Rights group concerned over Maldives turmoil
February 13th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Expressing concern over the recent political developments in the Maldives, a human rights group has called for strict compliance of the accepted democratic norms and the ... Read more...
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100 guerrillas waiting to sneak into Kashmir: Army
December 19th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) At least 100 guerrillas were waiting to infiltrate into the Kashmir Valley from across the Line of Control (LoC), the army Monday said quoting information gleaned ... Read more...
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Why cap on SMSes, high court asks TRAI, government
December 7th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the central government on a petition challenging the regulator's ... Read more...
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Commonwealth to intervene in democracy subversion, rights monitor stalled
October 28th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Oct 28 (IANS) The 54-nation Commonwealth Friday armed itself with powers to intervene early in countries that violate human rights and democratic norms, but a contentious move to ... Read more...
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Need to reform institutions in tune with times: President
October 18th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday emphasised the need to reform India's institutions in accordance with the demands of the rapidly changing socio-economic conditions.Speaking at the inauguration ... Read more...
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Mayawati siphoning development funds to BSP candidates: BJP
October 17th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of illegally sanctioning developmental funds to her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates for campaigning during the upcoming state assembly ... Read more...
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Pandemonium in Punjab assembly
October 8th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) The ongoing session of the Punjab assembly ended Saturday amid pandemonium inside the house as opposition Congress legislators disrupted proceedings and shouted slogans as the speaker ... Read more...
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India monitoring Libya situation, offers assistance
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) With rebels advancing to take control of Tripoli, India Tuesday said the situation in the North African country should "be normalized by the people of ... Read more...
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Anti-Posco group slams Ramesh
June 12th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Reacting to Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh's concern over use of force against villagers opposing land acquisition in Orissa for the Posco steel ... Read more...
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Jairam seeks peaceful land acquisition for Posco
June 12th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday asked the Orissa government to ensure that land is acquired only through peaceful and law-governed means for South Korean ... Read more...
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Will restart agitation from Haridwar: Ramdev (Third Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), June 5 (IANS) Clad in his trademark saffron robes, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who was forcibly evicted from the site of his agitation and was whisked away ... Read more...
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Joshi submits PAC’s report on 2G scam, slams UPA members (Lead)
May 1st, 2011 - 3:48 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi Saturday submitted the committee's report on the 2G spectrum allocation to the office of Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Rahul blames non-Congress regimes for Uttar Pradesh’s backwardness
April 30th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 29 (IANS) Blaming non-Congress governments for the prevailing backwardness in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday urged the youth to enter politics to ... Read more...
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Sack Rane for threatening anti-nuke activists: Maharashtra party
January 23rd, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Maharashtra's opposition Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF) Sunday demanded the sacking of state Industries Minister Narayan Rane for his threats issued to activists opposing the Jaitapur nuclear ... Read more...
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Is the Pakistani Army getting ready to take over? (Part I)
January 7th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Jaibans SinghNew Delhi, Jan.7 (ANI): Salman Taseer, the Governor of Pakistan Punjab is dead, killed by his own guard who, it is being said, could not tolerate his liberal views, ... Read more...
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Zardari’s dual office case verdict will have far-reaching effects: LHC
November 25th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 25 (ANI): A full bench of the Lahore High Court has postponed the hearing of petitions against President Asif Zardari over dual office issue for further arguments to December 13, ... Read more...
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Congress trying to deflect attention from corruption: BJP
November 14th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday charged the Congress with trying to divert the attention of the people from corruption scandals by trying to make an ... Read more...
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Karat calls for fresh trust vote in Karnataka
October 12th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday called for a fresh confidence vote in the Karnataka assembly."The vote of confidence conducted in the assembly ... Read more...
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CPI-M demands proper trust vote in Karnataka
October 12th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday reiterated that a "proper" vote of confidence must be conducted in the Karnataka assembly in which all legislators are ... Read more...
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Judiciary can interfere if institutions cross limits: Pakistan Chief Justice
September 15th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 15 (ANI): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that while the state institutions can function within their legal ambits, the judiciary can step in if any ... Read more...
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Sixth round of Nepal PM poll to take place Sunday
September 4th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 4 (IANS) As Nepal's parliament votes Sunday, for the sixth time in two months, to elect a new prime minister, the indications are that the poll will yet ... Read more...
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HRCP slams MQM chief Altaf Hussain for demanding martial law in Pak
August 24th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug.24 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has criticised Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's call for martial law in the country, describing the leader's remarks as ... Read more...
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Democratic norms violated in dissolving MCI: CPI-M
May 19th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday alleged that the central government violated "minimum democratic norms" and bypassed the rights of the state governments by dissolving ... Read more...
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Army wants democracy to flourish in Pakistan: Gilani
April 9th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says the army wants democracy to flourish in the country and had not interfered in the process of parliament's lower house ... Read more...
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Attend parliament regularly: Sonia chides Congress MPs
March 4th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The opposition walkout during last week's budget presentation was against "democratic norms and traditions", Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Thursday in a speech that also touched ... Read more...
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AIADMK legislator meets Karunanidhi, slams Jayalalithaa
February 12th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) In a state where even exchanging pleasantries with opposition party leaders is considered blasphemous, an AIADMK legislator met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and criticised his own ... Read more...
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Brinda says Mamta leading most opportunistic political alliance
January 23rd, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.23 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member and member of Parliament Brinda Karat has accused Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of leading the most ... Read more...
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Nepal government rules out imposing emergency, deploying army
November 2nd, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 2 (IANS) As Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas Monday stepped up their protests against the ruling alliance, asking for its dissolution, the government said it was not planning to ... Read more...
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Bhutan takes lead in dialogue on democracy in Asia
October 8th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Paro, Oct.8 (ANI): Bhutan has joined hands with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to bring together high level representatives from twelve countries in Asia to brainstorm on how countries can go ... Read more...
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Sharif says Pak needs a ‘revolution’ to address challenges facing country
September 8th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.8 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has said the country needs a revolution and mass agitation to address the challenges it is facing ... Read more...
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Minorities’ Protection Bill to be tabled in National Assembly
August 18th, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 18(ANI): Pakistan's Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has said that a bill aimed at addressing the concerns of the minorities would soon be tabled in the National Assembly.Bhatti said that ... Read more...
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Govt. will have to take ‘tough’ decisions to pull country out of turmoil: Gilani
July 11th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 11 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the government would have to take some 'tough' decisions to pull the country out of the current turbulent situation.Talking ... Read more...
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Statement from President Obama on the situation in Honduras
June 28th, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by admin
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- "I am deeply concerned by reports coming out of Honduras regarding the detention and expulsion of President Mel Zelaya. As the Organization of American States did on ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan minister denies moves to extend Rajapakse’s term
June 22nd, 2009 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 22 (Xinhua) A senior Sri Lankan minister Sunday rejected reports that the government was considering moves to extend President Mahinda Rajapakse's term for another six years without an election.
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Now, videotape scandal comes to haunt Prachanda
May 6th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, May 6 (ANI): As Nepal struggles to restore political stability, a 16-month-old videotape has surfaced to haunt the outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, who is shown boasting that ... Read more...
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