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  Rajapaksa orders release of all Indian fishermen

  World | May 25, 2014 12:42 IST

  Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing in of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Rajapaksa has ordered the release

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  116 fishermen ordered to be released ahead of talks

  India | March 12, 2014 16:19 IST

  Rameswaram (TN): Ahead of the proposed talks between Sri Lanka and India to sort out the vexed fishermen's issue, a court in the island nation today ordered release of 116 fishermen, arrested over the last

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  Probe ordered into foreign tourist's death in avalanche Jammu

  India | January 24, 2014 23:18 IST

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government tonight ordered a magisterial probe into the cause of death of a Swiss national who was killed in an avalanche while skiing at Gulmarg resort.Divisional Commissioner Shailendra Kumar has asked

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  Judicial probe ordered into AAP minister-police fracas in South Delhi

  India | January 17, 2014 14:29 IST

  New Delhi: The Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung has ordered a judicial probe to be headed by a retired judge to go into the circumstances involving the spat between Delhi's Law Minister Somnath Bharti

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  Mao ordered 1962 war to regain CPC control, reveals Chinese strategist

  World | October 18, 2012 17:15 IST

  Beijing, Oct 18: China's late strongman Mao Zedong had launched the 1962 war with India to regain control of the ruling Communist Party after the debacle of his 'Great Leap Forward' movement in which millions

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  Ex-Philippine president's arrest ordered

  World | October 04, 2012 13:28 IST

  Manila, Oct 4 : The Philippine anti-corruption court on Thursday issued an order to arrest former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for a third time on charges of plunder for allegedly misusing state lottery funds during

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  UP govt backtracks, says, no early closure of shops, eateries ordered

  India | June 18, 2012 17:49 IST

  Lucknow, Jun 18: After coming under scathing attack over its directive of early closure of shops and eateries in the state, Uttar Pradesh government today swung into fire-fighting mode, saying no such order was issued

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  Human Rights Watch Names Syrians Who 'Ordered Shoot To Kill'

  World | December 15, 2011 16:15 IST

  Syria, Dec 15: Human Rights Watch will release a report on Thursday citing the names of some 74 Syrian commanders and officials it claims are responsible for attacks on unarmed protesters.The human rights organisation says