Kashmiri youth seek demilitarisation, more dialogue
June 3rd, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 3 (IANS) Kashmiris want autonomy, better economic opportunities and removal of "overbearing presence of armed forces from their state", a gathering of Kashmiri youth, activists and separatists said ... Read more...
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What’s impeding investment? Indonesian MPs cite Nandigram (Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The violent movement against a special economic zone (SEZ) in Nandigram in West Bengal in 2007 and subsequent scrapping of the project were cited by ... Read more...
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Anna ends fast, celebrations across the country (Intro Roundup)
August 28th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) An unparalleled 12-day movement that coalesced people across India on the need to eradicate corruption and saw the political establishment unite came to fruition ... Read more...
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Anna breaks fast after 288 hours, common man triumphs
August 28th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) An unparalleled 12-day movement that coalesced people across India on the need to eradicate corruption and saw the political establishment unite came to fruition ... Read more...
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Kolkata intellectuals condemn Hazare arrest
August 17th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Intellectuals of Kolkata Wednesday condemned the arrest of social activist Anna Hazare and termed the detention as a game plan of the union government to curb ... Read more...
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Meghalaya celebrates I-Day amid shutdown
August 15th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 15 (IANS) A shutdown called by a militant group affected life in Meghalaya Monday even as the state celebrated India's Independence Day.The protest was called by the outlawed ... Read more...
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Bollywood returns to Darjeeling
June 16th, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, June 15 (IANS) Within days of the West Bengal government reaching an agreement with Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), Bollywood returned to the picturesque Darjeeling hills Wednesday for a ... Read more...
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Won’t allow Sonia’s ploy to impose Emergency: Gadkari (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Terming the crackdown on Baba Ramdev's hunger strike in New Delhi as the Congress party's "fascism", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday dubbed ... Read more...
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Gadkari attacks Sonia, Congress returns fire (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) India's top two political parties were locked in a war of words Wednesday after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari questioned Congress chief ... Read more...
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Won’t allow Emergency, Congress a fascist party: Gadkari (Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Describing the crackdown on Baba Ramdev's hunger strike in New Delhi as the Congress party's "fascism", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday called ... Read more...
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Ghising returns to Darjeeling after three years
April 8th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, April 8 (IANS) Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) supremo Subash Ghising Friday returned to the Darjeeling hills after almost three years, sans the pomp seen during his heyday.There were ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz to highlight last summer’s unrest in London (Lead)
January 21st, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) Moderate Hurriyat group chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who will attend a seminar on Kashmir in London, says he would refer to last summer's unrest in the Valley ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz to highlight last summer’s unrest in London
January 21st, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, January 21 (IANS) Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who will attend a seminar on Kashmir in London, says he would refer to last summer's unrest in the ... Read more...
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Assam students’ body objects to construction of mega dams
November 14th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Nov 14 (ANI): All Assam Students Union (AASU) has warned the state and central governments to stop the construction of mega dams in Assam.Samujjal Bhattacharya, advisor of the students' body, said ... Read more...
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India Inc. seeks deeper ties with NRIs in Africa (Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Lakshmi Krishnakumar
Durban, Oct 1 (IANS) Corporate India Friday sought deeper economic engagement with people of Indian origin in Africa at a well-attended event to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival ... Read more...
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Must engage better with diaspora in Africa: India Inc
October 1st, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Lakshmi Krishnakumar
Durban, Oct 1 (IANS) Corporate India Friday underlined the need for much better economic engagement with people of Indian origin in Africa at a well-attended event to mark the 150th ... Read more...
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Poland woos Indian investment with incentives
September 6th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 6 (IANS) Poland Monday invited Indian industry to invest in the country with a slew of incentives for setting up operations in manufacturing and the services sectors.
"Being strategically located in ... Read more...
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Maoists open fire at police outpost in Chhattisgarh
May 12th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 12 (IANS) Maoists opened fire early Wednesday at a police outpost at Chintalnar in Dantewada district where the guerrillas had slaughtered 76 security personnel last month, police said.
