Tag Archive: media persons

Shah Rukh wishes Basu speedy recovery

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Monday wished ailing communist patriarch Jyoti Basu speedy recovery, saying the country needed people like him to be hale and hearty.

‘The country needs people like him hale and hearty,’ Shah Rukh told media persons here.

Shah Rukh said while on his way from the airport he was planning to drop in [...]

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‘On Fire’ Rana Naved-ul-Hasan scripts Tasmania Tiger’s emphatic win in Big Bash T20 tournament

Sydney, Jan.2 (ANI): Pakistan fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan’s antics both with the ball and bat helped his side Tasmania Tiger’s smash Westerns Australia by 17 runs in the Big Bash T20 tournament.

First, Rana showed immense talent with the bat sharing a 74-run partnership [...]

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Rathore in deep trouble, Ruchika’s brother files fresh charge

Panchkula/New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, Thursday landed in deep trouble as her brother emerged from the shadows after 16 long years and filed a fresh case accusing the cop of abetting her suicide.

The dramatic development, accompanied by brother Ashu’s first meeting with [...]

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Malik asks India to respect Pak courts, says action against Saeed only after evidence

Islamabad, Dec.24 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that India should respect Pakistani courts, adding that Islamabad would not take notes from any country including New Delhi.

Referring to the issue of Jamaat-ud-Daawa chief, whom India considers as the main plotter of the [...]

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15 of Paswan party workers injured in police action

Patna, Dec 17 (IANS) At least 15 Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) workers and leaders, including four Bihar legislators, were injured as police used batons to beat back the party’s ‘Dalit Ekta’ march to the state assembly here Thursday.

LJP leaders alleged that police used force to suppress the protest against the Nitish Kumar government’s policy to [...]

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Over two dozen injured by police action in Jammu

Jammu, Dec 13 (ANI): Over two dozen people including women, children and media persons were injured when the police resorted to a baton charge on the audience, at the Maulana Azad Stadium on Saturday night.

They were there to witness much-hyped VRV Mega Event’s ‘Jazzy-B star night presentation.’

The whole event turned into a messy affair [...]

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Geneva Convention prohibits arrest of foreign diplomats: Malik

Karachi, Dec.13 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said foreign diplomats cannot be apprehended in the country, as doing so would violate the Geneva Convention.

Interacting with media persons at the international airport here, Malik said international laws bars frisking or arresting any foreign diplomat who has a proper identity card.

“We are out to [...]

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Terror camps in Pak will affect them only: Pillai

Suchetgarh (Jammu), Dec.12 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G.K Pillai said on Saturday that the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan remains intact, and if Islamabad does not take steps to dismantle it, that country will be the only one to suffer.

Talking to media persons at [...]

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Porn films seized from Taliban’s ‘jihadi’ hideout : Malik

Islamabad, Dec.12 (ANI): Porn films were recovered from various hideouts of the Taliban during raids conducted across South Waziristan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.

Talking to media persons here, Malik blamed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jaish-e-Muhammad and other banned extremist organisations for the recent wave of terror attacks in the country.

“They are [...]

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Maoists spreading rumours among tribals: Raman Singh

Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday slammed the Maoists for spreading rumours in the state’s Bastar region that police would target all those who failed to produce photo identity cards.

‘I appeal to people not to fall prey to such Maoist tactics and no one need to panic about photo I-cards,’ Raman [...]

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Pakistan would not be ‘prodded into any military action by outsiders’: Qureshi

Islamabad, Nov.17 (ANI): A day after the Obama administration warned Islamabad not to ‘undercut’ its fight against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and urged it to expand its fight against the banned organisations, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan recognises the threat, but it would not be ‘prodded into any military action by [...]

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Kalyan hits back at Mulayam, sends feelers to BJP on return

Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he never had any intention to join the outfit and signalled his desire to return to his parent party by offering his services for strengthening ‘Hindutva’.

Claiming he had [...]

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Never wanted to join Mulayam’s party, Kalyan snaps back

Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he had no intention of joining the party.

‘Neither did I ever accept Mulayam Singh’s offer to join his party, nor will I ever do so for all times to [...]

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Uttar Pradesh engineer’s kidnapped daughter rescued

Lucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) The five-year-old daughter of an engineer in a government department, who was kidnapped late Thursday night from the Indiranagar area here, was safely rescued by the police from Sultanpur district Friday afternoon, officials said.

Shiza, daughter of Afzal Ahmed Ansari, an engineer of the Awas Vikas Parishad, was playing outside her house [...]

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Delhi government revises bus fare for short distance travel

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Under immense public pressure on the hike in bus fares, the Delhi government Tuesday decided to extend journey for the first slab of fare from 3 to 4 km, and reduce the monthly pass price for poor families from Rs.800 to Rs.500.

Fares of buses in Delhi, which were increased last [...]

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Lahore, Karachi to host India, Pak wrestling tournament in December

Lahore, Nov.8 (ANI): Top wrestlers from India and Pakistan would be sweating it out with each other in the Challenge Cup Dangal (wrestling tournament) scheduled to be held in Lahore next month.

