Russia giving Syria with combat helicopters: Clinton
June 13th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US suspects Russia of supplying Syria with combat helicopters that will be used against peaceful protestors, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said."We ... 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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Employees’ strike paralyses government offices in Kashmir (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Jammu, April 17 (IANS) Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was paralysed Tuesday as employees struck work Tuesday demanding an increase in the retirement age and regularization of ... Read more...
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Police break up state employees’ protest in Srinagar
April 17th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) Police used water canon and batons in the Exhibition Road area here Tuesday to disperse hundreds of state employees, who were demonstrating to press their demand ... Read more...
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JAC postpones rail blockade in Telangana by three days
October 7th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), spearheading the movement for a separate state, has postponed the three-day rail blockade programme in the region to Oct ... Read more...
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UPA intolerant of dissent: Murli Manohar Joshi
June 26th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi Sunday said the Congress-led central government had "scant respect for democratic values" and was "brutally" crushing dissent."Dissent ... Read more...
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Action against Baba Ramdev internal Indian matter: US
June 7th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 7 (IANS) The United States has said that it supports the right to peaceful assembly, but it considers New Delhi's action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev as "an ... Read more...
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Suy Kyi is free — five days after Obama’s Delhi speech
November 13th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's release in Yangon Saturday comes five days after US President Barack Obama denounced the Myanmar military junta while addressing the ... Read more...
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In Kashmir, it is recklessness at its worst (Comment)
September 18th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
By a Kashmiri businessman
It is very easy -- indeed it has become fashionable -- to denounce security forces for the unending violence in Kashmir Valley. Sadly, it is not the full ... Read more...
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Three protestors killed, ten injured in Mendhar clashes
September 15th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Sept.15 (ANI): Three protesters were killed and ten seriously injured when police opened fire in Mendhar town of Poonch District on Wednesday. Other reports said at least 30 had been injured ... Read more...
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No reconciliation with terrorists: Thai PM
June 13th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, June 13 (DPA) Thailand's prime minister pledged Sunday to give a newly created commission full freedom to investigate recent political violence, while working to identify and prosecute "terrorists".
"We are not ... Read more...
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‘Withdraw cases against anti-POSCO villagers’
May 26th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) A citizen's panel Wednesday demanded immediate withdrawal of police cases against villagers opposed to a project by South Korean steel major POSCO in Orissa.
A fact-finding team of the ... Read more...
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Cops hijack Osmania student’s body as violence escalates (Lead)
January 20th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Police took control of the body of the Osmania University student who had committed suicide and several Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders were arrested Wednesday as protests ... Read more...
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Police cane-charge students at Jallianwala Bagh
February 13th, 2009 - 1:34 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Feb 12 (IANS) Reminding people of the brutality by the police during the British rule, the Punjab police Thursday resorted to cane charge on students who were protesting against the modernisation ... Read more...
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People’s protest against militancy getting shriller in Manipur
July 5th, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, July 5 (ANI): Even as the ULFA indulges in violence in Assam in desperation, militants in Manipur too are using terror to subdue the general public in state.
The quiet ... Read more...
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2 dead, over 40 vehicles torched in Karachi violence
April 9th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Apr 9 (ANI): The number of deceased in the Karachi violence has risen to two on Wednesday, following the armed clashed that erupted outside Malir Bar, where two groups entered ... Read more...
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