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Dragon King seals wedding with kiss

Bhutan’s dashing King walked hand-in-hand with his beautiful bride and turned his romantic self inside out, publicly kissing the Queen not once but thrice, throwing the people at his wedding reception here into a rapturous frenzy.

Bhutan's Royal Wedding begins

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Bhutan's much-publicised Royal Wedding that will see the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck tying the nuptial knot with his childhood sweetheart and India-educated commoner Jetsun Pema began this mor

Bhutan's King to tie the knot Thursday

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Bhutan's popular King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will tie the knot on Thursday with India- educated commoner Jetsun Pema at a fairy tale wedding, an occasion considered as a watershed event in t

Minor blasts ahead of Bhutan royal wedding

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Two low-intensity bombs exploded on Monday in a border town of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, injuring two people, just days before the country celebrates the wedding of its king, an official told t

India seeks voice samples of 26/11 accused

India has pressed Pakistan for the voice samples of the seven accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and sought speedy trial of the case in that country to bring to justice the perpetrators of the

Pakistan to send panel for 26/11 probe in India

India has again asked Pakistan for the voice samples of the seven Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists accused of masterminding the November 26-29, 2008 attack as an investigating team from that country w

Arrest of Fai long overdue: Home Secretary

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India today said the arrest of Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai in the US was long overdue as there has been suspicion for a long time that he was getting funds from Pakistani agencies.

Progress made at talks in Thimphu

The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met here on Sunday night in a fresh attempt to put their stalled dialogue process back on track and try to bridge the trust deficit plaguing the relationship.

India, Pak optimistic about taking dialogue process forward

A day after their meeting here aimed at restoring the dialogue process, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistan counterpart Salman Bashir on Monday struck a note of optimism and talked about taking the engagement process forward through a 'vision' for the bilateral relationship.

Rao, Bashir meet in Thimphu today

Six months after failure of talks, India and Pakistan will make a fresh attempt to “unlock” the bilateral dialogue process when foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and her counterpart Salman Bashir meet he

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