Two minors raped in Delhi
July 10th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Two minors, including a six-year-old girl, were raped in separate incidents here Tuesday, police said, adding that both the accused - a juvenile and a ... Read more...
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14 killed, nearly 40 wounded in Pakistan blast (Second Lead)
June 8th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) At least 14 people, including two children, were killed and around 40 injured Thursday in a bomb blast outside an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, ... Read more...
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12 killed, 40 wounded in Pakistan blast (Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and over 40 injured Thursday in a bomb blast outside a seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, police said.The blast took ... Read more...
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Ten from Kashmir crack civil services exam
May 5th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) With 10 from Jammu and Kashmir clearing this year's all-India civil services exams, the state is only next to UP and Bihar in sending maximum number ... Read more...
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Notice to government over re-appointment of Jamia Hamdard VC
February 16th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government through the human resource development minsitry, the University Grants Commission (UGC) against the continuation ... Read more...
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Ijaz seeks more time to appear before commission (Second Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, one of the key figures in the memo scandal, Monday sought more time to appear before a three-member judicial commission probing ... Read more...
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Pakistani court frees three Iranian soldiers
January 15th, 2012 - 4:44 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A Pakistani court has released three Iranian security men, who were arrested earlier this month for entering into Pakistani territory and killing a man, said court ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh eyes world record with mass yoga
January 11th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 11 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lead 50 lakh school students and employees in a yoga exercise Thursday in an attempt to set a ... Read more...
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Haqqani’s lawyer quits, criticizes memo commission
January 2nd, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Pakistani lawyer Asma Jehangir has refused to represent former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani in the memo case, saying she has "no confidence" in the ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi held for killing senior citizen
November 17th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A Bangladeshi migrant, who along with his brother-in-law and a friend killed his former elderly landlady believing she had lots of money but found only ... Read more...
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Karachi building collapse toll rises to 16
August 6th, 2011 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) The toll in Karachi building collapse, which occurred Thursday in Pakistan, risen to 16 after four more bodies were recovered Saturday while 24 people still remained ... Read more...
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Omar orders parole for Kashmir cleric
June 29th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday ordered the release on parole of Qazi Yasir, the south Kashmir Mirwaiz, so that he could attend the ... Read more...
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Pakistani forces regain control of Upper Dir areas
June 5th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have regained control of two Upper Dir areas after militants from Afghanistan stormed the security check posts and took over the border areas, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh war hero who served three armies dead
May 7th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 7 (IANS) Qazi Nooruzzaman, a hero of Bangladesh's liberation war who served the British Indian Navy and three armies during his lifetime, is dead. He was 86, a ... Read more...
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Hundreds of sadhus march to Delhi for clean Yamuna
April 2nd, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 2 (IANS) Hundreds of sadhus, on a march to demand release of water into the drying and polluted Yamuna and cleaning of the river, left for the ... Read more...
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60-year-old woman found strangled
March 16th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman, who was living alone, was found strangled to death at her house in old Delhi area Wednesday morning, police said.Shaukat Begum was ... Read more...
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Maoists , poachers behind decrease in tiger numbers in Jharkhand : Forest officials
February 16th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by ANI
Palamu , Feb 16 (ANI) : The decline in number of tigers at the Palamu Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand is due to the presence of poachers and Maoists in the area, according ... Read more...
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Government for alternative medicines like unani
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Feb 3 (IANS) The Indian government is making efforts to integrate alternative systems of medicine like unani into the national health care structure, Minister of State for Health S. Gandhiselvan has ... Read more...
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Pakistan has become ‘factory of issuing fatwas’: PUC chief
February 2nd, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 2(ANI): Pakistan has become a factory of issuing fatwas (religious edicts), Pakistan Ulema Counsel (PUC) Chairman Allama Tahir Ashrafi has said.Speaking on a TV programme, Ashrafi said all sects had ... Read more...
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Muslim clerics join hands for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh
January 28th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Richa Sharma
Meerut, Jan 28 (IANS) From sending greeting cards to issuing printed appeals and making announcements from the mosque loudspeaker - Muslim clerics in western Uttar Pradesh are doing everything, and ... Read more...
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Experts rejected study that say microcredit helped Bangladeshi families raise their incomes
January 28th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Jan 28 (ANI): Experts have rejected a US-based Microcredit Summit Campaign study that claims that work by the Grameen Bank and other institutions involved with microcredit, helped many Bangladeshi families to ... Read more...
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Clash after anti-Jaitapur nuke plant activist killed
December 18th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Dec 18 (IANS) Police resorted to a baton-charge to disperse a large crowd of villagers protesting the death of an anti-Jaitapur nuclear power plant activist in an accident in this ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4 Day 38: Sara & Ali get married in the Bigg Boss house
November 12th, 2010 - 3:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sara Khan and Ali Merchant became the first couple to get married within the confines of the Bigg Boss house in India. It may ... Read more...
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Pak Law Minister’s ‘1 million rupees cheque’ too hot for SCBA President to handle!
October 19th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 19 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Qazi Anwar has returned the one million-rupees cheque given to the association by Law Minister Babar Awan.Speaking to media representatives outside ... Read more...
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Reopening Swiss cases would put Pak’s sovereignty at stake: Pak Law Ministry
September 24th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep 24 (ANI): In response to Supreme Court's orders directing the federal government to re-open the money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, the Law Ministry has forwarded a ... Read more...
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Staging of the play Get Rid of My Wife
August 23rd, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Ashvin Gidwani's play Get rid of my Wife staged at Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra yesterday witnessed a deluge of celebrities.Paritosh Painter, director of some of the funniest ... Read more...
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Pak seeking peaceful resolution of issues with India, says Ex-Minister
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 23(ANI): Former Pakistan Education Minister Lieutenant General (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that his country has been seeking a peaceful resolution of disputes and normalization of relations with India.Qazi ... Read more...
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Santo To Return Home; Is Megha Cheating Dharamraj?
July 19th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 19, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): "Bandini', Imagine TV's long running show, is going for a six month-leap – it's third in 2010. What masala is this Balaji show dishing up this ... Read more...
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Terrorists may use stolen Army vehicles to strike, warns Pak intelligence
May 14th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 14 (ANI): Pakistan's intelligence agencies have warned the concerned security authorities that militants could use stolen vehicles belonging to army officials to carry out terror strikes.According to an intelligence input, ... Read more...
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Pastor, church attacked in Uttar Pradesh
May 7th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) A group of people vandalised a church and assaulted the pastor, accusing him of carrying out forceful conversions in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said Friday.
Five ... Read more...
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‘Mehr’ for Ayesha Rs.500, for Sania Rs.61 lakh
April 12th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) The two figures are not even comparable. Pakistani cricketer paid a paltry Rs.500 as 'mehr' for his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui but paid a whopping Rs.61 lakh for ... Read more...
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Sania, Shoaib are now husband and wife (Third Lead)
April 12th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik at a hotel here Monday after getting a copy of Shoaib's passport from the city police.
"The nikah has ... Read more...
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Sania, Shoaib get married (Second Lead)
April 12th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza tied the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik at a hotel here Monday after getting a no-objection certificate from the city police.
"The ... Read more...
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Sania, Shoaib get police nod to wed (Lead)
April 12th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Clad in red traditional bridal wear, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik Monday afternoon after they got a no-objection certificate from ... Read more...
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Shoaib gave false information in divorce paper?
April 10th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is set to marry Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza, could land in fresh trouble for furnishing false information while giving divorce to his ... Read more...
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