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Barak Obama to visit Estonia to reassure Baltic allies
World | Aug 16, 2014, 07:38 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama will travel to Estonia in September for a visit aimed at reaffirming US commitment to its Baltic allies amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the White House said on Friday.During his
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Jaswant Singh's condition still critical, PM Narendra Modi visits him in hospital
National | Aug 10, 2014, 08:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh, who slipped into coma after suffering a head injury at his residence, is said to be still critical, as per reports on Saturday.Prime minister Narendra Modi went to
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Visit to Dalai Lama's abode is tourists' nightmare
India | Aug 05, 2014, 09:00 AM ISTMcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh): The road to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's abode passes through hell.Foreigners and domestic tourists coming to this north Indian hill town, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, for an audience with
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Narendra Modi's visit to Buddha's birthplace uncertain
World | Jul 31, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTKathmandu: The visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha and a Unesco World Heritage Site in Nepal, has not been confirmed yet, a minister said.Nepal's Minister for Foreign
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UN chief to visit Jerusalem, Ramallah for peace
World | Jul 20, 2014, 07:55 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Jerusalem, Ramallah and other cities during his official visit starting on Sunday to broker peace in the Middle East, the spokesperson's office said on Saturday."The Secretary-General
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Harish Rawat condition improves, wants to visit Uttarakhand to file nominations
India | Jun 30, 2014, 08:37 PM ISTDehradun: The condition of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who is recuperating from a neck injury at AIIMS in Delhi, has improved and he is keen to come to Dharchula to file his nominations for
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Narendra Modi to visit Islamic Centre after Ramadan
India | Jun 26, 2014, 11:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Delhi's India Islamic Cultural Centre after the holy month of Ramadan, a statement from the centre said.Modi made the assurance at a meeting with the
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Indian army chief to visit China
World | Jun 26, 2014, 09:37 PM ISTBeijing: Army chief General Bikram Singh will visit China from July 2 to 5 and will exchange views with Chinese leaders on bilateral ties, regional security and other issues, the defence ministry said here today.
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Sushma Swaraj to visit Bangladesh tomorrow
National | Jun 24, 2014, 08:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sushma Swaraj will tomorrow embark on a first official visit abroad to Bangladesh after becoming External Affairs Minister during which she will hold talks with top leadership there on key bilateral issues including
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Sushma Swaraj to visit Dhaka on June 25-27
National | Jun 21, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Bangladesh next week during which she will hold talks with the top leadership there on a host of issues of bilateral and international interest. This is
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Hamid Ansari to visit China for 60th anniversary of Panchsheel
India | Jun 20, 2014, 05:11 PM ISTNew Delhi; Vice President Hamid Ansari will visit China next week to attend events marking the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel treaty signed between the two countries in 1954 in Beijing.Ansari is visiting China from June
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates INS Vikramaditya to the nation
India | Jun 14, 2014, 02:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dedicated INS Vikramaditya, the largest and most powerful aircraft carrier inducted into the Indian Navy, to the nation, terming it an "important day for our nation".A tweet from
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President to visit West Bengal on Thursday
India | Jun 04, 2014, 12:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will visit West Bengal on Thursday to inaugurate the 150th birth anniversary of educationist Acharya Satis Chandra Mukherjee, a statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan said here Wednesday."Pranab Mukherjee will visit West
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Akhilesh shunts out home secretary, DGP to visit Badaun
India | Jun 03, 2014, 05:11 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minsiter Akhilesh Yadav transferred Principal Secretary (Home) Anil Kumar Gupta but no reason was cited for the action against the bureaucrat, sources said Tuesday.On the direction of the chief minister, Director
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Oman Foreign Minister on 2-day visit from tomorrow
India | Jun 02, 2014, 08:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reaching out to the new government, Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will arrive here tomorrow, in the first visit by any foreign dignitary to India after the Narendra
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China welcomes Modi's invitation to Xi to visit India
World | May 30, 2014, 06:16 PM ISTBeijing: China today welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to President Xi Jinping to visit India this year and said that the two countries are in touch to finalise the proposed high-level trip. The invitation
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Chinese Foreign Minister to visit India next month
India | May 28, 2014, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will come here on June 8 as his government's special envoy to establish connection with the new dispensation at the Centre. According to sources, Wang's visit reflects the
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Narendra Modi visits Manmohan Singh
India | May 27, 2014, 06:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his predecessor Manmohan Singh to make a courtesy call.Modi, who was sworn-in yesterday and took charge this morning, drove to 3, Motilal Nehru
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Obama slips into Afghanistan to visit US troops
World | May 25, 2014, 11:03 PM ISTBagram Air Field (Afghanistan): President Barack Obama secretly slipped into Afghanistan under the cover of darkness today for a weekend visit with US troops serving in the closing months of America's longest war. Air Force
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Sharif's visit to India could give peace a chance: Pak media
World | May 25, 2014, 06:14 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif's decision to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is a step in the right direction to give peace a chance, media here said today. By agreeing to