Gang in Britain jailed for rape as Eid celebrations
April 21st, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 21 (IANS) A group of Muslim men in Britain was jailed for a total of 38 years after they abducted and raped two teenage girls as part ... Read more...
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Decision on AFSPA in November: Omar Abdullah
October 28th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had recently declared that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will be revoked from some areas of ... Read more...
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Kashmir opposition demands release of prisoners
August 25th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday demanded release of all political prisoners and youths in deference to the forthcoming holy Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr."The government has ... Read more...
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Pak security agencies carrying out abductions, killings in Balochistan: Chief Minister
November 25th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Nov 25 (ANI): Pakistan's security agencies are involved in extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, the province's chief minister, Sardar Aslam Raisani, has said."Some of the abductions and killings are definitely carried out ... Read more...
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Goat sales decline in Srinagar ahead of Eid-al Adha
November 16th, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov.16 (ANI): Ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al Adha, the goat sales have declined here due to the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley.Eid-al Adha, which will be celebrated tomorrow, ... Read more...
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Goats costly ahead of “Eid-ul-Adha”
November 14th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
By Abdul HadiAurangabad, Nov.14 (ANI): Buying a goat in Aurangabad is proving to be prohibitive ahead of the Muslim festival of "Eid-ul-Adha"."Eid-ul-Adha" will be celebrated on Wednesday.Traders have brought a variety of ... Read more...
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Indonesian women caned in public for selling food during Ramadan under sharia law
October 2nd, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANI): Two Indonesian women were caned in public on Friday for selling food during Muslim festival of Ramadan.According to The Telegraph, both the women were found guilty of ... Read more...
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Clinton greets India on Eid-ul-Fitr
September 10th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Washington, Sept.10 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has greeted India on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.In a message to Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna, ... Read more...
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Road accidents claim about 130 lives in Indonesian
September 9th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Sep 9 (DPA) At least 128 people have been killed in road accidents this week as millions of Indonesians home to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr, local media reports ... Read more...
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Muslims protest blasphemy against ‘Quran’ by American Church
August 7th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, Aug 7 (ANI): Stung by the blasphemous statements made by an US-based church against their holy text 'Quran', scores of Muslims vented their fury by staging a mass demonstration on ... Read more...
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Restrictions imposed in parts of Kashmir Valley
July 28th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 28 (ANI): Restrictions were on Wednesday imposed on the movement of people in parts of Srinagar and Budgam districts prevent separatist sit-ins and protests.According to sources, the hardline Hurriyat group, ... Read more...
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Restrictions in Srinagar again, separatists call shutdown
July 11th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) Authorities reimposed curfew-like restrictions in a few localities of Srinagar Sunday even as a shutdown called by separatists paralysed life in the Kashmir Valley.
After a 24-hour long ... Read more...
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Kashmir crisis: ‘I do not contemplate resigning,’ says Omar Abdullah
July 10th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 10 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that he had no intention of demitting office because of the recent developments in the state.Rejecting suggestions that ... Read more...
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Kashmir crisis: Farooq Abdullah meets Chidambaram
July 10th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah met Home Minister P Chidambaram here today to discuss steps being taken by the Centre and state governments ... Read more...
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Curfew reimposed in Kashmir towns after fresh violence
July 10th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) Curfew was reimposed in Maisuma locality here and Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag and Pulwama towns Saturday after stone-pelting mobs clashed with security forces, authorities said.
"Miscreants resorted to stone ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxation to continue in Kashmir Valley
July 10th, 2010 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) Curfew will continue to be relaxed throughout the Kashmir Valley except the Sopore and Kakpora towns, Jammu and Kashmir authorities said here Saturday.
"Curfew relaxation will continue in the ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills anti-Taliban lawmaker in Pakistan
December 1st, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 1 (DPA) A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban provincial lawmaker in Pakistan's restive Swat valley Tuesday, police said.
Shamsher Ali, a member of the regional assembly in Pakistan's North West ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 3, Ep 56-Pravesh says, ‘I’m crazy about Claudia’
November 29th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Nov 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pravesh finally confesses with lustful eyes that he is crazy about Claudia and admits it to her, himself. He says that, ‘Please Claudia go away, as ... Read more...
