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India to release 60 Pak prisoners on Wednesday

November 16th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov 16 (ANI): A leading human rights activist in Pakistan has claimed that India will release another batch of more than 60 Pakistani prisoners, including women and children, on Wednesday. ...

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Australian doctor held for paedophilia in Orissa

November 14th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Puri (Orissa), Nov.14 (ANI): Police in Orissa''s coastal city of Puri have arrested an Australian doctor for allegedly assaulting minor boys in an orphanage. Paul Allen, an Australian volunteer working in ...

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Zardari says US must inform Pak beforehand about strikes

November 14th, 2008 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly said that the US must inform his country about carrying out strikes on tribal areas in Pakistans territory, or allow ...

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Shoaib Akhtar awaiting visa for Toronto four-nation tournament

September 30th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Sept 30 (ANI): Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who has been selected for the four-nation tournament to be played in Toronto next month, will have to wait for his ...

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Malaysian immigration to speed up applications of temple workers

September 19th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): The Immigration Department of Malaysia has given assurance that it would speed up visa and permit applications for priests, musicians and artisans from India. Human Resources Minister ...

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Malay rights chief says Indian diplomats visits to detention camps helpful

September 13th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Sept.13 (ANI): The deputing of Tamil speaking officers at the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has helped ease problems faced by Indian and Malay Indian nationals detained ...

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Brit High Commission clarifies JUI chief Fazlur Rehman not barred from UK

September 12th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Sept 12 (ANI): Rebutting media reports that the British government had declared Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman as persona non-grata (an unwelcome person), the British High Commission ...

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Surrey coach still hopeful Shoaib Akhtar will play two matches

Surrey coach still hopeful Shoaib Akhtar will play two matches

September 6th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI -
London , Sept 6 (ANI): Surrey county coach Alan Butcher has said that he was still hopeful that Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will be able to play their final two ...

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Pakistani arrested after staying in India for 30 years

September 4th, 2008 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) A Pakistani national living illegally in India for over 30 years was arrested by the police in Uttar Pradesh Thursday.According to the police, Vakeel Ahmed was arrested from ...

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Six-year-old Indian in Qatar asks embassy to send him home

September 2nd, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, Sep 2 (IANS) A six-year-old boy has approached the Indian embassy in Qatar to help him return home in Kerala after being stranded in the Gulf nation for two years.Asju was ...

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Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen returns to India

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen returns to India

August 8th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was asked to leave India in March, returned to the national capital Friday and was taken to the house of a ...

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Bangaldeshi author Taslima Nasreen returns to India

Bangaldeshi author Taslima Nasreen returns to India

August 8th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Aug.8 (ANI): Taslima Nasreen, the controversial Bangladeshi writer, who had to leave India in March this year, arrived in the national capital on Friday and was immediately whisked off ...

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Japanese surrogate baby finds saviour in an Indian

August 8th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Jaipur, Aug 8 (ANI): A new born Japanese surrogate baby, Manjhi,has found a saviour in an Indian, who has come forward to feed and look after the 13-day-old infant. The baby has ...

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Great Wall voted most popular tourist attraction in China

August 5th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Singapore, Aug.5 (ANI): The latest Visa survey conducted between March and April with 4,556 people from nine Asia-Pacific countries and territories, on Tuesday found that 69 percent polled put the Great ...

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Terror mail to Japanese embassy a hoax: Delhi Police (Lead)

July 31st, 2008 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Delhi Police suspected a frustrated man behind an email sent to the Japanese embassy Wednesday that threatened to carry out blasts in a popular shopping place here. ...

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Australia to overhaul its immigration policy

July 29th, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Canberra, July 29 (ANI): The Australian government today overhauled its immigration policy, putting an end to what it referred to as the dehumanising practice of indefinite mandatory detention. Australias Immigration Minister, Senator ...

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E-mail claiming Ahmedabad blasts traced back to a Navi Mumbai apartment

July 27th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, July 27 (ANI): The Navi Mumbai Police today raided an apartment in Navi Mumbai after a 14-page e-mail was sent to select TV channels from that area by a terror ...

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Nuclear deal is our passport: Pranab

July 21st, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi,July 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that the India-US nuclear deal was the passport for India to end its isolation among nuclear countries. "It is our passport ...

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Lord’s is back as venue of ICC annual conference

July 10th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 10 (IANS) Lord's will be back as the venue for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) annual conference in 2009, ICC president David Morgan confirmed Thursday. ICC for the first time ...

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US denied visa because I am a Muslim: IMA president

July 5th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS)"Sir, your name is linked to Washington, you cannot attend the conference." This is what the US embassy allegedly said while denying a visa to Mohammad Abbas, president ...

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Indian prisoner released in Pakistan, fails to come home

July 2nd, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Attari (Punjab), July 2 (IANS) Family members of an Indian prisoner, released by Pakistan after 10 years of imprisonment, went through an agonizing wait Wednesday as the man could not return home ...

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India’s demand for passports to soar: Mukherjee

June 28th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Amritsar, June 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that the annual demand for passports is likely to go up to eight million by 2010. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating ...

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US embassy in Colombo closed on finding suspicious powder

June 25th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, June 25 (IANS) The US embassy in Colombo was Thursday closed temporarily for public after a suspicious-looking powder was discovered at the mission. "At approximately 11.00 a.m. on June 25, a ...

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Indian Sikhs demand of Pak govt to make all gurudwaras functional

June 9th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , June 9 (ANI): A delegation of Indian Sikhs visiting Pakistan has reportedly demanded of the Pakistan government to make all gurudwaras in the country functional, give more authority to ...

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Malaysia to continue giving 30-day visas on arrival to Indians

June 5th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 5 (IANS) Malaysia will continue to give month-long visas on arrival (VOA) to tourists from India, Human Resources Minister S. Subramaniam has said. The home ministry gave the assurance ...

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Taslima hopes to return to India in July-August

Taslima hopes to return to India in July-August

June 1st, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin -
Stockholm, June 1 (ANI): Taslima Nasreen, the controversial Bangladeshi author has said that she would return to India by July or August. ''I will come to India in July or August. ...

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VISA Steel reports quantum jump in profit

May 28th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by admin -
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) VISA Steel Limited, part of the VISA group, Wednesday reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs.209.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2007-08, showing a quantum jump ...

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NRI woman challenges US court order in apex court

May 27th, 2008 - 11:54 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A non-resident Indian from the US has challenged in the Supreme Court a New Jersey state court's order that grants her former husband the right to meet ...

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Winehouse-Doherty duet doomed?

Winehouse-Doherty duet doomed?

May 16th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 16 (ANI): They might have resolved their past issues for good but looks like Amy Winehouse and Pete Dohertys partnership is forged in the depths of hell and their ...

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Sabeel Ahmed to leave for India Wednesday

May 6th, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 6 (IANS) Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed, brother of the suicide bomber who rammed his flaming jeep into the gates of Glasgow airport last year, will leave for India Wednesday in ...

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