May 16th, 2008 - 8:38 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Voting began Friday morning in 66 constituencies in 10 districts of central, coastal and parts of north Karnataka in the second phase of elections for the 224-member state assembly. Over 11 million people are eligible to vote to decide the fate of 589 candidates - an ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 15 (IANS) Over 55,000 security personnel and almost an equal number of poll officials were Thursday all set to conduct balloting Friday in 66 assembly constituencies in the second phase of elections to the 224-member Karnataka assembly. All eyes are on Shikaripura in Shimoga district from where Bharatiya ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:33 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Central Government has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful association by two years.
The notification to this effect was issued on Wednesday, a Home Ministry release said today.
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
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Brussels, May 15 (IANS) President of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Barroso, has sent a message to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing "shock and great sadness" over the bomb-blasts in Jaipur, EuAsiaNews reported Thursday. "On behalf of the European Commission and on my own behalf, allow me ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Political parties in Karnataka Wednesday ended their campaign for the second phase of polling Friday for 66 assembly seats in 10 districts in central, coastal and northern parts of the state. Over 11 million people are eligible to vote and decide the fate of 589 candidates, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday his party will restore the sacked judges but it will be done through a "parliament act" and he cannot give any deadline for it. "I am not in a position to give deadline, but ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:11 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a single moderate woman inspired the US to launch the One Woman Initiative to help nurture other women who could become forces for moderation and peaceful change.
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Contrary to popular perception, it now emerges that it is former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and not Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that heads the country's ruling coalition, who is calling the shots in Pakistan's political roller coaster ride. This view ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin
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By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday made his intentions to woo the Congress clearer than before lashing against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati whom he called "ungrateful" to the ruling party which had helped her come to power a year ago. ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 13 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Home Minister of the royal cabinet and chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Kamal Thapa has asked the parties not to abolish the institution of monarchy until a new constitution is promulgated.
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:48 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India is closely watching political developments in Pakistan after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party pulled out of the ruling coalition, triggering uncertainty in the neighbouring country. India is concerned that prolonged uncertainty and unstable government in Pakistan could slow down the peace process between ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:33 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 12 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday appealed to Karnataka voters to give a clear mandate to his party in the on-going elctions to the state assembly as only the Congress could provide a stable and development-oriented government. Gandhi addressed public meetings at Kumta in Uttara Kannada ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The issue of reinstatement of judges, sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last year, was pushed to the centre-stage of Pakistani politics Monday with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz pulling out of the coalition cabinet and lawyers across Pakistan observing a 'black day'. The PML-N decided ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 12 (ANI): Former Prime MInister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that as the May 12 deadline for the restoration of the over 60 sacked judges had expired, his party's ministers in the federal cabinet would be submitting their respective resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday decided to pull out of the cabinet following failure of talks with coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) over the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last year. Former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif told reporters ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 12 (ANI): Experts and critics of the Bush administration's policies in Pakistan, have called on it to undertake a strategic shift in dealing with extremists in the region.
Criticising Deputy Secretary of State John Negropontes call on Pakistan to drive extremism from its tribal areas, critics said his ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 12 (ANI): Amid continuance of the complex issue of judges restoration in Pakistan, Americans behind-the-scene role of pursuing PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari not to pay heed to Nawaz Sharifs demand of restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhary, has once again proved that still want to see ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 12 (ANI): Even as todays deadline for restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges is almost certain to expire, and the PML-N expected to take a stand today regarding continuance of its support to the PPP-ld coalition government, the US media has predicted fall of the three-month old ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 1:41 am ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb and Dipankar De Sarkar
Islamabad/London, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan's fragile ruling coalition was facing collapse after a US official's last-ditch mediation Sunday failed to help break the deadlock on reinstating judges and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was set to withdraw its ministers from the cabinet.
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May 11th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) On this day ten years ago, the country had erupted in joy, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets after India exploded a nuclear device at Pokhran. A decade later, the mood has changed - the day has passed quietly without national euphoria or official celebrations. Prime ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 11 (ANI): Campaigning for the second phase of Karnataka Assembly polls is in full swing as ten Districts will go for polls on May 16.
