Monster outage blacks out more than half of India

NEW DELHI: A massive power failure hit India for the second day on Tuesday as three national grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in an unprecedented outage affecting over 600 million people. Hundreds of miners were trapped underground in the eastern state of West Bengal when the lifts failed, metro services were stopped temporarily in the capital and hundreds of trains were held up nationwide.Naresh Kumar, a spokesman at the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, said that... more

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India Military Designs and Regional Peace - Lankaweb

India Military Designs and Regional Peace Lankaweb However, Indian Military Intelligence officials have disclosed Singh's daughter-in-law, who has converted to Sikhism after marriage, is a US citizen, having an Afghan father and a Central Asian mother. There are reports that family of daughte! r-in-law ... and more »

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Pak Taliban chief asks fighters to step up attacks in Punjab

Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has directed his fighters to step up attacks in Punjab province, especially on intelligence organisations and military facilities like the Pakistan Air Force base in Lahore, according to a media report.

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Study Identifies Barriers to Breast Health Care in Pakistan

Among most women in Pakistan, there is limited awareness of breast cancer occurrence, detection, and screening practices, or the importance of self-breast exams and clinical breast exams, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology .

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Pakistan, US sign troop supply deal - Muscatine Journal

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Pakistan, US sign troop supply deal Muscatine Journal The U.S. had to compensate for the temporary closure by using a longer route into Afghanistan through Central Asia that cost an additional $100 million per month. The new agreement applies to U.S. supplies that have not yet arrived in Pakistan, not the ... 'US should shun military path and talk to Taliban'Oneindia Indo-Afghan cooperation: A win-winTehelka Taliban happy Pakistan reopened NATO supply lineNewsWest9.com The Nation all 1,268 news articles »

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Pakistani NGO Chief Calls on Government to Hold Water Talks With India - OOSKA News

Pakistani NGO Chief Calls on Government to Hold Water Talks With India OOSKA News LAHORE (ZEENEWS.com) — Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has called on the Pakistan government to hold "serious talks" with India over the issue of sharing of river water. He made the remarks while addressi. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed ... Our top ... and more »

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Ephedrine scandal : Abbasi closes his company

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislator Hanif Abbasi announced, on Tuesday, to close down his pharmaceutical company over the interference of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) regarding the ephedrine case. Hanif Abbasi claimed that he was in the business for the last 22 years, but he had never indulged in any kind of corruption. The PML-N lawmaker said that the constant investigation has badly damaged his business. He has no money to pay salaries to his employees, he added. Abbasi s... more

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Pakistan court separates Afghan elopers

PESHAWAR: The runaway Afghan couple, Maryam and Hewad, who married against their families' will was separated on Tuesday after a disabled man appeared in court claiming to be the woman's first husband.Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan referred the matter to a family court, ordering Maryam to a women's shelter and sending Hewad for questioning. On Tuesday, Maryam's mother and brother appeared in court with the 48-year-old man in a wheelchair, who claimed he was the woman's real... more

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3D cafe Black & Yellow Lounge launched in terrorism-hit Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Black & Yellow Lounge (B&Y Lounge) opened on Tuesday. The long-awaited café located in the posh locality of University Town marks another notable hangout point for the youth.Muhammad Umar Khan, the student entrepreneur who set up the 3D café, said, "B&Y Lounge will be the first in Peshawar which combines good dining experience with an exciting interactive gaming pleasure." Khan said that the foundation of his marketing campaign's theme was "home of legendary fast food, friends and fun.... more

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10 killed in road accident in Bolan

QUETTA: At least 10 people lost their lives, while two women and over 30 others were wounded in a road accident between a passenger bus and truck in Bolan district, some 70 kilometres southeast of Quetta on Tuesday.According to Balochistan Levies Force officials, the passenger bus was going to Quetta from Larkana. When it reached Ab-e-Gom area, a speedy truck from opposite direction collided with it. Consequently, 10 people were killed on the spot. "Truck driver Sher Muhammad and bus driver Muha... more

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Police arrest miscreants from refugee camps

PESHAWAR: Bannu district police have conducted a search operation in Afghan refugees' camps in Domail and arrested several miscreants with a huge cache of modern ammunition, Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmed Khan said on Tuesday. He said that the search operation was conducted on a tip-off. The miscreants were living in the camps in the disguise of Afghan refugees, he added. The DPO said that he has decided to give cash prizes and certificates to the police officials who participat... more

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India permits FDI from Pakistan

New Delhi: In a major decision, India on Wednesday allowed investment from Pakistan paving way for Islamabad to normalise bilateral economic ties by implementing much-delayed Most Favoured Nation status for New Delhi.

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US Diplomats: Afghan, Pakistan Engagement Necessary

President Barack Obama's nominees for the next U.S. ambassadors to Pakistan and Afghanistan testified Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Obama orders new sanctions on Iran

The diplomat nominated to be America's next ambassador to Pakistan says getting Islamabad to crack down on the Haqqani network will be his central task.

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'Dead man' returns to Bangladesh after 23 years

For 23 years, his family in Bangladesh thought he was dead. But then an anonymous caller informed a local official in May that he was alive and in jail in Pakistan.

