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Mattoo, who had applied for a visa in the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi to attened an international conference on nuclear disarmament in China last month, had been given a regular stamped visa in his passport facilitating his travel, government...

Similarly, the tariff for 20-30kl slab is Rs15 per kl while those for every kilo litre above 30kkl will cost Rs25. Earlier, the government was not charging money for consumption of water till 6,000 litres but is now chargeable in...

Two foreigners and local were arrested at Torkham border while they were trying to illegally cross the border into Afghanistan. Khasadar Force intercepted them during the body search at the border. One female was reported American identified as Nocole Tank...

Swat suicide attack, MPA killed. A suicide bomber blew up himself in the guesthouse of member of the NWFP provincial assembly (MPA) Dr. Sham Sher Khan in Kabul, Swat. He was a member of the provincial assembly from PF 83-4....

The visit continues the tradition of Nepal endeavouring to foster good relations with its neighbours." Nepal's predecessor, the Himalayan republic's first Maoist prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, created a furore last year when he departed from the tradition of...

Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary Lake, nearly 60 km west of Ahmedabad. The number of new HIV infections have declined each year by approximately 17 per cent from 2001 to 2008, says WHO. But the United Nations cautions that for every five people...