away" from opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and are veering back to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), a ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s ‘Datuk Trio’ want Anwar Ibrahim tried
March 24th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 24 (IANS) Two politicians and a businessman have said they are the mysterious "Datuk T" or "Datuk Trio" behind a sex video which, according to them, ... Read more...
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Woman claims to have 18 sex videos of Malaysian leader
March 23rd, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 23 (IANS) A Malaysian woman has claimed to have 18 videos showing an opposition politician having sex with women prostitutes as well as with men, adding a ... Read more...
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Sodomy II: Former Malaya Deputy PM Anwar fails to disqualify judge
December 6th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 6 (ANI): Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reportedly failed in his second bid to disqualify high court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah from presiding over ... Read more...
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Early parliamentary polls likely in Malaysia
November 18th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 18 (IANS) Two successive victories by the ruling alliance in by-elections have sparked speculation about Malaysia's parliamentary poll being advanced.General election tops the agenda of a series of high-level ... Read more...
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Malaysian PM may opt for early parliamentary poll
October 24th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 24 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak may opt for parliamentary polls - nearly two years ahead of schedule, a media report said Sunday.Addressing the 61st general assembly ... Read more...
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Another Indian joins Malaysian by-poll fray
April 17th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 17 (IANS) V.S. Chandran, a businessman of Indian origin, Saturday joined the fray for a Malaysian parliamentary by-poll, raising fears of division of the
the ethnic Indian vote.Deputy Prime ... Read more...
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Must win by-poll, Malaysian PM tells Indian party
April 16th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 16 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Friday asked the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) to win a prestigious by-election to prove that it was not just a ... Read more...
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Make English second official language, Malaysia urged
December 11th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (IANS) A leading Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker wants the constitution to be amended to make English the second official language to enable its free use in courts.
Reacting to a ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians moving away from opposition alliance: Official
November 10th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 10 (IANS) Malaysian Indians' support for opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has slipped from an estimated 80 percent to about 50 percent, a senior official of one of the ... Read more...
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Two former Bangladeshi ministers jailed for graft
May 7th, 2009 - 2:14 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 7 (DPA) A Dhaka court Wednesday sent two former Bangladeshi ministers, convicted in absentia in graft charges, to long prison terms as they surrendered before the trial court, officials ... Read more...
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Former Malaysian Indian minister told to explain bribe charge
April 10th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 10 (IANS) A former Malaysian Indian minister, who has returned after a two-month stay in India's Chennai city, has been asked to explain the charge that he was offered ... Read more...
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Change slow in coming in Malaysia a year after historic vote
March 7th, 2009 - 9:14 am ICT by IANS
By Julia Yeow
Kuala Lumpur, March 7 (DPA) A year after Malaysia's political landscape experienced a dramatic shake-up with a historic election, the people's soaring hopes seem to have coalesced into discontentment as ... Read more...
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Lawmaker’s ex-boyfriend to be questioned for her nude pictures
February 18th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 18 (IANS) Malaysian Police Wednesday said they will question the former boyfriend of a woman lawmaker whose nude pictures have been circulated on the Internet.
Elizabeth Wong, executive councillor (minister) ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians want to quit opposition ranks: media report
December 31st, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 31 (IANS) Malaysian Indian politicians who are part of the opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) are disenchanted and many want to quit, a media report said Wednesday.They contributed to ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition leader says he has the numbers to form government
September 16th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Sept.16 (ANI): Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is insisting that he has the numbers to form the next Government.
Though he refused to give details about how many ... Read more...
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Malaysian deputy PM quashes rumour of temple demolition
August 26th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 26 (IANS) Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Tuesday dismissed a report alleging that a Hindu temple had been demolished in a Malaysian city. He sought to scotch a ... Read more...
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Voting on in key Malaysian by-poll involving Anwar Ibrahim
August 26th, 2008 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 26 (IANS) Voting began Tuesday in Permatang Pauh, a tiny parliamentary constituency in Malaysia's Penang state that has become important because of the opposition candidate - former deputy prime ... Read more...
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Malaysian Bar Council questions Ibrahim sodomy case probe
August 6th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 6 (IANS) Malaysia's Bar Council has questioned the police investigation into the charges of sodomy made against former deouty prime minister Anwar Ibrahim by his former aide Saiful Bukhari ... Read more...
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Anwar Ibrahim says no to foreign forensic expert fearing fabrication
July 18th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (ANI): Malaysias former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will not agree to the idea of a foreign forensic expert of his choice to draw a DNA sample ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s Ibrahim faces sodomy charge again (Second Lead)
June 29th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 29 (IANS) Malaysia was in throes of a major political scandal Sunday as former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim took shelter in the Turkish embassy here after denying a ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim faces sodomy charge again
June 29th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 29 (IANS) Former Malaysian Deputy prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vehemently denied a sodomy charge levelled by an aide -- a decade after he was sacked from the government ... Read more...
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Extradition of London-based Hindraf leader demanded
June 26th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 26 (IANS) An opposition lawmaker in Malaysia has asked for the extradition of a London-based ethnic Indian leader if his activities were found inimical to national security. The government ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition steps into MIC turf
May 27th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 27 (IANS) Malaysia's parliamentary opposition says it represents the country's estimated 2.6 million Indian community better than the government and cites the March election results to support its claim. ... Read more...
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Hindraf chief’s daughter has birthday party in parliament
May 22nd, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 22 (IANS) Malaysia's parliamentary opposition made a political point by attending the birthday party of the daughter of Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) chief P. Waythamoorthy at Parliament House. ... Read more...
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Opposition woos Mahathir, but son defies his call
May 21st, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 21 (IANS) The initial response to the rebellion by Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who quit the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) has been poor. Most lawmakers, including ... Read more...
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Will more follow Mahathir out of Malaysia’s ruling party?
May 20th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 20 (IANS) Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's exit from the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) may be "a final push" to force his successor and current incumbent ... Read more...
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