Speaking to media persons during a press conference, Pervaiz Shahid, chairman of CMC Bank Alfalah, the main sponsor of the event, said the tournament [...]

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Protest against death of a local youth in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 7(ANI): Police were compelled to use tear gas and air firing on Saturday to disperse violent mobs protesting against the death of a local youth.

The youth took to the streets after a body of a man, identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, was recovered on Saturday morning.

The dead body of Yaqoob, who used to [...]

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Surekha gives a setback to Rosaiah leadership in Andhra Pradesh with resignation

Hyderabad, Oct. 30 (ANI): The Rosaiah government in Andhra Pradesh suffered a setback on Thursday as its Minister of Women Development and Child Welfare Konda Surekha tendered her resignation from her post in protest against Y S Jaganmohan [...]

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Clinton warns Pak over horrors of its nukes falling into terrorists’ hands

Islamabad, Oct.28 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived here on a three-day visit early on Wednesday, has urged Pakistan to realise the threat facing the country’s nuclear armaments, adding hat Washington was still worried about nuke proliferation.

Interacting with media persons travelling with her, Clinton said banned organisations such as Al-Qaeda are always [...]

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Age not a concern for me, will score way back into national squad, says Misbah

Lahore, Oct.24 (ANI): Upset over being axed from all the three national squads, Pakistan middle order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq has vowed to make a comeback in the national team through his performance.

The 37-year-old right hand batsman said age was not a factor for him as there are players more senior to him who are playing competitive [...]

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Terror threat to Pak increasing but nukes safe for now: Clinton

Washington, Oct.22 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the recent spate of terrorist strikes in Pakistan has highlighted the fact that the threat to that country was expanding.

Interacting with media persons at the White House, Clinton said the audacious terror strikes inside Pakistan have certainly raised concerns over the authority of [...]

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Farooq blames police for Jammu youth’s death in custody

Jammu, Oct 18 (IANS) New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Sunday accused the police in Jammu and Kashmir of killing a youth from Jammu who had married a Muslim girl.

Talking to media persons, the central minister said Rajneesh Sharma, who had married Ameena of Srinagar, was ‘killed by police’ and the ‘guilty police officials [...]

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PCB seeking ICC assistance to facilitate Asif’s Dubai tour

Lahore, Oct.14 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is trying hard to help tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif obtain clearance from the Dubai authorities to enable him to play in the one-day series against New Zealand next month.

PCB chief Ijaz Butt told media persons that the board has also approached the International Cricket Council (ICC) [...]

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Kerry Lugar Bill debate in Pak parliament will end reservations: US

Washington, Oct.14 (ANI): The United States has said it welcomes a debate on the controversial Kerry Lugar Bill in the Pakistan Parliament, saying it would help assuage the feelings of reservation and concern over how the US aid is to be disbursed and in what circumstances.

Interacting with media persons during a regular briefing, US [...]

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Missing Japanese youth’s family meets Uttar Pradesh governor

Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) Family members of 21-year-old Japanese Kota Shinozaki, who went missing from Agra three years ago, Thursday met Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi and police chief Karamveer Singh here Thursday to seek help in tracing him.

Shinozaki is missing since Sep 5, 2006 when he reached Agra and checked in at the Chanakya [...]

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Kerry Lugar Bill a ‘triumph for India’: Shujaat Hussain

Islamabad, Oct.8 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has termed the controversial Kerry-Lugar Bill as a ‘triumph for India’.

Addressing party leaders here, Hussain said the bill cannot be accepted in its current form as it has [...]

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Most 9/11 masterminds currently in Pakistan: US

Washington, Oct.7 (ANI): The United States has said that most of the 9/11 masterminds have shifted their base from Afghanistan toPakistan, The News reports.

Addressing media persons at a regular briefing, US State Department spokesperson, Ian Kelly said: “Most of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 attacks have entered into Pakistan from Afghanistan.”

The United States has repeatedly [...]

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Lady-luck did not favour us against Kiwis, says Younis Khan

Karachi, Oct.6 (ANI): Disappointed at not being able to reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy, Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said his team ran out of luck in the semi-final encounter against New Zealand.

Talking to media persons at the Jinnah International Airport shortly after arriving from South Africa, Khan blamed batsmen for the [...]

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Pak has advantage, but seniors need to perform: Farhat

Lahore, Oct.3 (ANI): Sidelined Pakistani opener Imran Farhat believes the home team will have an advantage over the Kiwis in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final, but also highlighted that senior players must perform in order to seal a final berth.

Interacting with media persons at the National Cricket Academy here, Farhat said senior players are yet [...]

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Victim’s kin makes Kerala minister apologise for Thekaddy boat tragedy

Thekaddy (Kerala), Oct.2 (ANI): Agitated over the Wednesday’s boat tragedy, which left over 40 people killed as their boat capsized, relative of a victim made Kerala State minister C Divakaran to apologise here on Friday for the mishap.

The victim’s relative came face to face with the Kerala’s Minister for Food and Civil [...]

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