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| • Mehbooba Mufti locks Civil Secretariat gates to protest unrest in J-K |
Srinagar, July 29 (ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday locked the gates of the Civil Secretariat, which houses important offices of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, as a mark of protest against unrest in the valley. |
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| • Pakistan has to rein in terror outfits: David Cameron |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said Pakistan should rein in terror outfits, as the existence of terror groups in Pakistan was not acceptable. |
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| • Cameron calls for strengthening of India-U.K. economic ties |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron here on Thursday said that it was time for the United Kingdom to strengthen its special relationship with India and take it to a higher level, which would translate into economic benefits for both the countries in the coming years. |
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| • India, U.K. CEOs forum to be set up |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): India and the United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to set up an India-UK CEOs Forum and an India-UK Infrastructure Group besides working to double up bilateral trade in five years. |
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| • India, U.K. to take initiatives in economy, trade, energy, defence |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): India and United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to undertake specific initiatives in various areas including economy, trade, energy, and defence. |
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| • India, U.K. to intensify cooperation on counter terrorism |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): India and the United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to further intensify their cooperation in the area of counter-terrorism, as they consider terrorism to be the single biggest threat to the region.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the visiting U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron today reviewed the regional security situation and developments in Afghanistan during a meet. |
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| • Women from various fields demonstrate for early passage of Women's Reservation Bill |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): In a bid to press the demand for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, women from different fields participated in a peaceful march here on Thursday. |
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| • British minister supports UK border agency's tight security norms |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Defending UK border agency's security norms, the visiting British Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts said here on Thursday that tight security was meant to ensure that Indian students will not get exploited in the United Kingdom. |
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| • Kachroo ragging case: All accused surrender |
Dharamsala, Jul 29: After rejecting the bail permission by the High Court, the four medical students, accused of Aman Kachroo ragging case, had surrendered to a local Himachal Pradesh court on Thursday, Jul 29."All the four accused have surrendered in fast-track |
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| • Priyadarshini murder case: SC reserves judgement |
New Delhi, Jul 29: The Supreme Court reserved its judgement on Thursday, Jul 29, on the plea of Santosh Kumar Singh challenging the verdict of the Delhi high court convicting and awarding the death sentence to him for the rape of |
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| • Major fire breaks out in Pune IT office |
Pune, Jul 29: A major fire broke out in Pune at the fifth floor of Yardi software firm office at the Senapati Bapat Road, on Thrusday, Jul 29, evening.The office is located at the prime spot of the city, which is |
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| • Farmers take to banana cultivation in Punjab |
Majitha (Amritsar), July 29 (ANI): Banana cultivation is becoming popular among the Punjabi farmers here as a viable and alternate crop than the traditional wheat and rice. |
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| • Tamil Nadu orphanage takes care of physically disabled animals |
Coimbatore, July 29 (ANI): A special orphanage in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city takes care of abandoned and physically disabled animals. |
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| • Chidambaram says Left Wing Extremism problem will be overcome in next three years |
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the challenge of Left Wing Extremism would be met with determination jointly by the Central and State Governments and the problem will be overcome in the next three years. |
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| • Chilcot Inquiry: Ex-UK generals says army faced its worst crisis in 2006 |
London, July 29 (ANI): Britain's military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan brought the Army close to the point of "seizing up", a former head of the service has said. |
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| • UK judges say terror suspects can sue for damages |
London, July 29 (ANI): Terror suspects accused of plotting UK atrocities can sue for damages. |
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| • Villagers realise wrong way of pray after 10 years |
Riyadh, Jul 29: Worshippers in a village, just 20 km away from Mecca, prayed in the wrong direction for 10 years.Worshippers in Hadda village in Saudi Arabia prayed 10 years in the northern direction instead of praying to southeast direction.After realising |
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| • Sound-sensitive Robot, a companion for all ages |
Tokyo, Jul 29: A faithful partner, who accompany you at several times, had come in the form of a sound-sensitive Robot, Chapit.Thousands of visitors were attracted by the Robot during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.Robots, |
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| • Aiyar assures not to speak over CWG till Oct 15 |
New Delhi, Jul 29: After giving controversial remarks on Commonwealth Games, now former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said that, he will speak about Commonwealth Games only after Oct 15, when the event gets over, as he has been asked to |
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| • Huawei launches new android mobile phones |
New Delhi, Jul 29: Huawei Technologies launched four new handsets including two android devices to Indian market.Huawei launched 'Android' models U8300 and U8500 aiming at the youth market and 'Hangout' models U9130 and C5600 aim at young professionals. Both Android and |
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