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Monday, March 15th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 15(ANI): Bangladesh Army Chief General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen, who is on a five-day visit to India, was given a Guard of Honour in the national capital on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, General Mubeen, who arrived with his wife and a four-member army delegation, was received by the Deputy ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar. 15 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that directed the Ministry of Defence, Government of India to pay a compensation of Rs. 50,000 each to two torture victims, namely Bhadrakanta Baruah and Ghana
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar. 15 (ANI): The UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman, Dr R K Pachauri, today said that he would not resign over what he called "one mistake" reported in the IPCC report.
Accepting that he and his team had erred in declaring a complete meltdown of the ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar. 15 (ANI): The UPA Government and the Opposition are likely to engage in a heated debate over the former''s proposed Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill that provides for compensation in case of a nuclear accident.
The Bill is slated to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today, ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Jaipur, Mar. 15 (ANI): At least 26 people, including students and teachers, were killed and 34 injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge into a dry river bed in Rajasthan''s Sawai Madhopur district on Monday morning.
According to preliminary ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, which provides for compensation in case of a nuclear accident and is key to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal, is all set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.l
The BJP and the Left parties have ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_27979" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Barack Obama"][/caption]Lahore, Mar. 15 (ANI): US President Barack Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that the Pakistan Army is no longer interested in playing a role in the country’s volatile political scene.
The Daily Times quoted him as saying that while ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Islamabad, Mar. 15 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has called for a “common strategy” against terrorism for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Karzai expressed these views during his telephone conversation with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
He also expressed grief over the loss of innocent lives in the recent terrorist attacks in ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Union Home Ministry seems to have made up its mind to adapt a concerned approach for its employees’ welfare, as it is going to introduce flexi- working hours for its employees.
According to sources, attendance norms will be relaxed, so long as employees put in ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Sunday described the arrest of three terrorists by Anti Terror Squad as a "major success."
Pillai said the security forces have achieved a major success by arresting Lashkar militants.
On late Saturday night, Maharashtra and Gujarat ATS ...
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