Farmers’ fury spreads, death toll four (Fourth Lead, correcting designation in para 4)
May 9th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Agra/Greater Noida, May 8 (IANS) Farmers' fury over land takeover spread Sunday to Agra and Aligarh districts in Uttar Pradesh as the number of dead in clashes with security ... Read more...
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Farmers’ fury spreads, death toll four (Third Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Agra/Greater Noida, May 8 (IANS) Farmers' fury over land takeover spread Sunday to Agra and Aligarh districts in Uttar Pradesh as the number of dead in clashes with security ... Read more...
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Farmer fury spreads, death toll is four (Second Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra/Greater Noida, May 8 (IANS) Farmers' fury over land takeover spread Sunday to Agra in Uttar Pradesh as the number of dead in clashes with security forces in Greater Noida ... Read more...
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Villagers oppose Himachal hydro project
May 8th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 8 (IANS) Hundreds of people in three districts of Himachal Pradesh have been protesting for the past three days against an upcoming hydropower project of Satluj Jal Vidyut ... Read more...
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Contractor who built Osama’s compound detained from Abottabad
May 4th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Abbottabad, May 4(ANI): The contractor who built the huge fortified compound, where Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was found and killed by US troops on Sunday night, has been detained from ... Read more...
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Friendly fire, not militants, killed 14 Pak security officials in Khyber: Yasin Malik
March 30th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Mar 30(ANI): The deaths of 14 Pakistani security officials in the Khyber tribal region on Monday evening were caused by a friendly fire, Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik ... Read more...
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Foreign guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight
March 28th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) A foreign guerrilla was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Baramulla district of north Kashmir Monday, police said."One foreign militant identified as Chacha ... Read more...
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Benazir Bhutto’s assassins arrested: Malik (Lead)
March 25th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday said the suspects in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto have been arrested. Bhutto was murdered during ... Read more...
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Girls’ schools blown up in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region
March 25th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Mar 25(ANI): Two primary schools for girls have been blown up by unknown assailants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region.According to reports, militants planted explosives in the schools located in Landi Kotal ... Read more...
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Two govt-run schools blown up in northwest Pakistan
March 5th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Bara, Mar 5(ANI): Two government-run boys' schools were blown up in Pakistan's Kohat and Khyber Agency tribal region bordering Afghanistan in the wee hours of Saturday.According to sources, the Shalobar Government High ... Read more...
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Mayawati pulls up officials on sudden inspection in Lucknow
February 28th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday pulled up officials of the Lucknow district administration as she chose to suddenly return from her tour of the districts well before ... Read more...
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Twenty militants killed in military operation in Pak’s Mohmand Agency
February 20th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 20(ANI): Twenty militants were killed and 30 others wounded in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency in a military operation launched in retaliation against insurgents' attack on a security check post on Sunday.A ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s visit leaves Agra disappointed
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati came and she saw, but there was little of the action people were expecting against government functionaries in the build-up to the ... Read more...
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I was sold every few months, recounts Pakistani woman
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Recounting a harrowing tale of rape, torture and exploitation, a Pakistani woman who escaped after a year in captivity says she was sold to someone new every few ... Read more...
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Kerosene mafia attack police team in Nagpur
February 1st, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 1 (IANS) Exactly a week after the additional collector of Nashik district was burnt alive by the oil mafia, a team of 10 policemen were Tuesday attacked by a kerosene ... Read more...
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Two NATO supply trailers torched in Pak’s Balochistan province
January 30th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Khuzdar, Jan 30(ANI): In the latest attack on convoys in Pakistan carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, unidentified men torched two trailers in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Sunday.According to reports, unidentified ... Read more...
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Pak security forces kill 28 terrorists in Mohmand tribal region
January 29th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jan 29(ANI): 28 terrorists were killed in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency when Pakistani fighter jets and helicopter gunships bombed militant hideouts in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan."Security forces launched an air offensive ... Read more...
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Quake damaged 200 houses in Pakistan town
January 20th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Quetta, Jan 20 (IANS) The 7.2 Richter Scale earthquake, which rocked large parts of Balochistan early Wednesday night, damaged 200 mud-houses in Dalbandin town of Pakistan. However, it didn't cause any ... Read more...