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Taliban happy Pakistan reopened NATO supply line

In this Friday, July 6, 2012 photo, Pakistani driver, Ihsanullah, 45, speaks on his mobile phone on top of a truck carrying NATO Humvees at a terminal in the Pakistani-Afghan border, in Chaman, Pakistan.

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India key ally in fight against terror: US congressman - Yahoo! India News

India key ally in fight against terror: US congressman Yahoo! India News The rail link is required to maintain people to people contact, fly Indian flag in Central Asian region. Route selected is through SHRINAGAR(KASHMIR)- POK-KHUNZREB PASS- KABUL and into Afghanistan. Pakistani ter! ritory avoided. This highway will be ... and more »

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NATO's Business Strategy: No Need To Attack, Just Buy Them Up – OpEd - Eurasia Review

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NATO's Business Strategy: No Need To Attack, Just Buy Them Up – OpEd Eurasia Review Silk Road extending from Europe through Egypt, Somalia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Java-Indonesia, and Vietnam until it reaches China. The land routes are red, and the water routes are blue. NATO's business strategy: No need to attack, just buy them up (Op-Ed)RT all 210 news articles »

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SATTE forms alliance with International Council of Tourism Partners - eTurboNews

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SATTE forms alliance with International Council of Touris! m Partners eTurboNews With the objective of promoting India as a B2B travel and tourism destination, SATTE targets international, as well as national, tourism products and services to exhibit at the event. ... Caribbean; China; Croatia; The Gambia; Germany; Ghana; Greece ...

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New Book Alleges Obama Kept Postponing Raid on Bin Laden

A New York Times best-selling author alleges in a new book that President Obama didn't order the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011 until after he'd called off the operation three times earlier in the year.

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Obama-nominated diplomat seeks Pakistani action

The diplomat nominated to be America's next ambassador to Pakistan says getting Islamabad to crack down on the Haqqani network will be his central task.

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Obama-nominated diplomat seeks Pakistani action

A Senate panel has approved a $604 billion defense spending bill that reverses proposed Pentagon cuts in Air Force personnel and equipment.

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Report shows doctor's bin Laden raid role

Dr. Shakil Khan Afridi has been in jail since just a few weeks after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and a new report obtained by CNN sheds some light on just what he is alleged to have done.

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Now China may play spoiler to TAPI - Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Now China may play spoiler to TAPI Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses What is important, however, is that the proposed pipeline seeks to exclude both Pakistan and India, hailed as potential markets for Central Asian energy resources. This is not the first time that China has played spoiler! in energy projects originating ... and more »

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'Renewed opportunity for US-Pak ties as supply lines reopen' - Zee News

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'Renewed opportunity for US-Pak tie! s as supply lines reopen' Zee News "Progress on normalising trade relations between India and Pakistan will have a tremendous impact on increasing regional economic cooperation in line with Secretary (Hillary) Clinton's vision for a New Silk Road linking the economies of South and ... Drone Attacks will Disrupt Pak-US RelationsKashmir Watch all 170 news articles »

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India Military Designs and Regional Peace - Kashmir Watch

India Military Designs and Regional Peace Kashmir Watch However, Indian Military Intelligence officials have disclosed Singh's daughter-in-law, who has converted to Sikhism after marriage, is a US citizen, having an Afghan father and a Central Asian mother. There are reports that family! of daughter-in-law ... and more »

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Indian court convicts 22 for Gujarat riots

AHMEDABAD: An Indian court convicted 22 people on Monday over the massacre of 11 Muslims during religious rioting in the western state of Gujarat that left more than 2,000 dead in 2002. Another 61 people were acquitted for lack of evidence in the case, in which rioters in the Gujarati town of Visnagar attacked a Muslim family, locked them inside their house and then set them on fire.Of the 11 who died in what became known as the Dipda Darwaza massacre, two were children. Visnagar is 70 kilometre... more

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Turkmenistan to woo investors for TAPI gas project - Oil and Gas Industry Latest News

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Turkmenistan to woo investors for TAPI gas project Oil and Gas Industry Latest News Turkmenistan, holder of the world's fourth-largest natural gas reserves, said on Saturday it would hold road-shows in September-October for investors willing to take part in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aimed at shipping ... Turkmenistan to Hold Road Shows for TAPIThe Moscow Times Turkmenistan s! eeks investors for gas pipelineAFP Energy project: Turkmenistan seeks investors for TAPI gas pipelineThe Express Tribune all 13 news articles »

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari graduates from Oxford

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari's son and the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was awarded a BA Honours degree in Modern History and Politics at the convocation of Oxford University, last Saturday. The PPP officially announced its chairman's achievement. Bilawal was accompanied to the event by his aunt Sanam Bhutto and sisters Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari. Bilawal graduated with the same degree, classification and percentage as his mot... more

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Four passport scandal accused acquitted

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Monday acquitted four people accused in the Olympic passport scandal, due to lack of evidence.Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced the accused officials of the passport department and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), including Asif, Wasif, Fahim and Ghafar, before the magistrate after a two-day remand.FIA told the court the accused were innocent as no proof could be found against them. The court was informed that accused M... more

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