Washington, March 15 (IANS) The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“We feel clearly that we’re working more closely together with them. And I think that’s a very big step [...]
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Toronto, March 15 (IANS) Canadian researchers have decoded opium poppy which will lead to cheaper and mass production of the current costly pain killers. Currently, the morphine is the most used painkiller around the world.
Researchers at Canada’s University of Calgary revealed Sunday that they have decoded the unique genes in the opium poppy that allow [...]
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Washington, March 15 (IANS) India and the US hope to significantly expand bilateral cooperation in critical areas like defence/strategic trade, civil nuclear cooperation, biotechnology, nano-technology and civil aviation after two-day talks on high technology starting here Monday.
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao arrived here Sunday to co-chair the seventh meeting of the India-US High Technology Cooperation [...]
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Bangkok, March 15 (DPA) Tens of thousands of protesters launched a car convoy on the Thai government’s peace-keeping command headquarters in Bangkok in an effort to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament and call for new elections.
Over the weekend the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), also called the red shirts for [...]
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By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, March 15 (IANS) A controversial cartoon in a Montreal newspaper at the weekend has further fuelled the niqab controversy and angered Muslims in Canada.
The controversy, which was sparked by a Muslim woman’s refusal in November to remove her veil in her French language class in Montreal, has been further inflamed by the [...]
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New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) After having earned critical acclaim for “Khosla Ka Ghosla” and “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”, director Dibakar Banerjee maps a new terrain with his bold film “Love, Sex Aur Dhokha” (LSD), which highlights voyeurism in society.
A digital film with a hidden camera playing a character by itself, “Love, Sex Aur Dhokha” [...]
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Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) After a couple of break-ups that made headlines, director Vikram Bhatt says he is not really looking for love any more. While he is not bitter about it, the filmmaker admits that he doesn’t need the constant presence of a woman to complete his life.
“I have realised that no one but [...]
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Los Angeles, March 15 (DPA) Director Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” was the top film in the US for a second weekend in a row, according to sales estimates released Sunday.
“Alice”, which stars Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, brought in $62 million in ticket sales for Walt Disney Co, making a total of $208.6 [...]
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Sana’a (Yemen), March 15 (DPA) At least two senior members of Al Qaeda were killed in an airstrike by the Yemeni Air Force in a remote village in the south of the Arab country late Sunday, the Defence Ministry said.
The air raid targeted a gathering of Al Qaeda members in the Moudiya district of Abyan [...]
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Eminent Islamic scholar Maulana Hameeduddin Aqil Husami was taken out from Panjeshah to Mecca Masjid hyderabad India. Where his namaaz-e-janaza (funeral prayer) was held on Friday. Thousands of people participated in the procession and the namaaz.
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