Tribal woman killed for suspected witchcraft in Tripura
February 11th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 11 (IANS) An elderly tribal woman was hacked to death and two were injured in the northeastern state of Tripura Friday in a suspected case of public reaction ... Read more...
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Bangladesh war movies’ fest to be held in Agartala
February 5th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 5 (IANS) Bangladesh will tell the world about the genocide of its three million people and mass atrocities on 200,000 women and children perpetrated by Pakistani forces during ... Read more...
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Crime erupts in Brazilian city as cops go on strike
February 5th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian city of Salvador registered a total of 29 homicides over a 30-hour span, amid a crime wave caused by a police strike, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Tripura university to set up Bangladesh Study Centre
January 25th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) Tripura Central University will set up a Bangladesh Study Centre soon to teach Indian students more about the neighbouring nation, a top university official told ... Read more...
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Shutdowns, blockades: Manipur’s main poll issues
January 25th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 25 (IANS) The common man in Manipur has one big hope from Saturday's assembly polls - a lasting solution to shutdowns. They are still smarting from ... Read more...
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Mizoram to have high security number plates to check car thefts
January 24th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Jan 24 (IANS) The Mizoram government will soon introduce high security registration plates for all vehicles to check car thefts in the northeastern state, officials said here Tuesday.In Mizoram, ... Read more...
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Woman to head Brazilian oil giant
January 24th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 24 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian government has nominated Maria das Graças Foster to succeed Jose Sergio Gabrielli as CEO of state-controlled oil giant Petrobras, the company said ... Read more...
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Manipur voters fearful after series of blasts
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) Fear and panic has spread among both voters and politicians in election-bound northeastern state of Manipur as separatists stepped up offensive by triggering three powerful explosions ... Read more...
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Brazil returns 47 tonnes of hospital waste to US
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Jan 23 (IANS/EFE) Brazil has returned to the US nearly 47 tonnes of hospital waste that had been intercepted last October in the northeastern state of Pernambuco by ... Read more...
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Trinamool takes on Congress in Manipur
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Sunday said it will field 47 candidates in Manipur and that unlike West Bengal, it has no alliance with the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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India to be more liberal to boost trade, solve water issue: Hasina
January 11th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 11 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday asked India to be more generous and liberal to increase business between the two neighbours and to come forward ... Read more...
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Despite irritants, India, China to hold boundary talks
January 9th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) In an effort to keep their sensitive ties on an even keel, India and China will next week hold the 15th round of boundary talks ... Read more...
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Indian military team’s China visit is on
January 7th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The visit of an Indian military delegation to China is on, though scaled down, even as a visa was denied to an Indian Air Force ... Read more...
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Visa row: Indian military team’s China visit called off (Second Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) India has called off the visit of a 30-member military delegation to China after Beijing refused a visa to a senior Indian Air Force officer ... Read more...
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Visa row: Indian military team’s China visit called off (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The visit of an Indian military delegation to China has been called off after Beijing refused a visa to an IAF officer who belongs to ... Read more...
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China sparks row, denies visa to IAF officer from Arunachal
January 6th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) China has denied a visa to an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer from Arunachal Pradesh, sparking a row close on the heels of a controversy ... Read more...
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31 killed in Mexico prison fight
January 6th, 2012 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 6 (IANS/EFE) A fight involving several groups of inmates at a prison in Mexico has left at least 31 dead, officials said.The incident took place in the ... Read more...
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Each Manipur voter to be photographed: Poll panel
January 5th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) In a first such move, the Election Commission has decided to photograph each voter in Manipur to avoid rigging in the assembly elections slated Jan ... Read more...
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Manipur’s women not adequately represented in state legislature
January 4th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 4 (IANS) After Mizoram, Manipur is the second Indian state where women voters outnumber men. However, the number of female legislators in the state assembly is minimal.The ... Read more...
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Calcutta Polo Club celebrates 150th year by winning Ezra World Cup
December 25th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) The Ezra World Cup 2011 marking 150 years of the Calcutta Polo Club -- the oldest such in the world -- ended Sunday with the ... Read more...
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Manipur parties in poll mode for Jan 28 battle
December 25th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Dec 25 (IANS) With polls to the 60-member Manipur assembly scheduled to be held Jan 28, parties in the northeastern state are gearing up to reach out to ... Read more...
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Mexico says 42 mn turtles born in 2010-11 nesting season
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 22 (IANS/EFE) Mexican authorities recorded a total of 42.2 million Olive Ridley, Leatherback and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle births during the 2010-11 nesting season, authorities said.Efforts to ... Read more...
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Tripura varsity to confer doctorate on Sheikh Hasina
December 21st, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 21 (IANS) Tripura University will confer an honorary doctorate on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her maiden visit to this northeastern Indian state Jan 12, a ... Read more...
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Five cities hold 25 percent of Brazil’s national wealth
December 15th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 15 (IANS/EFE) A quarter of Brazil's wealth is concentrated in five cities that together represent less than 13 percent of the giant South American country's population, ... Read more...
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Foreigners arrested for rape, killing of Mizo woman
December 7th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Dec 7 (IANS) A Myanmarese and a Nepali citizen were arrested in Mizoram Wednesday for raping and killing an aged Mizo woman, police said here.A police spokesman told reporters ... Read more...
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`Chevron out of Brazil if it fails to comply with agreement’
December 5th, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Dec 5 (IANS/EFE) US-based Chevron Corp. will have to leave Brazil if it fails to comply with the agreement it reached to deal with the damage caused by an ... Read more...
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Situation in Manipur remains grim: Minister
December 1st, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Imphal, Dec 1 (IANS) The state of affairs remains grim in Manipur even though a crippling 121-day economic blockade has been temporarily lifted, says a minister while stressing that ... Read more...
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Brazil leases airport to private consortium
November 29th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, Nov 29 (IANS) President Dilma Rousseff signed a concession plan Monday that would allow private investments for the first time in airport construction and operation as Brazil ... Read more...
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PM to visit blockade-hit Manipur
November 28th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Imphal, Nov 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit blockade-hit Manipur Dec 3 to attend a series of programmes and address a public gathering, an official said here ... Read more...
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Israel to help Meghalaya in fish farmin
November 11th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 11 (IANS) Israeli experts will help Meghalaya to improve fish farming in the northeastern state, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has said.Launching an awareness campaign about a state aquaculture ... Read more...
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On Day 100, Manipur warns of ‘harsh action’
November 8th, 2011 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Nov 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh Tuesday warned of "harsh action" against protestors as the economic blockade on the national highway entered its 100th day ... Read more...
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BJP slams government for Manipur blockade
November 7th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday described the situation in Manipur as grim despite one group lifting the highway blockade and urged the central ... Read more...
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Manipur on brink of breakdown with 99 days of blockade
November 7th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Nov 7 (IANS) As one travels along the national highway in Manipur inhabited by two rival tribal groups - the Kukis and the Nagas, one can see the ... Read more...
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Rights body raps Meghalaya over child labour
November 1st, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Shocked after finding children working as labourers in coal mines, hotels and restaurants in Meghalaya, the national child rights body Tuesday issued a number of ... Read more...
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Chidambaram appeals for suspension of Manipur blockade
October 31st, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday appealed to groups demanding a separate district in Manipur to suspend their 92-day-old economic blockade, which has led to ... Read more...
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