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Nine more Myanmar activists sentenced to 65 years in jail
Yangon- Prominent Myanmar dissident Min Ko Naing and eight other student activists have been sentenced to 65 years in prison in an ongoing judicial crackdown on opposition to the ruling junta, witnesses said Saturday. The Special Court of Maubin, a t...

[Posted on : 2008-11-15 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Egyptian President Mubarak arrives Sunday on India visit
New Delhi - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was scheduled to arrive in India Sunday on a four-day state visit aimed at strengthening strategic and economic cooperation, Indian diplomatic officials said. It would be Mubarak's first trip to India in 2...

[Posted on : 2008-11-15 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Low turnout as violence mars elections in India's Chhattisgarh
New Delhi - Several low intensity explosions and gunbattles between police and rebels were reported Friday as voting began in two-phase local elections in India's Maoist-hit central Chhattisgarh state. Three policemen accompanying election officials ...

[Posted on : 2008-11-14 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Nepal's former royal family seeks waiver for back electricity bills
Kathmandu - Nepal's former royal family has sought a waiver to avoid millions of rupees in unpaid electricity bills following threats to cut off their power supply, officials said Friday. Utility officials said former king Gyanendra's daughter, niece...

[Posted on : 2008-11-14 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Strategic coastal villages captured in north-western Sri Lanka
Colombo - Two strategic coastal villages in north-western Sri Lanka, both frequently used by rebels to smuggle in military hardware from South India, were brought under government control after a fierce round of fighting, military officials said Thur...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Sri Lanka wants joint policing of Bay of Bengal sea routes
New Delhi - Maritime surveillance is required in the Bay of Bengal where sea lanes are being used by terrorists to smuggle arms and drugs, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at a regional summit in New Delhi Thursday. Addressing a joint pres...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

India's inflation drops to lowest in six months
New Delhi - India's inflation rate fell sharply to 8.98 per cent for the week ended November 1 from 10.72 per cent the previous week, raising hopes of further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India as industry figures indicated a slowing down of the ...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Magazine: India's richest worth 60 per cent less than in 2007
New Delhi - Dipping stock markets and property values brought on by the global financial crisis have knocked 60 per cent off the combined value of the 40 wealthiest Indians, the business magazine Forbes said in a report published Thursday. The total ...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Myanmar sentences Buddhist monks to more than six years in prison
Yangon - A Myanmar court has sentenced five Buddhist monks who participated in last year's Saffron Revolution to six and a half years in prison each, relatives said Thursday. Insein Prison's Special Court on Wednesday sentenced Zar Naya, Agga Dhama, ...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Indian premier calls for greater maritime cooperation at summit
New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Thursday for focussed cooperation, especially in the area of maritime transport, in his opening remarks at a regional summit. Top leaders and officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, N...

[Posted on : 2008-11-13 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

 

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