Plea in SC seeks action against Mamata (Lead)
August 16th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A petition was moved in the Supreme Court Thursday seeking the initiation of contempt of court proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Plea in SC seeks action against Mamata
August 16th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A petitioner moved the Supreme Court Thursday seeking the initiation of contempt of court proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her ... Read more...
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Olympics: Jamaica celebrates historic 200m one-two-three
August 10th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Aug 10 (IANS/CMC) Chaos erupted in Jamaica's capital city Thursday afternoon as thousands gathered in the busy thoroughfare of Half Way Tree to witness the men's 200 metres finals ... Read more...
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Gilani visits Benazir grave
June 21st, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was ousted from power by the Supreme Court, Thursday visited the grave of Benazir Bhutto to pay ... Read more...
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Ex-Romanian PM tries to commit suicide
June 21st, 2012 - 8:13 am ICT by IANS
Bucharest, June 21 (IANS) Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase tried to commit suicide, hours after he was sentenced by the country's top court to serve two years in prison ... Read more...
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Bilawal says he can defuse US-Pakistan tension
June 4th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 4 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he can help defuse the tension between Pakistan and the US.Bilawal said he can bridge the ... Read more...
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US rules out apology to Pakistan for NATO strike
May 24th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) The White House has ruled out an apology to Islamabad for the NATO air strike in November in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed.It said ... Read more...
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Egypt goes to poll to elect new president (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 23 (IANS) Egyptians went to polls Wednesday morning to elect a new president after last year's fall of Hosni Mubarak who ruled the country for three decades with ... Read more...
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Egypt’s presidential vote begins
May 23rd, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 23 (IANS) Egyptians went to polls Wednesday morning to elect their new president after last year's fall of Hosni Mubarak who had ruled for 30 years.The polling stations ... Read more...
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Bilawal wants 50 percent women in Pakistani parliament
May 23rd, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says that he dreams of a Pakistani parliament that will have 50 percent women, it was reported here.Zardari ... Read more...
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Egypt goes to polls Wednesday
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 22 (IANS) More than 50 million voters in Egypt will Wednesday decide who will lead them as president after more than a year since the fall of Hosni ... Read more...
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Pakistani leaders harp on US apology for NATO air strike (Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Pakistan's demand for the US apology for the NATO air strike in which its 24 soldiers were killed - an incident which has strained bilateral ... Read more...
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MPs pay tribute to Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
May 19th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other parliamentarians Saturday paid homage to former president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on his 98th birth anniversary.
Finance Minister and ... Read more...
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Gorbachev plans to revive former party
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, whose Social-Democratic Party was dissolved in 2007 due to its small membership, is planning to revive the party but does ... Read more...
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Kashmir Panthers Party protesters arrested
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party held a strong against the Omar Abdulllah government for its alleged anti-Jammu policy on Thursday, the opening day of the ... Read more...
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Kerala minister loses party post
January 14th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) Kerala's Forest and Sports Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar was Saturday stripped of his post of vice-chairman of the Kerala Congress (B) by his father and party ... Read more...
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PM condoles North Korean leader’s death
December 21st, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday condoled the death of North Korea's top leader Kim Jong Il Saturday, and expressed his sorrow to his family."Prime ... Read more...
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Chandy hopes Mullaperiyar issue will be amicably resolved
December 12th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Dec 12 (IANS) With an amicable solution to the Kerala-Tamil Nadu tangle over the 115-year-old leaking Mullaperiyar Dam not yet in sight, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday said ... Read more...
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Pakistani ministers need to speak with discretion: Daily
October 19th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Pakistani ministers need to speak and act with discretion, said a daily after Interior Minister Rehman Malik disclosed the location of a high-profile kidnapping victim.Malik ... Read more...
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ISI not exporting terror: Shuja Pasha
September 30th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI is not exporting terror, its chief General Shuja Pasha has said.Pasha made the remark Thursday during his briefing to the ... Read more...
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Pakistan will cooperate with China to defeat terror: Zardari
August 31st, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan will cooperate with China to defeat terrorism and secessionism, said Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.Zardari Tuesday reiterated Pakistan's commitment to root out extremism and he ... Read more...
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Supreme Court adjourns plea challenging Anna’s arrest
August 26th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday adjourned hearing on a plea seeking to declare the preventive arrest of activist Anna Hazare on Aug 16 as a ... Read more...
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Russian voters may now have an ‘against all’ option
July 14th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian voters may now be able to choose the option of voting "against all" political candidates when the lower house of parliament considers a bill ... Read more...
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‘Bilawal to take up political responsibility in September’
April 28th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto will "take up some political responsibility in September", said his father and President Asif Ali Zardari.Zardari made the announcement ... Read more...
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Baroness Warsi used taxpayer-funded Pak trip to attend lavish family wedding
April 16th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 16 (ANI): Tory party co-chairman Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the British Cabinet, had used a taxpayer-funded official visit to Pakistan to attend a family wedding ... Read more...
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German Foreign Minister Westerwelle steps down as German Vice Chancellor
April 5th, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by BNO News
BERLIN, GERMANY (BNO NEWS) -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced his decision to step down as Vice Chancellor as well as leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), DPA news agency ... Read more...
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UK Government ‘don’t want Muslims in central London’: Karen Buck
March 17th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.17 (ANI): Karen Buck, Shadow Work and Pensions Minister of UK, has said that government "don't want Muslims living in central London" and also that ministers are "deeply hostile" to poor ... Read more...
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Indians chronicle Nepal Maoist war on screen
February 17th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 17 (IANS) It was an unusual scene in Kathmandu Thursday with two top leaders of Nepal's Maoist party - chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda ... Read more...
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Tory chief Baroness Warsi attacks ‘bigotry’ against Muslims
January 20th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.20 (ANI): British Minister without Portfolio and Conservative Party chairman Baroness Warsi will on Thursday warn against trying to divide Muslims into 'moderates' and 'extremists', saying that it simply fosters ... Read more...
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Former Kenyan Minister Kogsey denies corruption charges against him
January 5th, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by BNO News
NAIROBI, KENYA (BNO NEWS) -- Former Kenyan Industrialization Minister Henry Kogsey on Tuesday denied the corruption charges and was released on bail, local media reported.Kogsey appeared before the anti-corruption court in Nairobi ... Read more...
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GOP committee battle: Steele to reveal whether he wants top job
December 13th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.13 (ANI): The battle for control of the Republican National Committee will take a new turn on Monday when Michael Steele is set to announce whether he will step down ... Read more...
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Actress Brigitte Bardot wants to run for the French Presidential elections
October 19th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Paris, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Brigitte Bardot wants to become the President of France. She wants to run for the elections because she is mighty miffed with the current French President ... Read more...
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BJP demands Rs.5,000 crore package for flood-hit Uttarakhand
September 21st, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Monday submitted a memorandum to Prme Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a relief package of Rs.5,000 crore for flood-ravaged Utttarakhand.
The mountainous state ... Read more...
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Tea Party: An Emerging Power Or A Threat To The Republicans ?
September 16th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tea Party movement is no more a local conservative movement that found its supporter in the Republican Party. The series of wins of Tea Party-backed candidates ... Read more...
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Dadabhai Naoroji remembered on his 185th birth anniversary
September 4th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani Saturday paid floral tributes at the portrait of noted freedom fighter ... Read more...
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