Anna disbands Team Anna, colleagues perplexed (Intro Roundup)
August 6th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Sixteen months after he took India by storm, activist Anna Hazare Monday announced that he was disbanding Team Anna and ending the work begun ... Read more...
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Anna disbands Team Anna, leaders perplexed (Roundup)
August 6th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Team Anna has been disbanded and the work that had started in its name has ended, its leader Anna Hazare announced Monday, three days ... Read more...
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Members of disbanded Team Anna quiet
August 6th, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Members of Anna Hazare's team were Monday reluctant to talk to the media on the activist's sudden announcement in his blog of the disbandment ... Read more...
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Anna lacks confidence in his team, says Congress
August 6th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Anna Hazare lacked confidence in Team Anna and that's why he had disbanded his team, the Congress said Monday."Actually, we don't want to make ... Read more...
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Team Anna disbanded, says Anna Hazare (Lead)
August 6th, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Team Anna has been disbanded and the work that had started in its name has ended, its leader Anna Hazare announced Monday.Hazare, who said ... Read more...
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Team Anna disbanded
August 6th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Anna Hazare announced Monday that Team Anna had been disbanded. He said in his blog that "the work that has started in Team Anna's ... Read more...
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Anna’s political move face-saver or inevitable? Debate is on
August 5th, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Was Team Anna's announcement of foraying into politics a face saving arrangement, a sign of a failed movement or was it always political, choosing ... Read more...
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Sherry Rehman working on ridding Pak of fundamentalism through liberal resurgence
January 29th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 29(ANI): Sherry Rehman, a progressive Pakistani parliamentarian attempting to amend the country's controversial blasphemy laws, says she is working on a liberal resurgence there.Rehman sees the current political crisis ... Read more...
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‘Pak doesn’t want Afghanistan to become a theatre of proxy wars’
December 24th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 24 (ANI): Pakistan has reportedly told the UN Security Council that it supports an Afghan-led and inclusive reconciliation process to establish durable peace and stability in the war-torn country.The Daily ... Read more...
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`Secularism’ to be restored in Bangladesh constitution
October 19th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 19 (IANS) Bangladesh will shortly restore the word 'secularism' in its constitution. However, it will remain an Islamic state, allowing functioning of religion-based parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ... Read more...
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BJP legislator wants women member in Jharkhand cabinet
October 4th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 4 (IANS) Jharkhand woman legislator Maneka Sardar is advocating that her party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), give place to a woman in the state cabinet, but Chief ... Read more...
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Maoists set to build a new political mainstream in Nepal: Prachanda
September 18th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (ANI): UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias 'Prachanda' has said that Maoists are in process of building a new political mainstream for the country.Nepalnews quoted Prachanda as, saying ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi says political connectivity a must to bring Naxals into mainstream
September 16th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Sep 16 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that political connectivity should be ensured to bring Naxals into the mainstream."If we give them (Naxalites) political connectivity, ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatists unmoved by PM’s dialogue offer
May 25th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leaders have not responded positively to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that the central government was ready to hold talks with them.
"It is nothing ... Read more...
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Ready for dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir: PM
May 24th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the government was ready for dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir if separatists shed violence.
"I would like to appeal to all ... Read more...
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Manmohan cautions Karzai against moderate Taliban trap
April 26th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and conveyed India's concerns over a plan to hold talks with the so-called moderate ... Read more...
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Fight Indian pressure: Dhaka Jamaat leader
April 16th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 16 (IANS) Calling India "big-brother," right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) chief Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami Friday called for opposition unity to fight external "pressures" on the Sheikh Hasina government.
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India concerned about US-Pakistan talks on Afghanistan
March 25th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) India is not bothered so much about Pakistan's hunger for a nuclear deal with the US, but is closely watching the outcome of ... Read more...
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India, Russia to discuss Afghanistan Friday
March 11th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Nearly two weeks after the deadly terror attack in Kabul that killed 7 Indians, India and Russia Friday will discuss the volatile situation in Afghanistan and ... Read more...
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India, Russia share concerns over Afghanistan (Lead)
February 1st, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Ahead of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit in March, India and Russia Monday held talks to expand counter-terror cooperation and exchanged views on Afghanistan in ... Read more...
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India, Russia discuss Afghanistan, terror
February 1st, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Ahead of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit in March, India and Russia Monday held talks to expand counter-terror cooperation and exchanged views on the situation ... Read more...
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Amid violence, Maoists at war within
December 15th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Ghatshila (Jharkhand), Dec 15 (IANS) They may have stepped up attacks across different parts of India, but the debate still rages within the larger body of Indian Maoists: is the violence the ... Read more...
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Rahul says he has ‘only one agenda’ - the youth (Lead)
December 8th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) The agenda was to inspire the youth to join the "political mainstream" and revitalise the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India (NSUI), Congress general ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan political process should be revived: India (Roundup)
December 4th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it wanted a revival of the political process in Sri Lanka that will after the two-decade long civil war meet the aspirations of ... Read more...
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India wants political process revived in Sri Lanka (Second Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it wanted a revival of the peace process in Sri Lanka and has been assured by Colombo that all Tamil civilians displaced by ... Read more...
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India for revival of political process in Sri Lanka (Lead)
December 4th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it wanted a revival of the peace process in Sri Lanka and has been assured by Colombo that all people displaced by the ... Read more...
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India keen on revival of political process in Sri Lanka
December 4th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India Friday said it was keen to see the revival of the political process in Sri Lanka to meet the legitimate interests and aspirations of all communities.
"Government ... Read more...
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Six former Maoists to fight Jharkhand assembly polls
November 11th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 11 (IANS) Six former Maoist rebels have decided to shun violence and join the political mainstream by contesting the coming Jharkhand assembly elections.
Four rebels have been given ticket by ... Read more...
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India pitches for Afghan settlement, says ISI-Taliban nexus on (Roundup)
September 23rd, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New York/New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) With the results of the Afghan elections still uncertain, India has pitched in for a "political settlement" by the Afghan people in the war-ravaged nation ... Read more...
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Manmohan open to talks with all Kashmiri groups (Lead)
June 17th, 2009 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
On Board Air India One, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday offered to hold talks with all Kashmiri groups, including the separatist Hurriyat Conference, for peace and ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh willing to talk to Kashmiri separatist groups
June 17th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 17(ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he is willing to talk to any group, including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, if they are interested ... Read more...
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PM promises justice to Shopian rape victims
June 17th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
On board Air India One, June 17 (IANS) Days after the alleged rape of two women in Shopian town of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said ... Read more...
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NSA, Menon to meet Rajapaksa, press for political solution (Lead)
May 20th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India will offer to help rehabilitate Tamil civilians and press for "effective devolution" of powers when National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon meet ... Read more...
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India vigilant in Siliguri in West Bengal
May 6th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri/ Coimbatore, May 6 (ANI): In the wake of ongoing crisis in Nepal, Indian authorities have intensified security along the Indo-Nepal transit border in West Bengal.Security personnel of the Sashastra Seema Bal ... Read more...
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India beefs up security along Nepal border
May 5th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sonoli Border (UP), May 5 (ANI): In wake of the political turmoil in Nepal, India has beefed up security along its border with Nepal in Uttar Pradesh.Security personnel of paramilitary Sashastra Seema ... Read more...
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