Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed five people and wounded eleven others in the country's north, the second day in a row in which blasts have targeted disputed regions there. ...
12:21 PM, Dec 17, 2012
London: A boxing referee from Turkmenistan was expelled from the London Olympics on Thursday for his handling of a bout in which the result was overturned on appeal. Boxing's governing federation, known as AIBA, released a statement saying referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov "is on his way back home." The federation also suspended German referee Frank Scharmach five days for his decision to disqualify an Iranian heavyweight, and expelled technical official Aghajan...
12:02 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: Kicking-off work on the long discussed US-backed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, India and its new energy partners on Wednesday signed agreements that would pave way for laying of the 1,680-km line. Turkmenistan, which holds more than four per cent of the world's natural gas reserves, signed agreements to sell gas to India and Pakistan through the $7.6 billion pipeline at the Caspian Sea resort of Avaza. Describing signing of...
05:44 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: India on Wednesday will sign a long-awaited agreement to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan through an ambitious US-based pipeline that will cross Afghanistan and Pakistan. Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday left for Ashgabat via Amritsar for signing of the agreement, official sources said. Turkmenistan -- which holds more than 4 per cent of the world's natural gas reserves -- Afghanistan, Pakistan and India will sign the...
05:17 AM, May 23, 2012
Washington: The US on Thursday welcomed India's decision to go-ahead with the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, terming it as a positive step forward. "We think this is a positive step forward on TAPI," a State Department spokesperson said in reaction to the Indian Cabinet decision. "We hope to see further momentum and progress on this regional strategic priority," said the spokesperson. India will sign next week an agreement to...
11:05 PM, May 17, 2012
Islamabad: Hours after China blamed militants trained in Pakistan for an attack in the restive Xinjiang region, Islamabad on Monday said it would extend "full cooperation" to Beijing in countering the rebels of the East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). "Pakistan will continue to extend its full cooperation and support to the government of the People's Republic of China against the ETIM," Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said in a brief...
04:37 PM, Aug 01, 2011
The woman was identified as Amandeep Kaur Mann, a resident of Punjab's Hoshiarpur town. ...
09:09 AM, Jul 08, 2010
The eccentric leader was known for outlandish projects, including a man-made lake and an ice palace to change desert climate. ...
06:18 PM, Dec 21, 2006
Niyazov's health had been a top secret in Turkmenistan where he went by the title Turkmenbashi the Great. ...
01:56 PM, Dec 21, 2006
