Category: India
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Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune’s Yerwada Jail, hangman paid Rs 5,000
News East-West NEW DELHI: Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was hanged at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune early Wednesday at 7:30 am. He was buried inside the jail at 9.30 a.m. According to jail officials, when his hands and legs were being tied just before the hanging,…
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Bal Krishan Kaplish: India’s first IITian to go abroad and marry a foreigner
News East-West TORONTO: Germany-based Bal Krishan Kaplish is the grand-dad of the 200,000-strong IITian diaspora as he was the first to go abroad in 1955
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India, Canada sign nuclear deal
India-Canada nuclear deal signed after protracted negotiations is a major breakthrough in bilateral relations News East-West NEW DELHI: India and Canada on Tuesday made the biggest breakthrough in their relations since 1974 when they finally concluded the nuclear negotiations on the deal signed in June 2010 during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Toronto for…
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India, Canada natural allies, says Indian Parliament Speaker Meira Kumar
News East-West TORONTO: Indian Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar says India and Canada are natural allies, and lauds the success of the Indian diaspora