US imposes sanctions on Hezbollah leaders
September 14th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The US Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on three leaders of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for their alleged role in aiding the Syrian government in its crackdown ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday celebrated in Dharamsala
July 6th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) Thousands of Tibetan exiles and foreigners Friday morning attended the 77th birthday celebrations of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama here in Himachal Pradesh.Large crowds began ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners
October 9th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Oct 9 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Sunday congratulated the three winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama will live to be 113
July 6th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) An oracle has predicted that the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will live to be 113, the Tibetan cabinet said on his 76th birthday Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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On Dalai Lama’s birthday, prayers for his long life
July 6th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) Morning prayers for the well-being and long life of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, began in this Himachal Pradesh town to mark his 76th birthday ... Read more...
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Mahatma’s grandson to attend Dalai Lama’s birthday bash
July 4th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 4 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi and Martin Luther King III, son of late American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. are among the dignitaries scheduled ... Read more...
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Taliban destroy five govt schools in Pak tribal region for imparting “unIslamic teachings”
February 27th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb 27(ANI): The Taliban blew up five government school buildings in Pakistan's lawless tribal region near the northwestern city of Peshawar for promoting unIslamic teachings.The militants blew up the schools ... Read more...
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CRPF deploys women battalion in Siliguri to stop GJM protest
February 6th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri, Feb 6 (ANI): Authorities deployed a battalion of women Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in West Bengal's Siliguri town to stop a protest rally held by activists of the regional Gorkha ... Read more...
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Gandhi’s Dandi March inspires mega art project
November 9th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) In the last six decades, Mahatma Gandhi has influenced generations of Indian artists who have creatively expressed his contribution to India's independence and the philosophy ... Read more...
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Gandhi’s Pietermaritzburg misses the Cup fever
June 30th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
Pietermaritzburg, June 30 (IANS) Amidst the hysteria of World Cup football, the historical railway station of Pietermaritzburg, from where Mahatma Gandhi began his journey towards immortality, lies desolate and virtually ... Read more...
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Black Sunday report to be released
June 15th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 15 (IANS) The outcome of an inquiry into the 1972 killing of 13 people in Northern Ireland, a blood-soaked event that came to be dubbed Black Sunday, is ... Read more...
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Regrouped LeJ planning terror strikes across country, warns Pak intelligence
May 18th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 18 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has reorganised itself and may carry out attacks on prominent Shia leaders and top police officials ... Read more...
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India extends ban on LTTE for two more years
May 14th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May14 (ANI): The Union Government on Friday extended its ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years.The Union Home Ministry has issued a notification ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Tamil party to adopt Gandhi-style campaign for equal rights
March 15th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Mar 15(ANI): Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press for equal rights for the community.In a manifesto ... Read more...
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Gen Next in Assam rejects gun culture
March 8th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Sivasagar (Assam), March 8 (IANS) Three college students skipped classes and mingled with a crowd Saturday to have a close look at Pradip Gogoi, vice chairman of the ... Read more...
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Soren rules Jharkhand again, vows to fight corruption (Second Lead)
December 30th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 30 (IANS) Veteran tribal politician Shibu Soren Wednesday became the Jharkhand chief minister for the third time in four years with the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Mugabe’s wife supplies a million-litre milk to Nestle from stolen dairy
September 27th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Harare, Sep. 27 (ANI): Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife has established a giant dairy on the country's nationalized farm-land, supplying a million litres of milk a year to Nestlé food giant.Grace ... Read more...
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Taliban bomb co-ed primary school in Peshawar
September 23rd, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Sep.23 (ANI): Extremists have bombed a co-ed primary school in Peshawar destroying the three room building completely, Pakistani security officials said.There were no immediate reports of any casualty in the ... Read more...
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New book on Dalai Lama released
July 24th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 24 (IANS) A book on Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, written by scholar and educationist Som P. Ranchan, was released here Friday by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar ... Read more...
