A camera records India-Sri Lanka partnership
February 6th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 6 (IANS) India-Sri Lanka development partnership has come alive through a photographic exhibition titled "India through Sri Lankan Eyes" that opened here Saturday.Curated by Mithra Weerakone, president of ... Read more...
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Radhasoami members flock to Agra
January 25th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 25 (IANS) Braving the winter chill, hundreds of thousands of followers of the Radhasoami sect began a two-day meeting Wednesday in this Taj Mahal city of Agra, witnesses ... Read more...
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Make preparations for more tourists in 2012: Omar Abdullah
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 23 (IANS) After 12 million tourist arrivals in 2011, Jammu and Kashmir is eyeing a higher number of tourists and pilgrims this year but needs better infrastructure and ... Read more...
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Six killed as bus collides with truck
January 19th, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19 (IANS) At least six people, including four women, were killed and about 30 injured when a tourist bus collided head-on with a truck in Odisha's Balasore district ... Read more...
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Lakhs witness ‘celestial light’ on Sabarimala horizon (Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala (Kerala), Jan 15 (IANS) A year after over 100 people died in a stampede after witnessing the 'celestial light' on Makar Sankranti day, the ritual of 'Makarajyothi' passed off ... Read more...
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Pilgrims gather for Sabarimala ‘celestial light’, year after tragedy
January 15th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala, Jan 15 (IANS) A year after over 100 people died in a stampede after witnessing the Makara Jyothi, pilgrims in large numbers were stationed in and around Kerala's Sabarimala ... Read more...
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Fish deaths in Yamuna shock pilgrims
January 15th, 2012 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 14 (IANS) Scores of devotees who had gone to worship river Yamuna here early Saturday morning were shocked at the sight of thousands of dead fish near the ... Read more...
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50 killed in Iraq suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and around 100 others injured Saturday in a suicide bombing targeting Shia pilgrims in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The bombing took place ... Read more...
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Tens of thousands throng the Ganges (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Sagar Island (West Bengal), Jan 14 (IANS) Tens of thousands Saturday packed the Sagar Island in West Bengal to take a dip in the Ganges on the occasion of ... Read more...
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In Sabarimala, a season of crowds, snakes and pickpockets
January 9th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala, Jan 9 (IANS) Last year, this place suffered a terrible tragedy when 102 people died in a stampede. But pilgrims are still thronging the Sabarimala temple, the revered Hindu ... Read more...
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60 dead in attack on Iraqi Shias, bombings (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 5 (IANS) A suicide bomber Thursday detonated his explosives among Shia pilgrims in southern Iraq, killing at least 36 people and injuring 72 others. Another 24 people were ... Read more...
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Kerala gears up for Sabarimala ritual
January 5th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala (Kerala), Jan 5 (IANS) The Kerala government Thursday said it was making elaborate arrangements for the 'Makar Jyothi' day of the Sabarimala temple pilgrimage, during which last year over ... Read more...
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Kashmir had record 12 million tourists
December 31st, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 31 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir ended 2011 Saturday with the visit of a record number of nearly 12 million tourists and pilgrims to the state, a number ... Read more...
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Sans traffic lights, chaos on Jammu, Srinagar roads (Letter from Kashmir)
December 30th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 30 (IANS) This is one old world charm that the two capitals of Jammu and Kashmir can do without. Despite an increasing number of vehicles, Jammu and Srinagar ... Read more...
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Record 10 million pilgrims visit Vaishno Devi shrine (Lead)
December 29th, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday hailed all those who made it to the Vaishno Devi Shrine, with 10 million pilgrims offering prayers there ... Read more...
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Vaishno Devi shrine has record 10 million pilgrims
December 28th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 28 (IANS) The popular pilgrimage to the Vaishnodevi shrine set a new record on Wednesday when it crossed the 10 million mark of visitors, a first in ... Read more...
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Record pilgrims visit Vaishno Devi
December 25th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) A record number of 9.9 million pilgrims from India and abroad visited the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu region this year, an official ... Read more...
