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Baramulla tense over youth’s killing, probe ordered (Roundup)


February 11th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Tension persisted in Kashmir's Baramulla district Saturday following the death of a 25-year-old youth in a firing incident late Friday. His family and villagers finally agreed ... Read more...

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Youth’s death in firing triggers tension in Kashmir (Lead)


February 11th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The death of a 25-year-old youth in north Kashmir's Baramulla district in a firing incident late Friday evening has triggered tensions in the area. Chief Minister ... Read more...

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Youth’s killing triggers tensions in north Kashmir


February 11th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The death of a 25-year-old youth in north Kashmir's Baramulla district during a cordon-and-search operation late Friday evening, triggered tensions in the area Saturday.Ashiq Hussain Rather, ... Read more...

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Terrorist, policeman killed in Pakistan gun-battle


January 28th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A policeman and a suicide bomber were killed in a gun-battle Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media report said.Another police official was injured when ... Read more...

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GNLA sets conditions to free abducted engineers


January 28th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 28 (IANS) Setting conditions to free two abducted government engineers, the insurgent Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Saturday demanded a "convincing reply" from the Meghalaya government in seven ... Read more...

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Rockets fired at Pakistan Military Academy (Second Lead)


January 27th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Nine rockets were fired at the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad, a town where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was shot dead in his hideout ... Read more...

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Nine rockets fired at Pakistan Military Academy (Lead)


January 27th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Nine rockets were fired at the Pakistan Military Academy located in Abbottabad, a town where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was gunned down in ... Read more...

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Rocket fired near Pakistan Military Academy


January 27th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A rocket has been fired near the Pakistan Military Academy located in Abbottabad, a town where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was gunned in May ... Read more...

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Five Pakistani paramilitary men killed


January 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Suspected gunmen from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi outfit attacked a checkpost in Pakistan's Balochistan province and gunned down five paramilitary troopers, officials said Thursday.The pre-dawn attack was launched ... Read more...

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Garo militants abduct 2 Meghalaya engineers


January 25th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 25 (IANS) Heavily-armed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels abducted three Meghalaya government engineers at gunpoint in the state's West Garo Hills district, but one of them ... Read more...

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Four explosives recovered, two held in Assam


January 25th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 25 (IANS) Police and security forces in Assam have recovered at least three crude bombs and one Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and arrested two people from ... Read more...

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Two foreigners kidnapped in Pakistan


January 20th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A German and an Italian were kidnapped from central Pakistani city of Multan Thursday night, a media report said Friday.Gunmen abducted the foreigners from Qasim Bala ... Read more...

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Two civilians killed, abducted manager untraced in Meghalaya


January 18th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 17 (IANS) Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered in insurgency-ravaged district of East Garo Hills in Meghalaya Tuesday, even as police are still clueless about the whereabouts of the ... Read more...

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BJP in Congress line of fire over Kushwaha as CBI raids premises (Fourth Lead)


January 4th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after inducting a tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister into its fold, the BJP was Wednesday at the receiving end on the issue ... Read more...

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BJP in Congress line of fire over Kushwaha as CBI raids premises (Third Lead)


January 4th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after inducting a tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister into its fold, the BJP was Wednesday at the receiving end on the issue ... Read more...

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Day after joining BJP, Kushwaha’s premises raided (Second Lead)


January 4th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday searched the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh premises of sacked Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, ... Read more...

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Roadside bomb kills Pakistani soldier


December 31st, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani soldier and injured another Saturday in the North Waziristan tribal region, officials said.The incident took place when a convoy of ... Read more...

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88 bodies retrieved after Indonesia boat disaster


December 22nd, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 22 (IANS) Eighty-eight bodies were retrieved by Thursday from a wooden vessel that sank six days ago with some 250 people on board off the Indonesian island of ... Read more...

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Taliban commander held in Pakistan


November 29th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) A key Pakistani Taliban leader, Commander Toofan, was arrested Tuesday during a search operation in the country's northwest tribal region, police said.The search operation was ... Read more...

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Meghalaya rebels set conditions for releasing official (Lead)


November 24th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 23 (IANS) The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Wednesday demanded withdrawal of central forces from Meghalaya in return for setting free a government official abducted two days ... Read more...

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Meghalaya rebels set conditions for releasing official


November 23rd, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 23 (IANS) The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Wednesday demanded withdrawal of central forces from Meghalaya in return for setting free a government official abducted two ... Read more...

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Meghalaya launches operation to rescue abducted official


November 22nd, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 22 (IANS) Security forces have launched an operation in western Meghalaya to rescue a state government official and two Assam-based traders abducted by Garo rebels, an official said ... Read more...

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Two Maoists killed in West Bengal


November 15th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) Two Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said Tuesday."We recovered bodies of two Maoist guerrillas today ... Read more...

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Pakistani forces hunt for militants after intelligence men killed


November 13th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) The Pakistani security forces Sunday launched a major hunt for militants behind the killing of five intelligence officials in the eastern Punjab province, reported local ... Read more...

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Snow hampers MiG-29 wreckage search


November 12th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 12 (IANS) Snowfall in the Himalayan peaks once again hampered the search for the remaining wreckage of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 combat jet that crashed over ... Read more...

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Terrorists blow up school in Pakistan


November 11th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Unidentified terrorists in Pakistan blew up a boys' school in a district of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) while a security checkpost was also attacked.The ... Read more...

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10 bombs found on Assam railway bridge


November 9th, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Nov 9 (IANS) A railway official Tuesday averted a possible tragedy when he found 10 crude bombs along with blasting devices from a railway bridge on the Lumding-Badarpur ... Read more...

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Massive combing operation on to locate crashed MiG-29


November 4th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 4 (IANS) A massive combing operation is on to retrieve the main wreckage of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 combat jet and to locate its other parts, ... Read more...

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Three UAE sailors rescued at sea


October 29th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 29 (IANS/WAM) Three men from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were lost at sea after their boat sank, have been rescued 20 km off Saadiyat island ... Read more...

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Snowfall hampers search for MiG


October 23rd, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 23 (IANS) Snowfall in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul Valley Sunday again hampered the search for an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 jet that crashed five days ago. The pilot's ... Read more...

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MiG crash spot identified, snowfall hampers search


October 22nd, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) Saturday said it has identified the spot in the rocky mountains of Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where a MiG-29 jet ... Read more...

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Recovered wreckage belongs to MiG-29: IAF


October 21st, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 21 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday said it has recovered wreckage of a MiG-29 jet that crashed in the inhospitable Himalayan terrain of Lahaul Valley in ... Read more...

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Search for MiG-29 wreckage, pilot on: IAF


October 20th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 20 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) said Thursday it was still searching for the pilot and the wreckage of a MiG-29 jet that crashed in the inhospitable ... Read more...

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Militants ambush Pakistani troops, killing 9 soldiers


October 18th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) -- At least nine Pakistani soldiers were killed on Monday when heavily-armed gunmen ambushed troops in the country's Khyber Agency, according to media reports on Tuesday.The attack occurred during ... Read more...

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Explosives laden car found in Ambala, NSG team reaches


October 13th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala/New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A National Security Guard (NSG) team arrived from Delhi and Haryana Police conducted raids around the Ambala Cantt railway station Thursday after an explosives laden ... Read more...

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