Commonwealth
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Commonwealth meet shifted to New York as Pakistan refuses to invite J&K speaker
World | Aug 20, 2015, 08:59 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will not host next month's Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting amid a row with India over its refusal to invite the speaker of Jammu & Kashmir assembly for the
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If India boycotts Commonwealth meet, it's their choice: Pakistan
Other Sports | Aug 11, 2015, 02:18 PM ISTIslamabad: If India boycotts the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) here because the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker was not invited, it is India's problem, a Pakistani official has said.But come what may, Pakistan won't budge
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Oil to reach $100 a barrel by end of 2016: US magnate Pickens
Mar 25, 2015, 05:36 PM ISTOil prices may hit the $100 a barrel mark by the end of next year, US oil magnate T. Boone Pickens said on Tuesday."I think you could very well be at $100 a barrel by
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Arjuna award recipient and 3 other national players charged for doping
Other Sports | Mar 23, 2015, 01:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Yet again a large number of players of National games have been found guilty in dope charges. The shocking part is that most of them are women players.The biggest name among guilty players
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Science should benefit common man: President Pranab Mukherjee
India | Nov 25, 2014, 10:38 PM ISTBengaluru: President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday called upon scientists to use the Commonwealth Science Conference as a platform to generate fresh ideas that would benefit the common man."The conference should act as a platform for flowering
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Don't make Commonwealth 'punitive' body: President Rajapaksa
World | Nov 15, 2013, 09:53 PM ISTColombo: British Prime Minister David Cameron today made a historic visit to the former war zone of Jaffna to “shine a light on the chilling events” during the last phase of the war against the
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Don't turn Commonwealth into 'punitive, judgmental' body: Sri Lanka
World | Nov 15, 2013, 12:48 PM ISTColombo: With some countries like Britain and Canada seeking to bring human rights violations in the Sri Lankan war against LTTE under the scanner during the CHOGM summit, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday asked member
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Indian prime minister joins Commonwealth boycott
World | Nov 10, 2013, 05:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided against attending a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week over the island nation's human rights record, an Indian official said Sunday.Singh will be the second
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Proposed UK visa bond scheme to be scrapped
Nov 03, 2013, 07:21 PM ISTLondon: The controversial 3,000-pound "security bond" for some "high-risk" foreign visitors to the UK, including those from India, is to be scrapped, the Home Office has confirmed.The scheme, announced by Home Secretary Theresa May in
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Boycott Commonwealth summit in Colombo: DMK tells Centre
National | Mar 25, 2013, 02:46 PM ISTChennai, Mar 25: After quitting the UPA coalition on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK today demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November."While
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I won't respond to a chargesheeted person's comments, says Maken
Other Sports | Jul 14, 2012, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 14: Sports Minister Ajay Maken today declined to comment on Suresh Kalmadi's accusation of carrying out a vilification campaign against him, saying that he would not like to respond to a person
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India end Commonwealth Weightlifting with 45 medals
Other Sports | Jun 09, 2012, 07:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 9: Indian weightlifters bagged a gold and two bronze on the last day to end their Commonwealth Championships campaign on a high with 45 medals, including 29 gold, at Apia, Samoa today.Himanshu
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Commonwealth Summit Begins In Perth
World | Oct 28, 2011, 04:24 PM ISTPerth, Oct 28: The 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was declared open today by Queen Elizabeth II here amid demands to take a tough stand against violation of human rights.Vice President Hamid Ansari is
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As Questions Pile Up, Kalmadi Goes Missing
Other Sports | Sep 23, 2010, 10:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: As the furore over the condition of the Commonwealth Games Village escalated, there has been a notable silence from the man associated the most with the Delhi Games 2010 — Suresh Kalmadi. So,