Kashmir ‘durbar’ moves to Jammu
November 9th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 9 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government's annual 'durbar move' took place Wednesday with its offices shifting to winter capital Jammu amid tight security and Chief Minister Omar ... Read more...
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Left protests petrol price hike in Kerala
November 4th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 4 (IANS) Student and youth organisations backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday staged protests across Kerala to protest the hike in petrol prices by Rs.1.82 ... Read more...
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Pak spy agencies involved in over one thousand murder cases in Balochistan: Report
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 22(ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its sister organisations have been involved in over one thousand murder cases in Balochistan, according to a report.The Baloch National ... Read more...
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Andhra youth gets lifer for killing girl’s parents
January 31st, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A youth was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Andhra Pradesh for murdering a couple and injuring their daughter because she had spurned his advances ... Read more...
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Kashmir stone-pelters to be freed, unified command to take call on AFSPA (Lead)
September 25th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, Sep 25 (IANS) Reaching out to the people of the violence-hit Kashmir, the central government Saturday announced that a group of interlocutors will be appointed to hold dialogue on ... Read more...
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Kerala to act against schools that don’t offer Malayalam
June 1st, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 1 (IANS) The Kerala government Tuesday said it would act against schools that do not offer Malayalam as a subject even as the state takes pride in a high literacy ... Read more...
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Protests across Pakistan against prophet’s cartoons on Facebook
May 21st, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Rallies and demonstrations were held across Pakistan Friday to protest publishing of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad on social network site Facebook and Youtube.
Protesters urged the government ... Read more...
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Pro-Maoist groups under close watch of home ministry
May 18th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) At least 57 civil rights groups, trade unions and student organisations as well as the Hurriyat Conference are under the constant vigil of intelligence agencies for ... Read more...
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Date for response from stakeholders on Telangana extended
March 22nd, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Justice Srikrishna committee appointed to look into the issue of statehood for Telangana Monday extended till April 10 the date for receiving views and suggestions ... Read more...
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Man hangs self day after lover jumps to death
October 7th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) A 25-year-old teacher hung himself here Wednesday evening, officials said. The incident comes a day after a girl who college authorities said was the man's lover committed suicide ... Read more...
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Stabbed by stalker, girl demands his public hanging
September 18th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 18 (IANS) A teenaged girl, who was injured and whose parents were brutally killed by a stalker in Andhra Pradesh's Rajahmundry town, has demanded that he be hanged in public.
Anusha, ... Read more...
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Students’ protest against alleged forced blood denotation in Rajasthan
August 22nd, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by ANI
Chomu (Rajasthan), Aug 22(ANI): Angry residents of Chomu, a town 60 km from Jaipur, took to streets on Saturday following reports that teenaged school children were allegedly forced to donate blood at ... Read more...
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Polls not only behind Madhya Pradesh’s poor exam results
May 15th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) Various student organisations in Madhya Pradesh disagree with Education Minister Archana Chitnis and secondary education board chairperson Snehlata Shrivastava that the polls only were responsible for the ... Read more...
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Indian minister to visit Nepal for Dalit rights campaign
February 26th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 26 (IANS) India's Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan is arriving in Nepal next week on a one-day visit.
However, Paswan, who belongs to the Lok ... Read more...
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Nepal’s oldest varsity in Buddha controversy now
January 25th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 25 (IANS) Even as public anger continued to simmer in Nepal over the gaffe in Bollywood film "Chandni Chowk to China" that the Buddha was born in India, the oldest ... Read more...
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Students ransack railway stations in Bihar over MNS attacks (Second Lead)
October 25th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of students ransacked three railway stations, blocked rail traffic and clashed with the the police in towns across Bihar Saturday during a shutdown called to protest attacks ... Read more...
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Students ransack 4 railway stations in Bihar, battle police (Lead)
October 25th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of slogan shouting students ransacked at least four railway stations, blocked rail traffic and threw stones at the police in various Bihar towns Saturday as part ... Read more...
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Students ransack Bihar railway station to protest MNS attacks
October 25th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of slogan shouting students ransacked a railway station in Bihar and threw stones at police Saturday as part of a shutdown called by students' organisations to protest ... Read more...
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‘Colombia’s rights victims have no access to justice’
August 30th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 30 (IANS) The victims of human rights abuses in Colombia are unable to seek justice, as their lawyers are constantly intimidated or prevented from accessing the due process of law ... Read more...
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Student protests intensify in Bihar
August 6th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) Student protests here intensified Wednesday as anger seethed over Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's silence and government's inability to end the indefinite strike by non-teaching staff of universities and ... Read more...
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Hindi row turns into war in Nepal
July 29th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 29 (IANS) The raging row in Nepal sparked by the vice-president taking his oath of office in Hindi last week turned into war Tuesday with the rift between ... Read more...
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Chaos in Kerala assembly over teacher’s death
July 21st, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) The Kerala assembly Monday witnessed chaotic scenes as the government and opposition traded charges over the death of 48-year-old school teacher James Augustine, who was allegedly killed by ... Read more...
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Protest against teacher’s death peaceful in Kerala
July 20th, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, July 20 (IANS) The dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala Sunday, to protest against the death of a teacher during ... Read more...
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Demonstrators in Jammu press for shrine land allotment(To go with ‘Four Amarnath pilgrims injured as Kashmir protests land transfer’)
June 25th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 25 (IANS) Several Hindu groups and student organisations held demonstrations here Wednesday, warning the Jammu and Kashmir government against any move to cancel the land allotment to the Shri Amarnath ... Read more...
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After trader’s killing, Nepal Maoists face fresh murder charge
May 22nd, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 22 (IANS) Even as protests over Nepal Maoists' slaying of a businessman started snow balling in the capital Kathmandu, the former guerrillas have been accused of hacking ... Read more...
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Outrage over Maoist murder paralyses Kathmandu valley
May 21st, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 21 (IANS) Winners of the historic election last month, Nepal's Maoists however have had a severe setback with the disclosure that their guerrilla soldiers beat to death a ... Read more...
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Bangladesh politicians and social acticvists maintain silence on `Cyclone Sidr’ tragedy
November 20th, 2007 - 8:09 pm ICT by admin
By Shakhawat Liton
Dhaka, Nov.20 (ANI): It's a human tragedy that Bangladesh will take a long time to recover from, but what is most shocking about the aftermath of "Cyclone Sidr", is the ... Read more...
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