Commandos battle to regain Mumbai: Blame game begins, allegations levelled against Pakistan; death toll put at 119 with over 300 injured
MUMBAI, Nov 27: As commandos of India’s elite anti-terrorism force, the National Security Guard (NSG), were engaged in fierce battles with terrorists at some places till late Thursday night, officials claimed...
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Terror attacks test peace agenda
A few interpretations of the Mumbai terror attacks are doing the rounds. One of these came from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who shot off a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan on Thursday of costs if it cannot stop cross-border terrorism....
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Zardari calls it a detestable act
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that have left at least 119 people dead....
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Timeline of Mumbai terror bloodbath
MUMBAI, Nov 27: This is how the terror attacks in Mumbai, which have left more than 119 people dead, unfolded....
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Pakistan gets $3.1bn first tranche of IMF loan
KARACHI, Nov 27: The much-awaited first tranche from the $7.6 billion IMF loan has reached Pakistan, according to State Bank’s spokesman....
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Iraqi parliament approves US pullout pact: Government promises to hold referendum by July
BAGHDAD, Nov 27: Iraq’s parliament on Thursday approved a landmark military pact that would see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and plunged the country into chaos....
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Is India facing threat of home-grown militancy?
MUMBAI, Nov 27: Militants armed with automatic weapons and grenades attacked luxury hotels, hospitals and a famous tourist cafe in Mumbai late on Wednesday, killing at least 125 people....
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Former Indian PM V.P. Singh dead
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: Former Indian prime minister V.P. Singh, remembered for his controversial policy of reserving a larger share of jobs for the country’s disadvantaged castes, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer....
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Loadshedding of four hours resumed
LAHORE, Nov 27: Loadshedding has been resumed because a 500MW unit of the Kot Addu Power Company has gone offline for unexplained reasons and the Pakistan Electric Power Company has failed to transmit another 250MW because of system constraints....
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IDPs included in income support programme
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The government has expanded the scope of the newly launched Benazir Income Support Programme which will now also cover internally displaced persons (IDPs), programme’s chairperson Farzana Raja told Dawn on Thursday....
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Discreet move to appoint a junior judge as CJ
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Top advisers of the government are burning midnight oil in devising a way out to appoint a judge, much junior in line, as the next top adjudicator of...
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Gilani not to seek indemnity under NRO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided not to seek any relief under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in two corruption cases filed against him by the...
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Three militants killed in Mohmand
CHARSADDA/GHALANAI, Nov 27: Three militants were killed and several others injured during a ‘clean-up operation’ in Badi Kore, Aisha Korona and Qella Shah Beg areas of Mohmand region on Thursday....
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Minister attempts to block NA panel probe
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Minister of State for Education Ghulam Farid Kathia thwarted on Thursday an investigation by a standing committee of the National Assembly into a press report about increasing the...
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Unicef asks govt not to reduce social sector funds
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has urged the government to protect its education, health and social services budget and not to let the financial crisis confronting the...
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FC rejects reports about Dera Bugti operation
QUETTA, Nov 27: The Frontier Corps has rejected reports about any operation launched by it in Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts....
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Child protection law on the cards
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The government is contemplating a law for protection of children and safeguarding them against abuse by creating an environment to help their upbringing in a healthy and pleasant atmosphere....
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Firing causes traffic jam on Super Highway
KARACHI, Nov 27: Thousands of incoming and outgoing vehicles queued up bumper to bumper for nearly two hours on Super Highway late on Thursday night as panic gripped Sohrab Goth and...
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