London Heathrow airport unveils Olympic terminal
April 5th, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 5 (IANS) Heathrow airport unveiled a new temporary terminal to cater to athletes and officials involved with London Olympics 2012.The terminal has been built solely for "Games Family" ... Read more...
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British commandos wanted to abduct Rommel: War diary
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Crack British commandos had chalked out a plan to kidnap German commander Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, revealed a war diary.The SAS War Diary includes the mission ... Read more...
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Pakistan Auditor General finds massive irregularities in ERRA accounts
November 29th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 29(ANI): The Auditor General of Pakistan has pointed out massive financial irregularities of Petrol Oil and Lubricant (POL) running into millions of rupees in the accounts of Earthquake Reconstruction and ... Read more...
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Merc Benz, a 1971 war booty, located at Eastern Command
November 18th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) A Mercedes Benz, a war booty from the 1971 India-Pakistan clash that led to the liberation of Bangladesh, has been traced to the Eastern Command headquarters here.The car ... Read more...
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Apex court stays tribunal’s order on military nurses
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) ... Read more...
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Hike for President, Vice-President, Governors approved by Parliament
December 15th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): President, Vice-President and state Governors will get a three-fold increase in monthly salary after Parliament on Monday approved the bills.The President will get Rs 1.50 ... Read more...
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I would have changed Delhi’s traffic forever: Kiran Bedi
September 10th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Sep 10 (IANS) India's most famous woman police officer Kiran Bedi says if she had been made the Delhi Police commissioner, she would have changed the Indian capital's traffic forever and ... Read more...
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NDMC pulled up for misusing funds
May 21st, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) over charges that some of its members were drawing allowances far exceeding their allotted ... Read more...
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British Airways chief apologizes for Heathrow chaos
March 28th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 28 (DPA) The head of British Airways (BA) apologized Friday to thousands of travellers using the airline's exclusive new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport as they faced a second day ... Read more...
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Caretaker Pak PM Soomro wants to live happily forever
February 24th, 2008 - 10:31 am ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb.24 (ANI): Caretaker Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has reportedly presented his family and himself with a a life-long gift -- a tax-free, hassle-free, well protected high flying retired life with ... Read more...
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