Disquiet in Congress over Omar’s speech, tie up with PDP not ruled out
October 8th, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): There is a reported disquiet within the Congress rank and file over Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's controversial speech in the State Assembly earlier ... Read more...
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Karzai supporters offered Afghan officials 500,000 dollars to falsify parliamentary poll results
September 13th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Sept 13 (ANI): Independent observers have claimed that Afghan election officials were offered 500,000 dollars (380,000 pounds) to falsify returns in parliamentary election by President Hamid Karzai's supporters.The report ... Read more...
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India to generate 1,000 megawatts of solar power by 2013: Abdullah
July 25th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): India is all set to generate 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2013, in the first phase of the new solar power projects under Indian ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah holds meet, discusses agenda of Monday’s all-party meeting
July 11th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 11 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is holding a cabinet meeting with his ministers to discuss the agenda of Monday's all-party meet, which has been called ... Read more...
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Kashmir crisis: Prime Minister requests Mehbooba to attend all-party meet
July 11th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has requested People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti to attend the all-party meet on Monday to discuss the present ... Read more...
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Farooq Abdullah condemns linguistic chauvinism
November 12th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Nov 12 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has condemned the existence of linguistic chauvinism in the country.Addressing a two-day conference on energy resources here on ... Read more...
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Under fire Karzai refuses to sack corrupt Afghan minister, officials
November 4th, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 4 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who started his new term with a pledge to check corruption and reach out to opponents, has ruled out sacking corrupt minister and officials, ... Read more...
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Kabul UN guesthouse attack death toll mounts to 10
October 28th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct.28 (ANI): The death toll in Wednesday's terror attack on the UN guesthouse in Kabul has reached 10, with security officials confirming the death of all the three armed gunmen ... Read more...
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Karzai ready to accept runoff after election audit
October 20th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct. 20 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears ready to accept that he fell short of a first-round victory in the nation's disputed presidential election, and therefore, is amenable to ... Read more...
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Karzai urges common sense after poll results, charges of fraud
September 17th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 17 (DPA) President Hamid Karzai called for prudence Thursday, a day after preliminary official results gave him an outright win in the first round of a presidential election that was ... Read more...
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Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon
September 17th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): With accusations of vote fraud piling up around Afghanistan's presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai is unlikely to claim victory any time soon.At the very least, a national electoral ... Read more...
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Karzai gets absolute majority in Afghan poll (Lead)
September 17th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 16 (DPA) President Hamid Karzai won an absolute majority in Afghanistan's presidential election, according to a final preliminary result released by the election commission Wednesday.
Incumbent Karzai won 54.6 percent of ... Read more...
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Karzai gets absolute majority in Afghan presidential poll
September 16th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 16 (DPA) President Hamid Karzai won an absolute majority in Afghanistan's presidential election, the official election commission announced Wednesday.
Incumbent Karzai won 54.6 percent of the vote in the Aug 20 ... Read more...
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EU monitors say 1.5 million Afghan votes rigged (Lead)
September 16th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 16 (DPA) European Union (EU) election monitors said Wednesday that up to 1.5 million votes, one quarter of all ballots, had been subject to manipulation or were suspected of having ... Read more...
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EU monitors say 1.5 million Afghan votes rigged
September 16th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 16 (DPA) European Union election monitors said Wednesday that up to 1.5 million votes, one quarter of all ballots, had been subject to manipulation or were suspected of having been ... Read more...
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EU renews call for Afghan vote fraud probe
September 10th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Sep 10 (DPA) The European Union Thursday said it backed a complete investigation into "allegations of fraud" in connection with the recent presidential elections in Afghanistan.
The EU said it supported the ... Read more...
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Afghan election commission favours Karzai, says Abdullah
September 10th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 10 (DPA) Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger to President Hamid Karzai in the Afghan presidential election, Thursday accused the country's election commission of corruption and bias towards the incumbent.
In an ... Read more...
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Spain sets target for Afghan withdrawal
September 10th, 2009 - 8:01 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 10 (Xinhua) Spain will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan within five years, Defence Minister Carme Chacon said.
The remarks followed Spain's recent announcement that it would send another 220 soldiers ... Read more...
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UN, US urge Afghan government to probe alleged poll fraud
September 8th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 8 (DPA) The US and the UN have increased their pressure on the Afghan government to allow a thorough review of the Aug 20 presidential election following mounting allegations of ... Read more...
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Karzai edging closer to victory in Afghan election
September 7th, 2009 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 6 (DPA) With some three quarters of vote counted, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has edged closer to the absolute majority needed to avoid a run off with his main challenger ... Read more...
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Karzai and Holbrooke in ‘explosive’ row over Afghan polls
August 28th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) US special envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke had an "explosive" meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the country's election, according to the BBC.
Holbrooke raised concerns about ... Read more...
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Even before declaration, Karzai’s victory marred by vote-rigging allegations
August 24th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 24 (ANI): As the raw polling station data declared Hamid Karzai's as Afghanistan's re-elected president in a landslide victory, allegations of vote-rigging have begun to surface. Early figures from campaign ... Read more...
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Karzai’s first priority will be to open peace talks with Pakistan: Elmi
August 24th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 24 (ANI): Hamid Karzai's first priority after getting re-elected as Afghanistan's president is to open peace talks with Pakistan in an attempt to end the Taliban insurgency raging across ... Read more...
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Barbaric Taliban chop ink-strained fingers of Afghan voters
August 22nd, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.22 (ANI): Afghanistan's top election monitoring organization, the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan, has claimed that the Taliban had chopped off thefingers of at least two Afghan voters ... Read more...
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Afghan students elated over peaceful presidential election
August 21st, 2009 - 9:13 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Aug 21 (ANI): Afghan students pursuing their post graduation degrees at Himachal Pradesh University are elated about elections back home being held in relative peace.The students expressed their happiness with ... Read more...
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Will fraud mar credibility of Afghan elections?
August 19th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 19 (DPA) Afghanistan observers say they expect irregularities in the voting for Thursday's presidential elections but added that their concern lies in whether the problems would rise to a ... Read more...
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Karzai house attacked before polls
August 18th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IBNS
Kabul, Aug 18: Terrorists launched a rocket attack on the house of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday morning.According to Times Now, there are no reports of any casualties.Police headquarter ... Read more...
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UN envoy for Afghanistan describes presidential elections as most complicated
July 29th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, July 29 (ANI): The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has described the upcoming presidential elections there as "the most complicated" he has ever seen.Eide praised the ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah to be next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
December 30th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The National Conference and the Congress Tuesday confirmed that they would form the new coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, with Omar Abdullah heading it.The announcement was ... Read more...
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Afghan-Pakistan tribal assembly opens talks on Taliban violence
October 27th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 27 (DPA) A meeting of Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal leaders started Monday against the backdrop of the recent strategy shift by the US allies to bring ... Read more...
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Afghan students celebrate Navroz in Delhi
March 20th, 2008 - 8:30 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar.20 (ANI):Afghan students based in India continue to aspire for a strong developed Afghanistan, even as they celebrate the Persian New Year of Navroz in New Delhi.
The festivities held ... Read more...
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PDP, National Conference play out war of words
February 27th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Feb 27 (IANS) Treachery, murder, gimmicks - the allegations are flying thick and fast between the opposition National Conference and the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and ... Read more...
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