Punjab (India)

FACTBOX-Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba

Source: Reuters Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has been accused of plotting attacks in India and in the west, including the three-day assault on Mumbai in November 2008. Here are some details ...

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To Delhi: Peace talks are not a reward for good behaviour

After agreeing in Sharm El Sheikh to delink “Terrorism” from the composite talks with Pakistan, the seat warmer Prime Minister of Bharat (aka) is backtracking on the deal. The Sikh token Prime Minister picked to assuage the...

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Landmines killed 3,000 Indians in 10 years

Some 3,000 Indians, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, have been killed in landmine explosions over the past 10 years, according to an NGO working for a world free of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions.

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Kangana Ranaut returns to Mumbai

Kangna Ranaut, whose father strongly denied that she had any link with 26/11 terror suspect David Coleman Headley, headed back to Mumbai Friday morning after a few days at her ancestral home in Himachal Pradesh....

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Heroin worth Rs.10 crore found 14 months after seizure

Amritsar, Nov 20 (IANS) This is one 'success' that has left the customs department in Amritsar sector embarrassed. Over 14 months after they seized fake currency from a woman coming from Pakistan, officials checked the rest of...

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PNB to raise Rs 700 cr via bonds issue

MUMBAI: Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday said it will raise Rs 700 crore by issues of bonds. The bank would raise Rs 500 crore by issue of upper tier II bonds, PNB said in a filing to the BSE. Further,...

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Paddy procurement increases in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured more than 139.06 lakh metric tonnes of paddy so far compared to 130.96 lakh tonnes procured last year. Out of the total procurement of 139.06 lakh...

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Don't expect rice prices to drop

New Delhi: In a calculated move to signal categorically to the world market that India was not in a desperate situation with respect to rice, the government said on Friday that it will not import rice for now. This should cool...

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Chandigarh cyber cafes raided, many found flouting rules

From correspondents in Punjab, India, 12:00 AM IST The Chandigarh police Friday conducted surprise raids at various cyber cafes in this union territory and found over a dozen cafes were not keeping proper records of the...

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Pakistani court seeks report on US agency Black Water

From correspondents in Punjab, Pakistan, 10:05 PM IST The Lahore High Court has sought a detailed reply from the government on an application alleging that US security agency Black Water was indulging in illegal activities in...

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