China cracks down on high kindergarten fees
January 4th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) China has decided to ban the unauthorized collection of kindergarten fees, its latest bid to crack down on the excessively high costs of pre-school education."The move ... Read more...
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Being nude: Nothing unnatural about it (Feature)
October 23rd, 2011 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Kedar Ramanathan brightens up at the prospect of finding himself alone at home. He slips out of his clothes, brews himself some coffee and turns ... Read more...
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Talks between government, Telangana employees fail
October 12th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Talks between the Andhra Pradesh government and striking employees in Telangana region failed Wednesday with the latter putting forth a charter of demands as a ... Read more...
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CIS leaders call for free trade deal, peaceful end to conflicts
September 3rd, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dushanbe, Sep 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States - a post-Soviet alliance - in their final statement rounding up the summit Saturday called for ... Read more...
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India asks NSG to abide by 2008 clean waiver (Lead)
August 10th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India Wednesday hoped the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG) new guidelines would not affect the 2008 "clean waiver" granted to it on transfer of sensitive technologies.India ... Read more...
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Telangana employees launch protest for separate state
August 9th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Government employees in Telangana Monday launched protests ahead of their indefinite strike from Aug 17, demanding a separate Telangana state.The employees began "work to rule" ... Read more...
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Students protest against abduction of two Orissa official by Maoists
February 20th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 20(ANI): Students from Orissa on Sunday protested against the abduction of Malkangiri District Collector R.V. Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi by Maoist rebels.The protest was held in the ... Read more...
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S. Korea drops demand for N. Korea apology
January 29th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Jan.29 (ANI): South Korea has dropped its demand for an apology from North Korea for last year's deadly attacks in the interest of restarting the Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula.A ... Read more...
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‘Tony Blair misled Brit MPs over going ahead with Iraq invasion without UN backing’
January 18th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair misled parliament when he suggested in 2003 that Britain could legally attack Iraq without the backing of the United Nations.The Telegraph ... Read more...
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Assange’s mother does not want son to be ‘hunted down and jailed’
December 1st, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 1(ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's mother has said that she does not want her son to be "hunted down and jailed", after international police organization Interpol issued an arrest request ... Read more...
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Interpol issues wanted notice for WikiLeaks founder Assange over ’sex crimes’
December 1st, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): The Interpol has issued a 'wanted' notice in Sweden against Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, in connection with "sex crimes" that he had denied ... Read more...
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“China supports India’s willingness to play bigger role at UN”: FM spokesman
November 10th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 10 (ANI): China has declared its support for rational and necessary reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as well as India's willingness to play a bigger role at ... Read more...
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Taliban demands removal of leaders names from US, UN terror blacklist
October 30th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
London/Kabul, Oct. 30 (ANI): The Afghan Taliban is demanding that the names of its senior leaders are removed from US and United Nations terror blacklists and that a number of prisoners ... Read more...
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100 skeletons found in lake bordering Serbia, Bosnia
October 27th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sarajevo, Oct 27 (IANS/AKI) At least 100 skeletons, believed to belong to victims of 1992-95 war, have been discovered in lake Perucac, bordering Serbia and Bosnia, officials said.Amor Masovic, the head of ... Read more...
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US working for Israeli-Palestinian talks to continue
October 13th, 2010 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) The US is trying to find a "formula" that allows direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine to continue, a State Department spokesman has said."We are offering our ... Read more...
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Titanium foam implants to revolutionize bone injury treatments
September 23rd, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): A new kind of implant, Titanium foam, could revolutionize how bone injury treatments are carried out, according to a new study.The foam resembles the inside of a bone ... Read more...
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Geelani’s efforts to remain in the headlines
September 3rd, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.3 (ANI): Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the leader of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference in Kashmir, has, in a press conference in Srinagar on Aug, 31, laid ... Read more...
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Geelani seeks Afzal Guru’s release before dialogue (Lead)
August 31st, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday demanded the release of 45 prisoners, including parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, as one of the preconditions for a dialogue with ... Read more...
