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India, China hold talks on new border security mechanism
World | Sep 29, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTBeijing: Indian and Chinese officials today held fourth round of talks and discussed various issues like finalising a key border security mechanism expected to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit here next
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Afghanistan: Taliban kill 11 border police guards
World | Sep 23, 2013, 07:33 PM ISTKabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan security official says the Taliban have attacked a border police checkpoint in the country's south near the border with Pakistan, killing 11 policemen.Gen. Tafser Khan of the southern border police said
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'India has no plan to deploy drones along Bangladesh borders'
India | Sep 18, 2013, 09:00 PM ISTDhaka: India today assured it has no plans to fly drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over frontiers with Bangladesh as the two countries discussed measures to contain trans-border crimes and increase coordinated patrolling to
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2 Pak Army officers killed in blast near Afghan border
World | Sep 15, 2013, 04:54 PM ISTIslamabad/Peshawar: Two senior Pakistan Army officers and a soldier were today killed in an IED blast while they were returning after visiting posts along the Pak-Afghan border in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Major Gen
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Ultras camping along border of N-E region
India | Sep 14, 2013, 07:54 PM ISTJorhat (Assam): Groups of militants, including Maoists and ULFA (Independent), were camping along inter-state border of Assam and Indo-Myanmar boundary for subversive activities to be carried out during Durga Puja and Diwali, intelligence sources said
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India-Bangladesh border ceremony to begin Oct 2
India | Sep 12, 2013, 03:46 PM ISTKolkata: Petrapole, a sleepy border town in West Bengal, will soon witness a dazzling retreat ceremony conducted by border troopers of India and Bangladesh.Slated to begin Oct 2 on Gandhi Jayanti, the ceremony has been
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India-Bangladesh border pact approval crucial: Officials
India | Aug 25, 2013, 03:36 PM ISTAgartala: Unless India ratifies the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh in parliament, the long-pending border problems between the two countries would not be resolved, officials of the two countries said here on Sunday."The India-Bangladesh Land
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Mysterious UFO sighted in Ladakh on India-China border by army
India | Aug 19, 2013, 06:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Army troops have sighted mysterious unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control with China. On August 4, the UFO was sighted by Army troops in Lagan
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Nehru allowed flights of US spy planes over Tibet, border areas: declassified CIA document
World | Aug 16, 2013, 09:12 PM ISTWashington: After India's defeat in the 1962 war with China, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru allowed American U-2 spy plane overflights of Tibet and border areas, including a refuelling track over India, according to newly-declassified
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Top 10 movies on patriotism
Bollywood | Aug 15, 2013, 06:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: It runs in our blood, the spirit of being an Indian. Indian cinema has from time to time paid its tribute to Mother India. Some movies arouse patriotic spirit, love and pride for
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'Don't let border row affect China, India ties'
World | Jul 23, 2013, 01:50 PM ISTBeijing, July 23: It is "unwise to let isolated incidents along the border to negatively affect the promising China-India relationship", Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday."...it is worth noting that both Beijing and New Delhi
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J P Dutta, Sunny Deol to be back with 'Border 2'
Bollywood | Jul 17, 2013, 07:33 AM ISTMumbai, July 17 : After a gap of 16 years, director J P Dutta has decided to bring out the sequel of his hit war film 'Border' and actor Sunny Deol is returning for the
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Explosions at Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur
India | Jul 13, 2013, 01:51 PM ISTImphal, July 13: Two powerful bombs exploded along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Chandel district, but no casualty has been reported so far, officials said today. The explosions took place at T Minou village area,
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Not in a hurry to resolve border issues with China: Khurshid
World | Jul 06, 2013, 07:13 AM ISTSingapore, July 6: India and China will not rush to resolve differences over the disputed border while there has been steady progress in the overall relationship, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Friday, stressing that
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Antony meets Chinese Premier and Defence Minister
World | Jul 05, 2013, 06:19 PM ISTBeijing, July 5: Defence Minister A K Antony today met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and held talks with his counterpart on a host of bilateral issues, including a new mechanism to boost security along the
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India-China border talks tomorrow: Menon to meet Chinese PM
World | Jun 27, 2013, 06:13 PM ISTBeijing, June 27: Special Representatives of India and China will hold the 16th round of boundary talks here tomorrow, the first such meeting under the new Chinese leadership, to make another bid to move forward
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India needs proactive border management: NSA
India | Jan 22, 2013, 02:04 PM ISTBangalore, Jan 22: India does not face external threats, but should make border management much more proactive, using technology and intelligence, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Monday."Today India does not face external existential threats.
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Narcotics seized in bulk near Indo-Pak border in 2012: BSF
India | Jan 14, 2013, 08:15 AM ISTJalandhar, Jan 14 : Border Security Force (BSF) seized over 288 kgs of heroin and fake currency Indian notes with a face value of Rs 46 lakh in 2012 along the Indo-Pak border in the
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Indefinite fast by tribals on Meghalaya-Assam border
India | Jul 12, 2012, 02:16 PM ISTShillong, Jul12: Tribal activists on an indefinite fast since June 29 at the Meghalaya-Assam border for an early settlement to the boundary problem between the two states, today demanded a joint assurance from both states.The
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Army hopes to restart work on damaged border fence on LoC
India | Jun 24, 2012, 06:59 PM ISTJammu, Jun 24: With the brigade commander-level talks between India and Pakistan held in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector went off smoothly, the Army is hoping to restart repair work on the three-tier border-fencing damaged by