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Freed militant commander wanted to target Pak nukes
December 30th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec 30 (ANI): Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the al-Qaeda-linked ameer of the Harkatul Jehadul Islami (HUJI), has been freed by Pakistan's Punjab government under mysterious circumstances despite the fact that he ... Read more...
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Chidambaram visits Gadchiroli, reviews anti-naxal operations
December 28th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday reviewed anti-naxal operations in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli District.He held a meeting with Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil, Minister of ... Read more...
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Thumbs up for this Caste Panchayat
December 27th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
By Usha ChowdharyJalore (Rajasthan), Dec 27 (ANI): In Jalore district, Western Rajasthan, the Caste Panchayat which in the region goes by the name of 'Jati panchayat' is active. It sees itself as ... Read more...
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2 NATO tankers destroyed by militants in Pakistan
December 20th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 20(ANI): At least two tankers, carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, were attacked by militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region on Monday.According to the Dawn, the tankers were completely ... Read more...
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Islamabad Police files case against alleged CIA official
December 15th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec. 15 (ANI): Islamabad Police have filed a case against US citizen Jonathan Banks, for allegedly being the CIA chief in Pakistan and controlling the drone attacks.Acting on an application of ... Read more...
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God Man Asaram Bapu’s hermitage demolished in Gujarat
November 27th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Navsari (Gujarat), Nov.27 (ANI): Navsari District administration officials on Saturday demolished the ashram or hermitage of God Man Asaram Bapu.Naveen Kashkar, the deputy head of the village council of the district's Chikhali ... Read more...
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Paan vend owner exposes job scheme graft, gets death threats
November 16th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Porbandar, Nov 16 (IANS) Aslam Khokker, a paan vend owner in Kotda village of Porbandar district of Gujarat, carries a paper on his person all the time, which has the names of ... Read more...
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US drone strike kills seven in Pak’s tribal belt near Afghan border
November 16th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Miranshah, Nov 16 (ANI): Seven people were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Monday.Two missiles were fired at a car in the Ghulam Khan Tehsil, ... Read more...
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Militants blow up govt. school in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency
November 16th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 16 (ANI): Unidentified miscreants blew up a government primary school in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency, a private TV channel reported on Monday.According to reports, militants planted explosive material in the premises ... Read more...
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Handless Kargil war soldier threatens suicide over Pak Army, govt’s apathy
November 13th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 13 (ANI): A Pakistani Army soldier, who participated in the Kargil War against India and lost his hands, is planning to commit suicide along with his wife and children due ... Read more...
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‘Pak govt selling thousands of acres of land in Balochistan to Arabs for hunting’
November 13th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Nov 13 (ANI): The Federal government of Pakistan is using its influence to get thousands of acres of land allotted and sold to Arab Sheikhs from the UAE for hunting, Balochistan ... Read more...
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Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants shot dead in Mahore
October 7th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanMahore (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.7 (ANI): Security forces shot dead two senior Hizbul Mujahideen militants during an encounter in the Mahore tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi District.The dead ... Read more...
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Goa flood relief scam threatens Congress-NCP relations
September 14th, 2010 - 2:38 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sept 14 (IANS) The alleged siphoning of around Rs.85 lakh collected as flood relief fund from the public by the Youth Congress last year has strained relations between the Congress and ... Read more...
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Yamuna rise has Agra residents in panic
September 10th, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 10 (IANS) People living along the Yamuna in Agra and Mathura were in panic mode Friday as the river began to rise, threatening low-lying areas with flooding.
The Divisional Commissioner of ... Read more...
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Five of family killed in Kohat blast in Pakistan
September 8th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Five members of a family were among the 18 victims of Tuesday's blast targeting family quarters in police lines in Kohat city of northwest Pakistan.Zakran Ali, ... Read more...
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Lashker militant killed in Poonch encounter
September 5th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Poonch (J-K), Sep 5 (ANI): A suspected militant of the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed and a jawan injured in a gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District on Sunday morning.Acting on ... Read more...
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‘Swiss-style voting can end mining woes’
September 4th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) A suitably-adapted Swiss-referendum style mode of grassroots governance could control excess mining in Goa and other parts of the country, convenor of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ... Read more...
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