Kyrgyzstan court bans ‘extremist’ rap song
July 25th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where violent ethnic clashes claimed hundreds of lives in 2010, has banned an Uzbek-language rap song for ... Read more...
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Real to reel: Adhuna Akhtar’s hairstyling passion extended (With Images)
July 5th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Adhuna Akhtar is ready to roll out her small screen stint - "Be Blunt With Adhuna Akhtar" - a six-part series where she will ... Read more...
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U.S. Embassy calls for fair treatment for Azimzhan Askarov in Kyrgyzstan
September 7th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by BNO News
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan is closely following the trial of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov and calls on the Government of Kyrgyzstan to guarantee him a ... Read more...
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Indian nationals safe in Kyrgyzstan: Govt.
August 11th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.11 (AnI): The Government here on Wednesday stated that the Indian nationals in Kyrgyzstan were safe, as the security situation there is presently calm.Minister of External Affairs S.M.Krishna in ... Read more...
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India sends humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan
July 6th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): India on Tuesday sent first of the two IL-76 aircraft carrying food items, medicines and tents to violence-hit civilians in Kyrgyzstan, a friendly Central Asian country.The aid ... Read more...
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Indian aid flown to Kyrgyzstan
July 6th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) India Tuesday sent its first consignment of humanitarian aid for violence-torn Kyrgyzstan.
The Indian Air Force's (IAF) IL-76 aircraft, carrying around 50 tonnes of food items, ... Read more...
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India sends aid to Kyrgyzstan (Lead)
July 1st, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Days after over 100 Indian students were evacuated from violence-torn Kyrgyzstan, India Thursday announced humanitarian aid to those hit by the ethnic violence that left over ... Read more...
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India to send aid to conflict-torn Kyrgyzstan
July 1st, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India is sending humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan where ethnic violence has left several hundred people dead and has forced an estimated 400,000 Uzbeks to flee their homes.
Indian ... Read more...
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Toll in Kyrgyz ethnic clashes jumps to 294
June 28th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The toll in ethnic violence in the south of Kyrgyzstan has increased to 294, according to the 24.kg news agency citing the country's health ministry.
According to official ... Read more...
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Analyst blames US, Russia’s ’shortsightedness’ for Kyrgyz violence
June 19th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
June 19 (ANI): A noted political analyst has blamed both the US and Russia for the ethnic unrest in Kyrgyzstan in which nearly 200 people have been killed so far.
Lawrence Markowitz, ... Read more...
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21 Indian students return from Kyrgyzstan
June 18th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): A group of over 21 students, who were evacuated from the riot-hit cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad in Kyrgyzstan returned to New Delhi on Thursday night.The Government ... Read more...
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All arrangements made for evacuated Indian nationals in Kyrgyzstan: MEA
June 17th, 2010 - 12:13 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 16 (ANI): The Government on Wednesday said that the 105 Indian nationals, safely evacuated by the Embassy of India from south Kyrgyzstan, are in Bishkek and due arrangements for ... Read more...
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Air tickets, passports for Indian students in Kyrgyzstan (Lead)
June 16th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Indian government has offered one-way ticket and passport services to Indian students wishing to come back home from strife-torn Kyrgyzstan, an external affairs ministry official said ... Read more...
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All Indian students evacuated to Kyrgyz capital: ministry
June 16th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) All Indian students in the troubled Kyrgyzstan cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad have been safely evacuated to the country's capital Bishkek and are safe, the external affairs ... Read more...
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Stranded Indian nationals in Kyrgyzstan safely evacuated
June 15th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said that the Embassy of India in Bishek managed to evacuate all Indian nationals, stranded in the towns of Osh and ... Read more...
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Indian students safe in Kyrgyzstan, can return to India (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) After evacuating 116 Indian nationals, most of them medical students, to Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, the government Tuesday said it was making all efforts to ensure that those ... Read more...
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170 killed in Kyrgyzstan ethnic violence (Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 170 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 2,000 people from the country, media reports said ... Read more...