"Maoists opened fire ... Read more...
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Battle against Maoists is battle for development: Raman Singh
May 5th, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday said an integrated action plan should be worked out to tackle Maoists and stressed that it was important to win the ... Read more...
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History will never forgive Maoists: Raman Singh
April 26th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday said history will never forgive Maoists for halting development in Bastar region, where the guerrillas hold sway.
"Maoists are fully responsible for ... Read more...
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Kanu Sanyal, soldier of Naxalbari, dead — old foes mourn (Lead)
March 23rd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), March 23 (IANS) Kanu Sanyal, who spearheaded the Naxalbari uprising in 1967 giving birth to a Maoist movement that now threatens the Indian state, was Tuesday found hanging in ... Read more...
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We can’t crack Maoist network overnight: West Bengal police (Lead)
October 26th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) Busting the Maoist network in West Bengal will not be easy, top police and administrative officials admit days after the rebels left the authorities redfaced with ... Read more...
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Lincoln may be Obama’s hero, but he’s prefer dinner with Gandhi (Lead)
September 9th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) President Barack Obama, whose hero is Abraham Lincoln, said Tuesday that if he had the choice to have dinner with anyone, it would be with Mahatma Gandhi.
Talking ... Read more...
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I would have liked to have dinner with Mahatma Gandhi: Obama
September 9th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has said that if he could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, it would be Mahatma Gandhi, adding he is "a real ... Read more...
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Once a killer, now a healer
June 5th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana
Gurdaspur (Punjab), June 5 (IANS) For years his name spelt terror across Punjab as he spearheaded a merciless and violent movement for a separate Sikh state. ... Read more...
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Nandigram by-election deferred to Jan 5
December 22nd, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India Monday deferred by-elections to West Bengal's Nandigram and Sujapur assembly constituencies to Jan 5 next year citing lack of central forces. State chief ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik arrested in Kashmir
November 1st, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov 1 (ANI): Separatist leader and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik was arrested in Kashmir on Saturday under Public Security Act.On Oct 23, Malik had ... Read more...
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Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 139th birth anniversary
October 2nd, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh led the nation in paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 139th birth anniversary at his memorial ... Read more...
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”Tibet issue” to be resolved through non-violent Gandhian principles: Rinpoche
October 1st, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Oct 1 (ANI): Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche has said that the Tibetans issue shall be resolved through the non-violent Gandhian principles.Rinpoche said this while paying tributes to Mahatma ... Read more...
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Trinamool chief for peaceful agitation at Singur (Roundup)
August 24th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Singur/Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, spearheading an agitation for restoration to farmers tehir lands acquired for a Nano car factory in Singur, Sunday promised to carry on ... Read more...
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GJMM seeks divine intervention for separate homeland
July 12th, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri, July 13 (ANI): Members of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJMM), waging a struggle for separate state for Gorkha people, switch to religious mode and offer prayers for attaining ''Gorkhaland ''in Siliguri.Gorkhas, ... Read more...
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Satyagraha likely over land allotment to Mundra SEZ
July 10th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, July 10 (IANS) The allotment of land in Gujarat's Kutch district for developing the Mundra Special Economic Zone could be opposed through 'Satyagraha' (non-violent movement) by villagers whose land were acquired ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ruling coalition on verge of collapse
April 30th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) The ruling coalition of Pakistan has been pushed to the brink of collapse in the wake of a serious standoff between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the ... Read more...
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More than 100 Islamists go on trial in Morocco
March 13th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by admin
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Rabat, March 13 (DPA) More than 100 members of a large Moroccan Islamist movement went on trial Thursday in the northern city of Nador, a spokesman for the movement said. The court ... Read more...
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Exiled Tibetans gear up for anti-Beijing Olympics march
February 16th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by admin
Dharamsala, Feb 16 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans living in India have announced plans to march from Dharamsala to Tibet to protest against the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Five leading Tibetan organizations are organizing the ... Read more...
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