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N. Korea media slams S. Korea over “persisting in anti-DPRK policy”
July 10th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun has accused South Korean authorities of "persisting with an anti-DPRK policy."In a commentary published on Saturday, the newspaper also said that Seoul ... Read more...
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Structured dialogue can reduce tensions between India, Pakistan: Masood
June 25th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): Retired Army General-turned-Security Analyst of Pakistan Talat Masood on Thursday said that resumption of dialogue was the only solution to India-Pakistan problem, as a structured political dialogue would ... Read more...
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Alleged Saudi millions flowing into Afghanistan through Pakistan
May 31st, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 31 (ANI): Millions of dollars of Saudi Arabian money continue flow into Afghanistan from Pakistan, claim members of the Afghan financial intelligence unit, FinTraca.The FinTraca further said this money in ... Read more...
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UJC sets conditions for dialogue with New Delhi
May 26th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) United Jehad Council (UJC), the conglomerate of guerrilla groups based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, has shown willingness to engage in talks with New Delhi, provided laying down of ... Read more...
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Taliban denies reports on talks with Afghan Government
May 22nd, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, May 22 (ANI): The Taliban has rejected media reports that said the militant outfit held talks with the Afghanistan Government in the Maldives.In a statement sent by e-mail on Friday, ... Read more...
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Taliban denies reports on talks with Afghan government
May 22nd, 2010 - 5:34 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 22 (IANS) The Taliban has rejected media reports which said the militant outfit held talks with the Afghanistan government in the Maldives.
The Taliban, in a statement sent by email ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court comes down hard on sports ministry
May 21st, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court rapped the sports ministry Friday while reinstating the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) two years after its supersession by the Indian Olympic Association. The ... Read more...
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NDFB leader Daimary ready for talks, but without handcuffs
May 16th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) Terror mastermind and leader of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Ranjan Daimary Sunday said he was ready to hold unconditional peace talks with New Delhi ... Read more...
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Thai premier scraps early election proposal
May 13th, 2010 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, May 13 (DPA) Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has scrapped an offer to hold an early election this year after anti-government demonstrators refused to end their two-month-old protest, officials confirmed ... Read more...
India ready for talks sans any preconditions: Shahid Malik
February 11th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.11 (ANI) : Pakistan's High Commisioner to India Shahid Malik has said that India is ready to hold talks with Pakistan on all issues sans any precondition.Speaking during a high level ... Read more...
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Talks is the only way left for ULFA
February 10th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati / New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): With top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) leaders in government custody, it appears that dialogue may ... Read more...
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Kazakhstan sets 20-nation entry target by 2020
January 31st, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Astana, Jan.31 (ANI): Kazakhstan has set itself an ambitious goal of making its presence as a business and investment powerhouse in at least 20 countries by the year 2020.Addressing the nation this ... Read more...
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India’s will grow in uneven manner, says US strategic think tank
January 22nd, 2010 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Calling India a "a country of endless unrealised potential," a strategic think tank has suggested that in the 2010s it "will grow, but in a ... Read more...
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New technique to measure CO2 over oceans more efficiently than existing methods
January 20th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 20 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new method to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) over the ocean in a much better way than existing methods.The method has been developed by researchers ... Read more...
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Zia warns government against deal with India
January 1st, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 1 (IANS) Ahead of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India, opposition leader Khaleda Zia Friday warned of "a tough movement" against "any deal with India against the ... Read more...
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Assam Rifles holds peace rally on 175th year of formation
December 27th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Dec 27, (ANI): Assam Rifles (AR), known for its gun-fight and active role of counter insurgency, has adopted a novel method to gain peace in the northeast parts of ... Read more...
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Veteran BBC journalist’s new book on Northeast India released
December 16th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Dec 16 (ANI): Veteran BBC journalist Subhir Bhaumik's new book - "Troubled Periphery- Crisis of India's North-East" - was released here on Tuesday.Speaking after the book launch, Bhaumik said his attempt ... Read more...
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