The first phase of Karnataka Assembly polls was held in 11 districts on Saturday covering 89 of the 224 seats, which went ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Ten years ago on this day he stunned the world by announcing that India has conducted a nuclear test in the desert of Rajasthan and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rode the nationalist euphoria to win the general election that followed. But Sunday, on the ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 10 (IANS) Around 60 percent of 17.3 million eligible voters including those in Bangalore Saturday voted in 89 constituencies across 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first phase of assembly elections considered crucial for the Congress' hope of recapturing power in the state. Voting was the lowest, ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): An estimated 60 per cent of the 1.73 crore electorate cast their votes today in the first phase of polls held in 89 assembly constituencies. The polling was by and large peaceful.
"Polling was peaceful and there were no reports of any untoward incident like ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb and Dipankar De Sarkar
Islamabad/London, May 10 (IANS) The main constituents of Pakistan's fragile ruling alliance were at loggerheads again Saturday - a day after seven hours of London talks failed to break a deadlock on whether to reinstate judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan Peoples Party ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 10 (IANS) Around 40 percent voting was reported till Saturday afternoon in 89 constituencies across 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first phase of assembly elections. The voting was marred by a slew of complaints from people in several constituencies, including Bangalore city, that their names were ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 10 (IANS) The two leaders of Pakistan's ruling alliance have failed to reach agreement on the important issue of reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, agreeing to disagree after seven hours of inconclusive talks here. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan may end up having two Supreme Courts to break the deadlock between the two ruling coalition parties over the restoration of higher court judges sacked last year by President Pervez Musharraf. With the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz) ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 10 (IANS) Amid tight security, thousands in Sri Lanka's east queued up to vote Saturday to elect a maiden provincial council in the region the military seized from the Tamil Tigers a year ago. About 20,000 security personnel and 15,000 poll officials were deployed to conduct ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz) has again threatened to quit the cabinet if judges of the higher courts sacked by President Pervez Musharraf are not given back their jobs by Monday. A PML-N leader stated this to IANS as talks between Pakistan Peoples Party ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 10:01 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 10 (IANS) Voting began Saturday in 89 constituencies in 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first of the three-phase elections to the 224-member state assembly whose outcome has assumed national importance as it could be a pointer to the timing of parliamentary polls. Around 17.3 million voters, ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) Amid sweeping security arrangements, Sri Lanka's war-hit eastern province comprising Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Amparai districts will elect a provincial council Saturday, barely a year after the military seized the former Tamil Tiger strongholds. A total of 982,721 registered voters are eligible to exercise their ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 9 (ANI): The Congress Party has evinced confidence of winning maximum number seats in the Karnataka state Assembly polls.
Talking to ANI before the first phase of polling, SM Krishna, the face of the Congress for these assembly elections in Karnataka, said that the first phase was crucial ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to press charges for the first time against the amir (chief) of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party, for alleged corruption during his 2001-06 stint as the industry minister. Motiur Rahman Nizami is to be charged along with former prime ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:28 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday stayed the Karanataka governor's clearance for the controversial Bangalore-Mysore corridor project on the ground that it violated the model code of conduct now in force ahead of the assembly elections. The project to build a high-quality road between Bangalore and Mysore, about ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:13 am ICT by admin
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Rome, May 8 (DPA) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi led Thursday the members of his new government in a swearing-in ceremony in Rome. The 71-year-old Berlusconi was the first to take an oath of allegiance to Italy's constitution before President Giorgio Napolitano.
The premier was followed by his 21-member cabinet, ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) Public campaigning for 89 Karnataka assembly seats going to the polls in the first phase Saturday ended Thursday evening. The over 950 candidates, including 17 women, in the fray switched to door-to-door canvassing to woo the voters.
About 17.28 million voters, including 8.41 million women, spread across ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Election Commission has said it would hold the long-stalled ninth general election by December, but major political parties refuse to participate until their jailed leaders are released. The Election Commission Wednesday gave its assurance on the poll schedule to President Iajuddin Ahmed. It had earlier ...
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