A Pakistani woman who runs slum school by selling scrap
August 2nd, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) A woman in Pakistan runs a school for 1,800 slum children with money collected from selling trash.Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday announced a Rs.1 ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan diplomacy avoids media trap
July 27th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) No rhetorical fireworks on Kashmir or 26/11 terror! Grandstanding is out; a new shared feeling of bonhomie and feel-good diplomacy has subtly crept in the ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan talks signal hope, says daily
July 27th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 27 (IANS) The India-Pakistan talks signal hope for a positive outcome, said a leading Pakistani daily as it cautioned that the two countries could not "afford ... Read more...
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Hina Rabbani Khar to be Pakistan’s foreign minister
July 18th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Hina Rabbani Khar will be the new foreign minister of Pakistan, a media report said Monday. Her elevation comes a week ahead of India-Pakistan talks ... Read more...
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Arrest warrant against four for insult to flag
June 30th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 30 (IANS) A court in Chhattisgarh has issued arrest warrants against four people, including a district collector and a superintendent of police, for allegedly insulting the national flag.V.K. ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Paes-Bhupathi crash out in second round
June 25th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) India's top doubles pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the second round of Wimbledon tennis with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(1), 4-6 loss ... Read more...
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Bopanna-Qureshi out, Indian challenge over in Eastbourne
June 16th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Eastbourne (England), June 16 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, dubbed the Indo-Pakistan Express, bowed out the doubles quarter-finals of the 462,675-euro AEGON International tennis here.The ... Read more...
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Sania reaches career best doubles ranking
June 6th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza climbed 11 spots to reach a career-high doubles ranking of 14 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, released Monday.Sania last ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu take on Uttarakhand in opening match of national hockey
June 4th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu will take on Uttarakhand in the opening match of the inaugural Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship in Bhopal from June 10.In the ... Read more...
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French Open result will give us confidence for Wimbledon: Qureshi
June 4th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 4 (IANS) Pakistan's Aisamul Haq Qureshi, doubles partner of Indian Rohan Bopanna, attributed their French Open quarterfinals loss to the Bryan brothers to lack of mental toughness ... Read more...
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US troops were yards away from bin-Laden’s Pak hideout in 2008: Wikileaks
May 4th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): US troops were stationed just a few hundred yards from Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan in 2008, the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' has revealed.The revelation that ... Read more...
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Chandigarh tennis coach Wadhera still keen on going to Pakistan
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The uncertain conditions in Pakistan have not deterred Indian tennis coach Birbal Wadhera -- he is eager to travel across the border to ... Read more...
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‘Mission possible’ to teach the police English (With Images)
May 1st, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Till a few weeks back they could not correctly pronounce everyday English words. But after a mere five days of training in the language ... Read more...
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Benazir’s ‘assassin’ being made Pakistan’s Deputy PM: Qureshi
May 1st, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, May 1(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi must not be made the country's Deputy Prime Minister, as former premier Benazir Bhutto had alleged before her assassination that ... Read more...
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PTF to invite Sania Mirza for women’s event in proposed “Wagah border match”
April 26th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, April 26(ANI): The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is set to invite Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza for a women's exhibition match in the proposed Indo-Pak tennis series at the Wagah ... Read more...
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Pakistan Tennis Federation to host tournament in war-torn Waziristan
April 26th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan's tennis bosses are planning to take the otherwise elitist sport to the war-torn, terrorist-infested region of Waziristan in the north-west of the country.The Pakistan ... Read more...
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AIMPLB meet in Hyderabad to discuss Babri case
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) A crucial meeting of the executive committee of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is beginning here Saturday to discuss a host of issues, including ... Read more...
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Bopanna-Qureshi in semifinals of Monte-Carlo Masters
April 15th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Monaco, April 15 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi shocked second seeded Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada 6-1, 7-5 to move into the ... Read more...
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Colourful opening ceremony kicks off IPL-4 (Lead)
April 8th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) It was lights, camera and action at the decked up M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, the home of champions Chennai Super Kings, here Friday as the 2011 Indian ... Read more...
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Aisam-ul-Haq reaches career-best ATP ranking of 12
April 5th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 5(ANI): Pakistan's top tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has reached his career-best ranking of number 12.Aisam, who recently returned home after participating in ATP Masters series tournament in the United ... Read more...
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National Conference activist shot dead, killers identified (Lead)
March 31st, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) An activist of the ruling National Conference (NC) was shot dead in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said Thursday, adding the killers had been identified as ... Read more...
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Paes and Bhupathi in third round at Miami
March 30th, 2011 - 3:57 am ICT by IANS
Miami, March 30 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi Wednesday entered the men's doubles third round at the Miami Masters tennis tournament, defeating Spanish pair Marc Lopez and ... Read more...
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One more arrested in jewellery heist
March 24th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Another member of the over dozen-strong gang that stole the entire stock of jewellery worth over Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million/approx $2.2 million) from a Chandigarh ... Read more...
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WB polls: EC to visit Kolkata to review poll preparedness
March 21st, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 21 (AN): The full bench of the Election Commission (EC) will on Tuesday visit Kolkata for two days to review the assembly election preparedness in West Bengal.During the visit, ... Read more...
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Somdev reaches career best 73 in singles
March 21st, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman climbed 11 places to reach his career-best ranking of 73 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings released Monday.Somdev had ... Read more...
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Chief Election Commissioner declares modalities of election
March 18th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 18(ANI): Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Qureshi on Friday spelt out the limitations about expenditure to be incurred by the candidates in the ensuing polls to the legislatures of Kerala, Tamil ... Read more...
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Bopanna and Qureshi stun Paes and Bhupathi
March 16th, 2011 - 3:14 am ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 16 (IANS) Third-seeded Indian pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were stunned by India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 6-3, 6-4, in ... Read more...
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Former Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi denies forming separate group
February 28th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 28(ANI): Former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he is not forming any separate group against the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)."I don't want any rift within my party," ... Read more...
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Pak movie stars to play cricket in US to strengthen country’s image
February 22nd, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Feb 22 (ANI): In order to strengthen the positive image of the country, a Pakistani showbiz stars' cricket team will play Twenty-20 matches in the United States.Prominent TV actor and ... Read more...
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Kavita Raut wins gold with record timing
February 21st, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) Asian Games medallist Kavita Raut of Maharashtra and Kerala's Soji Mathew respectively won the women's and men's 5,000 metres events in the 34th National Games at the Birsa ... Read more...
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Qureshi’s diatribe against US policy, Pak leadership following ouster as Foreign Minister
February 20th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, Feb 20(ANI): Having nothing to lose after having already been ousted as Pakistan's former Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi has lambasted the United States over a number of matters, and ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban issues video of ISI spy’s execution
February 20th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban released a video Saturday of the shooting of a former officer of the country's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), who was kidnapped from ... Read more...
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100 CRPF companies for West Bengal polls
February 17th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) As West Bengal gets ready for state assembly polls, 100 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will arrive in phases from Feb 20 to maintain law ... Read more...
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Taseer’s assassin should be punished only for violating law, not murder: Qari Hanif
February 15th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Feb 15(ANI): Slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri should be punished by the court only for violating the law, not on murder charges, Qari Hanif Qureshi has said.Qari ... Read more...
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Court moved to prevent Pak govt from providing Davis with immunity from sentence
February 15th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 15(ANI): Statements made by former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Information Minister Fauzia Wahab about double-murder accused US diplomat Raymond Davis' immunity status have ... Read more...
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