Saturday, March 20th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): United States Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, on Friday said the Al-Qaeda, Taliban and Lashkar-e-Toiba were the common enemies of both India and America.
"We have a common enemy in Taliban, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Al Qaeda. We are working shoulder to shoulder in field of information ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 19(ANI): Despite increased threat perception in the wake of recent terror attack on the Indian medical mission in Kabul, New Delhi has no plans to scale down its developmental projects in Afghanistan.
According to sources, India is regularly reviewing the security arrangements for more than 3500 Indian nationals ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
Mumbai, Mar. 19 (ANI): With India and China lifting more and more of their urban population out of slum-like conditions every year, 227 million people across the world have moved out of urban slums over the past decade, according to a UN-Habitat report on the state of the world''s cities.
China''s ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 20 (ANI): The Malaysian Government should address the grievances of its 1.8 million-strong Indian population in the 10th Malaysia Plan, according to a researcher.
The Star Online quoted Dr Denison Jayasooria, a principal research fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, as saying that most ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said here on Friday that India would be "satisfied" if alleged Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley is awarded a life sentence by the US court.
On Thursday (US time), Headley pleaded guilty in a Chicago court admitting he had ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
Washington, March 19 (ANI): A Michigan State University (MSU) scientist and colleagues have said that China and India need to collaborate to slow global warming, deforestation, water shortages and other environmental issues.
“China and India are the two largest countries in terms of population,” said Jianguo Liu, MSU University Distinguished ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Indian hockey team coach Jose Brasa has said that a coach ought to have a more pro-active role and even more power than the selectors in the interest of the national squad.
Addressing the mediapersons here on Thursday, Brasa said: "The coach knows better about the ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has said that India will have the most educated people by 2030, thereby stressing on the use of technology to spread education to dispossessed areas of the country.
Sibal said the government is giving weightage to the use of ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Civilians of Unit Run Canteens (URCs) functioning under the three wings of India''s defence forces - Army, Navy and Air Force have sought parity in pay and benefits with their parent organisation, the Canteen Stores Department (CSD).
Under the banner of All India Defence Civilian Canteen ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
London, Mar. 19 (ANI): Britain’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission has said a job ad for a worker “preferably of Indian origin” broke the law.
Computer firm Torry Harris, which has offices in Bristol and Bangalore in India, posted the advertisement for the 38,000-pound-a-year IT post on a website.
The company said ...
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