Punjab bans gutka, pan masala
August 27th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) Punjab Monday ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the ... Read more...
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Keep off personal laws: Muslim leaders
May 11th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thane, May 11 (IANS) Muslim leaders Friday came down heavily on governments and courts for what they termed as "interference" in the Muslim personal law, a spokesperson said.Thousands gathered at ... Read more...
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Zardari slams militants for exploiting religion
March 17th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam".Zardari told parliament in his traditional annual address that the government of his ... Read more...
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Punjab cabinet prays at Amritsar shrines
March 16th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 16 (IANS) Led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the entire Punjab cabinet Friday offered prayers at religious shrines in this Sikh holy city, including the holiest ... Read more...
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Pak intelligence, top cops see “foreign hand” behind Lahore, Karachi suicide attacks
January 26th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 26(ANI): The back-to-back terror attacks in Lahore and Karachi were launched by foreign-sponsored terrorists, intelligence sources and top police investigators have claimed.On Tuesday, a teenager suicide bomber blew up ... Read more...
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Sonia, Gadkari express shock at Sabarimala tragedy
January 15th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari Saturday expressed shock and anguish at the loss of lives in the stampede ... Read more...
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Ousted Nepal king may try wedding diplomacy in India
November 6th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 6 (IANS) Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra is headed towards India on a nearly three-week long visit that is expected to drum up family and social support for ... Read more...
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Obama’s Golden Temple visit: Punjab seeks PM’s help (Lead)
October 23rd, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Punjab has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in US President Barack Obama's proposed visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar which ran into trouble over the ... Read more...
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12 killed in Nepal road accident
October 5th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 5 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed in a road accident in western Nepal Tuesday while on a pilgrimage to one of the holiest religious shrines in ... Read more...
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Pak now realises threat posed by country based terror syndicate: Clinton
July 22nd, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan has now realised that a terror syndicate exists in the country, which threatens America as well.In an interview ... Read more...
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‘Speed up ropeway construction between shrines’
May 1st, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Saturday urged his Punjab counterpart Parkash Singh Badal to speed up construction of an aerial ropeway connecting religious shrines in the ... Read more...
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High alert in Maharashtra after Pune attack (Lead)
February 14th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Hundreds of policemen spread across Maharashtra were Sunday randomly checking vehicles, train and bus passengers and visitors to important religious shrines and vital installations in the wake ... Read more...
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Wrap up SGPC ex-chief’s trial in six months: apex court
January 8th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ordered a court in Punjab to conclude within six months the ongoing trial of a former chief of the Sikhs' religious shrines ... Read more...
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One dead, 46 injured in twin Iraq bombings
November 25th, 2009 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 25 (DPA) At least one person was killed and 46 injured when two bombs exploded in the central Iraqi city of Karbala Wednesday, doctors said.
Witnesses said the first bomb badly ... Read more...
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Goa forms militia to tackle desecration of shrines
July 18th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) Unable to solve the mystery behind increasing incidents of desecration of religious shrines in the state, the police here have recommended setting up of a militia to tackle ... Read more...
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SGPC unlikely to send pilgrims to Pakistan on Baisakhi
April 5th, 2009 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) is unlikely to send a group of pilgrims to Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi, the harvest festival of Punjab, ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama begins ‘Thank You India’ campaign
March 31st, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Having completed 50 years of Tibetans stay in India, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama started a 'Thank You India' campaign, here in the capital on Tuesday, by ... Read more...
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Hindraf detainee being treated: Malaysian Indian minister
March 2nd, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Malacca (Malaysia), March 2 (IANS) Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) leader P. Uthayakumar is being treated for acute diabetes at a government hospital, Malaysia's Human Resources Minister S. Subramaniam has said following ... Read more...
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Water cannons turned on Malaysian Indians, 17 held
February 28th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (IANS) Police Saturday turned water cannons on a group of ethnic Indians in Malaysia who refused to disperse outside a police station - where they had come to ... Read more...
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NGO takes Punjab students on a secular trip
November 21st, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) With an aim to instill secular values in school children, a city-based NGO is taking them on a series of trips to churches, gurdwaras, temples and mosques.Also, special ... Read more...
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Nepal records highest tourist arrivals in eight years
November 3rd, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 3 (IANS) Nepal, regarded a Shangri-La for holiday makers with its Himalayan ranges, assortment of religious shrines and network of casinos, has recorded the highest tourist arrivals in eight years.According ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh to formulate policy on managing shrines
August 21st, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) Eighteen days after the Naina Devi stampede in which 145 people lost their lives, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday directed the officials to formulate a ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian idustrialist wants Hindu shrines registered
June 13th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 13 (IANS) Malaysian Indian legislators should help in the registration of Hindu temples in the country to avoid their demolition on the ground that they were illegally built, a ... Read more...
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Punjab celebrates harvest festival Baisakhi
April 13th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by admin
Hoshiarpur/Amritsar (Punjab), April 13 (IANS) People loaded on tractor-trolleys, trucks, buses and private vehicles headed for destinations of their choice this Sunday. It was certainly a busy day for Punjab as the ... Read more...
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Britain, Bangladesh to step up anti-terror campaign
April 10th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, April 10 (DPA) Britain and Bangladesh agreed in principle to step up joint action against suspected terrorists, officials said Thursday. The agreement followed talks between visiting British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith ... Read more...
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