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Indians safe in Kyrgyzstan, may return to India this week (Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) All the 116 Indian nationals, most of them medical students, who were stranded in riot-hit southern Kyrgyzstan have been safely evacuated to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, the ... Read more...
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Govt. confirms evacuation of Indian nationals from southern Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): The Government of India has confirmed the airlifting of all Indian nationals from riot hit southern Kyrgyzstan.The Embassy of India in Bishkek arranged the airlift of Indian ... Read more...
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Pakistan brings home 136 students from Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) A Pakistani military aircraft Tuesday brought the first group of 136 students from violence-hit Kyrgyzstan home, a Pakistan minister said, adding that another plane had left to ... Read more...
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All Indians safe in Kyrgyzstan, to return to India soon
June 15th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) All the 116 Indian nationals, who were stranded in riot-hit southern Kyrgyzstan, have been safely evacuated and will return to India over the next few days, the ... Read more...
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Post-Soviet bloc to offer aid to Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The post-Soviet security bloc Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will offer emergency assistance to law-enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan, where more than 138 people have died in four ... Read more...
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UN Security Council calls for calm in Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 15 (DPA) The UN Security Council has condemned the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan and called for the restoration of law and order.
The president of the 15-member Security Council, Claude ... Read more...
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78 Indians safely airlifted to Kyrgyzstan’s capital (Intro Night Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Amid spiraling ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, the Indian mission Monday night safely airlifted 77 Indian students and one professor from Osh to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. ... Read more...
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78 Indians safely evacuated to Kyrgyzstan’s capital (Night Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Amid spiraling ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, the Indian mission Monday night safely evacuated 77 Indian students and one professor from Osh to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. ... Read more...
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Arrange safe passage for Indians in Kyrgyzstan: BJP
June 14th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday asked the government to arrange safe passage for more than 100 Indians, who are trapped in Kyrgyzstan's Osh and Jalalabad ... Read more...
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Kyrgyzstan arrests agitators as riot toll touches 120 (Second Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek/Moscow, June 14 (DPA) The Kyrgyz military said Monday it has arrested several snipers in camouflage uniforms and provocateurs whom it blames for fresh unrest that has left some 120 people dead ... Read more...
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116 Indians stranded in Kyrgyzstan, India assures help (Second Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) More than 100 Indians are trapped in Kyrgyzstan's Osh and Jalalabad towns after ethnic riots erupted in the Central Asian republic and the Indian mission is doing ... Read more...
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Kyrgyzstan prepares for Russian troops as toll rises (Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow/Bishkek, June 14 (DPA) Officials at a Kyrgyz airport located in the strife-riven southern city of Osh have been ordered to prepare the facility for the arrival of Russian troops, the AKIpress ... Read more...
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116 Indians stranded in Kyrgyzstan, India assures all help (Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Indian mission in Kyrgyzstan was doing its best to ensure the well-being of 116 Indians, mostly students, trapped in the Central Asian republic's Osh and Jalalabad ... Read more...
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Govt. trying to get Indian students out of riot-hit Kyrgyzstan
June 14th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): The Government of India is attempting to get over 100 students out of ethnic riot hit southern Kyrgyzstan.It has been reported that the Indian mission is in ... Read more...
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100 Indian students trapped in riot-hit Kyrgyzstan
June 14th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) About 100 Indian students are trapped in Kyrgyzstan's violence-hit Osh and Jalalabad cities and are pleading for authorities to bring them back home saying their lives were ... Read more...
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One Pakistani killed, 15 kidnapped in riot hit Kyrgyzstan
June 14th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jun. 14 (ANI): At least 15 Pakistani students have reportedly been kidnapped besides one being killed in the riot hit southern Kyrgyzstan's district of Osh.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that ... Read more...
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Toll in Kyrgyz violence rises to 82 (Lead)
June 13th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow/Bishkek, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ethnic violence in south Kyrgyzstan, which has swept the region for the past few days, has claimed the lives of at least 82 people and left over ... Read more...
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Toll in Kyrgyz violence rises to 80
June 13th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ethnic violence in south Kyrgyzstan, that swept the region in the last few days, claimed at least 80 lives and left over 1,000 injured, a media report ... Read more...
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