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Pakistani rangers, BSF men share sweets at Wagah border on Eid-ul-Zuha
November 28th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinWagah, Nov. 28 (ANI): In a show of camaraderie, Indian and Pakistani border guards deputed at the Wagah border checkpost, exchanged sweets and greeted each other on the ... Read more...
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Nepal ignores Bardot’s plea to halt animal slaughter
November 20th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Nepal's coalition government has turned a deaf ear to urgent pleas by celebrated French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to prevent the slaughter of thousands of ... Read more...
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Nearly 500 killed in Indonesia Eid travel accidents
September 25th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Sep 25 (DPA) More than 470 people have been killed in road accidents as millions of Indonesian revellers returned to major cities after celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr in ... Read more...
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Firecrackers’ sale goes up in Srinagar
September 22nd, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep. 22 (ANI): The firecrackers' market in Srinagar is witnessing a surge in sales on the occasion of Eid- ul- Fitr festival.Firecracker sellers are doing good business as many children are ... Read more...
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Eid shopping spree in Kashmir
September 20th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sept 20 (ANI): Residents of Kashmir went on a shopping spree for Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan.People are thronging to markets to buy bakery, mutton, ... Read more...
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Eid Shoppers Targeted By Terror Groups In Pakistan
September 19th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
The Eid Ul Fitr celebrations turned an ugly shade in the North West district of Pakistan when a number of people were killed in a bomb blast. The explosion had ... Read more...
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Suicide car bomb attack kills 33 in Pakistan (Third Lead)
September 19th, 2009 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 18 (DPA) A suicide blast ripped through a crowded market Friday in Pakistan's conflict-torn North West Frontier Province, killing at least 33 people and injuring dozens more, police said.
The ... Read more...
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Six injured in clash over loud music in Agra
August 6th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 6 (IANS) Six people were injured, a car was burnt and stones were thrown at shops here as an argument over the playing of loud music turned into a violent ... Read more...
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Pre-meal prayer orders in state-run schools of MP generate controversy
August 1st, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 1(ANI): The directive issued by the Madhya Pradesh Government on reciting 'Bhojan mantra', a Hindu chant before partaking of midday meals by students in the state-run schools, has ... Read more...
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Most Americans worried about growing influence of Islamic law
March 30th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.30 (ANI): Many in the United States have started expressing concern over the growth of the Muslim population in the country, and the simultaneous influential outreach of Islamic law in the ... Read more...
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Scheduled Palestinian prisoner release thrown into doubt
December 15th, 2008 - 6:20 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Dec 15 (DPA) Israel's plan to free 230 Palestinian prisoners Monday was thrown into doubt late Sunday night, after the country's Supreme Court ordered the release delayed until the state replied ... Read more...
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First Quran in Nepali adds cheer to Bakr Eid
December 9th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 9 (IANS) As the former Hindu kingdom of Nepal celebrated the holy Muslim festival of Bakr Eid from Tuesday, for thousands of Muslims there was an additional cause to rejoice ... Read more...
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Israel to release 230 Palestinian prisoners Tuesday
December 8th, 2008 - 2:23 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Dec 8 (Xinhua) Israel Sunday said that it will release 230 Palestinian prisoners Tuesday as a goodwill gesture to mark the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. According to a statement ... Read more...
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Pakistan bomb attack toll rises to 27
December 6th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 6 (DPA) The toll in a bombing in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar rose to 27 Saturday as rescue workers retrieved more bodies from the rubble, health officials and ... Read more...
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Restrictions in Kashmir to prevent separatist agitations
December 5th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Authorities imposed strict restrictions across the Kashmir valley Friday to prevent separatist protests and rallies.The joint co-ordination committee of both the factions of the Hurriyat had asked people ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s foreign reserves crisis deepens
October 4th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 4 (DPA) Pakistan's foreign reserve crisis deepened further Saturday as the central bank said it had lost around $700 million in just a week.The State Bank of Pakistan's net foreign ... Read more...
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Inflation data release deferred to Friday
October 1st, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Data on India's annual rate of inflation for the week ending Sep 20 will be released Friday due to the national holiday Thursday, said a commerce and ... Read more...
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