Of an Indian double agent: A true-to-life thriller (Book Review)
July 15th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "Escape to Nowhere: Story of an Indian Espionage Agent"; Author: Amar Bhushan, Publisher: Konark Publishers; Pages: 332; Price: Rs.299
In May 2004 a tsunami hit the Research and Analysis Wing ... Read more...
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Pakistani daily lauds chief justice for not sparing son
June 8th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) The superior judiciary in Pakistan has "really come into its own", a Pakistani daily said Friday over Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's suo motu notice ... Read more...
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No favouritism at beauty pageants: Miss Earth Nicole Faria
November 14th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Bangalore girl Nicole Faria, the only Indian to have ever won the Miss Earth title, says there is no favouritism at international pageants and she ... Read more...
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ISI calls the shots in Pakistan: Imran Khan
November 14th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency is calling the shots in the country, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan says, adding that the government lacks moral courage, "giving ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Bollywood hails Anna’s victory
August 29th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Bollywood veterans like Shabana Azmi, Mahesh Bhatt and Pritish Nandy and younger artistes like Farhan Akhtar and R. Madhavan are ecstatic about social activist Anna ... Read more...
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Woman to run warship for first time in Britain
August 8th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) A woman will command a warship for the first time in Britain's 500-year-old naval history, a media report said Monday.Thirty-nine-year-old Lieutenant Commander Sarah West will take ... Read more...
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Ostracise corrupt colleagues, PM tells bureaucrats
April 21st, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked Indian civil servants to set the "highest standards" of probity in their work and ostracise colleagues who indulge ... Read more...
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Davis’s release a national tragedy: PML-N
March 18th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 18 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said the release of CIA security contractor Raymond Davis was a "national tragedy"."The bargaining conducted by the federal government will ... Read more...
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Ex-UK Army Chief blasts Blair, Brown for letting down forces in Iraq, Afghanistan
September 5th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 5 (ANI): Former British Army chief, General (retired) Sir Richard Dannatt, has accused both former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his successor Gordon Brown of badly letting down ... Read more...
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Maoists issue call for shutdown in five states
June 30th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Raipur, June 30 (ANI): A day after 26 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and seven were injured in a Maoist ambushed in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur District, the rebels have called ... Read more...
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Former Congress MP’s widow satisfied at Modi’s questioning
March 28th, 2010 - 1:54 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 27 (IANS) Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri killed during the 2002 communal riots, Saturday expressed satisfaction at the fact that Chief Minister Narendra ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
BJP not anti-Muslim, it is anti-Pakistan, says Gadkari
January 25th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Jan.25 (ANI): Declining that his party is anti-Muslim, Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that his party is in fact anti-Pakistan, anti-Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, ... Read more...
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Government, society must keep watch on communal groups: PM
August 12th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the government and civil society groups must keep an eye on and protest against those who resort to violence in ... Read more...
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Country needs Congress’ experience to fight challenges facing it: Sonia
May 2nd, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, May 2 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that the country needs the party's long experience in governance more than ever before to tackle the challenges facing it ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah government keeps Kashmir’s dreams alive(100 days in office)
April 12th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi and F. Ahmed
Jammu/Srinagar, April 12 (IANS) As the National Conference-Congress government completes 100 days in office Tuesday, hopes of a new dawn still run high in Jammu and ... Read more...
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When Martin Luther King wanted India to lead the world to peace
January 20th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) Fifty years back from the year Barack Obama will be taking oath as the US's first black president amidst a war-torn world, American civil rights leader Martin Luther ... Read more...
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Two Muslims honoured for helping Hindus during riot, terror attack
October 2nd, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Two Muslims, one from Gujarat and the other from Jammu and Kashmir, will be honoured with the Kabir Purskar 2008 for saving lives of Hindus during violence.While ... Read more...
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For 12 years, he pilgrimages with aged mother on his shoulders
August 4th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Nityanand Shukla,
Ranchi, Aug 4 (IANS) Tales of people ill-treating their old parents are not hard to come by, but Kailash Giri Brahmachari's story is refreshingly different. Like a character in the ... Read more...
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 (Lead)
August 4th, 2008 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 4 (DPA) Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize winner for literature who was exiled from the Soviet Union for his graphic portrayals of life in Soviet labour camps, died of a ... Read more...
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Some US Sikh leaders not in favour of nuke deal with India
July 17th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar July 17, (ANI) Leaders of the Sikh community in the United States have said that they have reservations about the US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal, and are ... Read more...
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A Gandhi exam helps criminals, jailers discover truth
March 20th, 2008 - 9:13 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) At the Arthur Road Jail, where an anti-terrorism court held trials last year, jail officials Thursday sat down along with prisoners for an examination on Mahatma Gandhi's teachings. ... Read more...
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