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Two killed, 15 wounded in Iraq attacks
December 20th, 2011 - 5:17 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 20 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in separate bomb attacks in central Iraq Monday, the police said.In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, ... Read more...
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Sabarimala earnings surge
December 4th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala, Dec 4 (IANS) Unfazed by last season's tragedy where 102 pilgrims died in a stampede, this year's Sabarimala season is heading for a record collection.According to the Travancore Devasom ... Read more...
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Tripura ex-official jailed in 29 years old case
December 1st, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 1 (IANS) A 75-year-old former Tripura government official was Thursday sentenced to three years in jail by a local court for embezzling Rs.20,000 in 1982, an official said.West ... Read more...
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President visits Vaishno Devi shrine, ends Kashmir visit
November 26th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 26 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil concluded her three-day visit of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, a day earlier than scheduled, with a visit to the famous Vaishno Devi ... Read more...
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Jain pilgrims looted by criminals in Bihar
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Dozens of Jain pilgrims were looted by a group of unidentified criminals in Bihar's Jamui district Monday evening, police said.According to police, a group of ... Read more...
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Sabarimala: Pilgrims discover Q-coupon booking virtues
November 19th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala, Nov 19 (IANS) Every year, Krishna Kumar used to spend a minimum of five hours in the queue to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala temple here. But ... Read more...
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Sabarimala pilgrimage begins
November 17th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sabarimala, Nov 17 (IANS) The Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala, during which over 100 pilgrims were killed in a stampede early this year, began early Thursday morning as the sanctum sanctorum ... Read more...
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Sabarimala: Kerala would rather be safe than sorry
November 15th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Sabarimala (Kerala), Nov 15 (IANS) Haunted by last season's tragedy which left over 100 pilgrims dead in a stampede, a cautious Kerala government has come up with a new footpath, ... Read more...
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BJP team to visit Sabarimala to see facilities
November 13th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Saturday constituted a committee to visit Kerala's Sabarimala to look at the steps taken to improve ... Read more...
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Nine killed in two road accidents in Ghaziabad
November 6th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Nine people were killed and 20 injured in two separate road accidents in Ghaziabad Sunday, police said.The incidents took place in Hapur and Loni on ... Read more...
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Seven Gujarat pilgrims killed in Punjab accident
November 6th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) At least seven pilgrims from Gujarat were killed when their bus skidded off the road and landed in a drain near Jalalabad town in southwest Punjab ... Read more...
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12 pilgrims killed in Bengal accident
October 21st, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Twelve pilgrims going to Puri in Orissa were killed and 14 injured when their bus was hit by an oil tanker in West Bengal's West Midnapore ... Read more...
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Preparations for 2012 Amarnath pilgrimage begin
October 16th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 16 (IANS) Preparations for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir next year started Sunday with Governor N.N. Vohra, who is the chairman of the shrine ... Read more...
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Terror bid foiled in Pakistan
September 24th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A terror attack was foiled Saturday in Pakistan's Quetta city when residents nabbed an Afghan militant while he was planting a bomb at a hall, a ... Read more...
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Now, ropeway for pilgrims to Vaishno Devi shrine
September 23rd, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 23 (IANS) The shrine board of Vaishno Devi, one of the most revered Hindu temples situated in Jammu and Kashmir, Friday approved a ropeway project connecting base camp ... Read more...
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Pakistan-Iran border closed after Shia massacre
September 22nd, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 22 (IANS) The Pakistan-Iran border was closed Thursday for an indefinite period after the killing of 29 Shia pilgrims two days ago in the area, a media report ... Read more...
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We will address people’s aspirations: Kashmir interlocutors
September 21st, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 21 (IANS) The recommendations of the interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will address the political, social and cultural aspirations of the people without disrupting the identity of the ... Read more...
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29 Shia pilgrims killed in Pakistan
September 21st, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A total of 29 Shia pilgrims were killed in southwest Pakistan Tuesday, Xinhua reported. Of these, 26 were gunned down when their bus was ambushed by ... Read more...
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