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Nigerian group holding tanker crew, Indian sailor; company in talks
July 8th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The managers of a chemical tanker whose six crew members, including an Indian national, have been kidnapped in Nigeria said they were making all efforts to ensure ... Read more...
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Pakistani army moves in to retake Swat town held by Taliban
May 18th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 18 (DPA) Pakistani troops were fighting street by street Monday to gain control of a key Taliban bastion in the Swat valley, where an intense onslaught has uprooted more ... Read more...
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Lankan Govt. and Army giving false reports on war: Ramadoss
May 4th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, May 4 (ANI): Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader S Ramadoss on Monday claimed that the Sri Lankan Army and government are giving false reports on the ongoing war in the ... Read more...
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Civilians keep fleeing, army tightens noose around LTTE
April 23rd, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 23 (IANS) Starving and wounded Tamil civilians Thursday continued to flee Sri Lanka's war zone, taking the total escapees in four days to over 103,000, with the the last of ... Read more...
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Bainsla gets BJP ticket from Rajasthan
April 16th, 2009 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday named Kirori Singh Bainsla, who spearheaded Gujjar community's violent campaign for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) status, as it's candidate from ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban threatens to blow up NWFP schools
February 11th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar/Khar (NWFP, Pakistan), Feb.11 (ANI): The Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday threatened to destroy all schools in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) if government troops did not leave the area within ... Read more...
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Security alert in Bhutan after Maoists kill four rangers
January 1st, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Thimphu, Jan 1 (IANS) Bhutan has sounded a massive security alert after the killing of four forest rangers in a powerful landmine explosion by Nepal-based Maoist guerrillas, officials here said Thursday.A Royal ... Read more...
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Unknown terror group claims responsibility for Assam blasts, toll mounts to 77 (Roundup)
October 31st, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 31 (IANS) An unknown terror group calling itself 'The Islamic Security Force (Indian Mujahideen)' Friday claimed responsibility for the serial bombings Thursday in Assam that left at least 77 people ... Read more...
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Terror group claims responsibility for Assam bombings
October 31st, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 31 (IANS) An unknown terror group calling itself 'The Islamic Security Force (Indian Mujahideen)' Friday claimed responsibility for the serial bombings in Assam Thursday which left at least 77 ... Read more...
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Hold Chhat Puja but don’t politicise it, says Raj Thackeray (Lead)
October 31st, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 31 (IANS) Under fire for attacks on non-Maharashtrians by his supporters, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Friday softened his stand and said he was not opposed to religious ... Read more...
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Gun-toting youth shot down in Mumbai bus, Thackeray’s security restored (Second Lead)
October 27th, 2008 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Nagpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Mumbai Police Monday shot down a gun-toting youth from Bihar in a city bus after he fired indiscrinimately and threatened to kill MNS chief Raj Thackeray, adding a ... Read more...
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I’m not weak or impotent: Udhav Thackeray
October 10th, 2008 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena executive president Udhav Thackeray Thursday attempted to silence his critics who consider him ineffective, saying he was "neither weak nor impotent".“I am neither weak nor impotent. ... Read more...
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BJP accuses Congress of minority appeasement
August 13th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) The Congress-led government was trying to appease the minority community by not re-allotting the 40-hectare land to the Amarnath shrine management in Jammu and Kashmir, a Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Chronicle of a crisis that divided Jammu and Kashmir
August 13th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) The genesis of the crisis that has seen Jammu ranged against Kashmir lies in what appeared to be a routine order May 26 allotting 40 hectares ... Read more...
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About 500 BJP activists arrested in Chhattisgarh
August 12th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 12 (IANS) About 500 workers of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested here Tuesday while protesting cancellation of land allotment to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board in Jammu ... Read more...
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500 BJP activists detained in Uttar Pradesh
August 12th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 12 (IANS) As many as 500 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained by the police here Tuesday when they took out a procession to protest the cancellation ... Read more...
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