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Sharif to contest election from NA-123

Sharif to contest election from NA-123

May 15th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lahore, May 15 (ANI): An election tribunal on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif to contest election from NA-123. The tribunal also accepted the nomination papers of PML-N covering candidate Hamza Shahbaz, The News reported. The nomination papers of Nawaz Sharif were rejected during ... Read more...

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PML-Q decides to exploit PPP-PML-N differences in the run-up to by-polls

May 14th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lahore , May 14 (ANI): In the run-up to the by-polls slated for June 26, the erstwhile ruing party in Pakistan , the PML-Q has decided to exploit the differences between the PPP and the PML-N and misdeed of the new government and take it to the voters. Appealing for ... Read more...

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‘Hindraf rally turned Malaysian Indians against government’

May 14th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kuala Lumpur, May 14 (IANS) Malaysia's ethnic Indians staged "a silent revolution" against the government, "triggered" by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), during the March general elections, a minister has said. Malaysian Human Resource Development Minister S. Subramanian Tuesday described a rally organised by the Hindraf in November last ... Read more...

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‘Sharif, not Zardari calling the shots in Pakistan’

‘Sharif, not Zardari calling the shots in Pakistan’

May 14th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
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 ... Read more...

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West Virginia heads to the polls, Clinton hopes for big win

May 14th, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Washington, May 13 (DPA) Voters in West Virginia headed to the polls Tuesday in the latest in a series of state-by-state contests pitting Senators Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Though Clinton trails in the number of delegates needed to nab the nomination at a ... Read more...

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PML-N ministers submit resignations in Pakistan

PML-N ministers submit resignations in Pakistan

May 13th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Xinhua Islamabad, May 13 (Xinhua) Ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the six-week-old coalition government. PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif announced Monday that the PML-N ministers would resign following the failure of talks with the Pakistan ... Read more...

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PPP respects PML-Ns democratic right of resigning from govt

May 13th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Islamabad , May 13 (ANI): Senior PPP leader and Pakistan s Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that resigning from the federal coalition government was a democratic right of the PML-Q and PPP respected it. She said that the PML-N took the decision of walking out of the government was ... Read more...

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‘Indoor’ political activity allowed in Bangladesh

May 13th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Dhaka, May 13 (IANS) Bangladesh's army-backed caretaker government has permitted political parties to resume their operations ahead of the elections that would be held in the third week of December, but restricted their functioning to indoor meetings. Political parties said they were disappointed with the government's move that comes after ... Read more...

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Imran says Asif hindering judges’ restoration just to please Americans

Imran says Asif hindering judges’ restoration just to please Americans

May 13th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lahore, May 13 (ANI): Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was scuttling the moves of restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges just to please the Americans who want to see their old time "war against terror" ally President Pervez Musharaf in power. He said ... Read more...

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Pakistan back in 53-nation Commonwealth (Second Lead)

Pakistan back in 53-nation Commonwealth (Second Lead)

May 12th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, May 12 (IANS) Nearly six months after it was expelled from the Commonwealth, Pakistan was Monday readmitted into the 53-nation body following the restoration of democracy in the country. The decision was taken after a meeting here of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), the trouble-shooting ... Read more...

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Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth (Lead)

Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth (Lead)

May 12th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan was Monday readmitted to the Commonwealth nearly six months after it was suspended for flouting democratic norms of the international body. The decision was taken after a meeting here Sunday night of the Commonwealth MInisterial Action Group (CMAG), the trouble-shooting body responsible ... Read more...

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Americans have once again helped old time ally Musharraf to stay in power

Americans have once again helped old time ally Musharraf to stay in power

May 12th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
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 ... Read more...

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Pakistan set to be readmitted to Commonwealth

May 12th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, May 12 (IANS) Expelled for flouting democratic norms, Pakistan is set to be readmitted to the Commonwealth Monday after general elections ushered in a democratic government in February. The decision on whether to readmit Pakistan is to be taken by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), ... Read more...

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EU welcomes pro-European forces winning Serbia polls

May 12th, 2008 - 7:35 am ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Brussels, May 12 (DPA) The European Union (EU) has welcomed the "clear victory" of the pro-European forces in Serbian parliamentary elections and promised to advance the country's path towards eventual membership of the bloc. In a statement issued late Sunday on behalf of all 27 member states, the Slovenian presidency ... Read more...

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Sonia Gandhi promises fillip for higher education infrastructure to benefit minorities

Sonia Gandhi promises fillip for higher education infrastructure to benefit minorities

May 10th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): UPA Chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday promised infrastructure for higher education in the backward areas. Addressing a convocation function of Jamia Hamdard University in New Delhi, Gandhi said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has put his personal imprint into the initiatives. "Prime Minister Dr. ... Read more...

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Former Cabinet Minister Das joins BSP

Former Cabinet Minister Das joins BSP

May 10th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lucknow, May 10 (ANI): Former Union Minister Akhilesh Das joined the Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday, four days after he resigned from Congress. Das had resigned from the Congress after he felt that he was being marginalized by the 'coterie' surrounding Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. Welcoming Das into the party, ... Read more...

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Bhaddadeb Bhattacharjee bashes PM; reiterates prospect of third front

Bhaddadeb Bhattacharjee bashes PM; reiterates prospect of third front

May 9th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kolkata, May 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday advocated the option for third front alleging that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has failed on all fronts. Addressing a news conference in Kolkata today Bhattacharjee said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...

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Berlusconi quits AC Milan president’s post

May 9th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Milan, May 9 (DPA) Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Thursday as president of AC Milan owing to the incompatibility of the two posts. Berlusconi, 71, made the announcement through Milan's website hours after being sworn in for a fourth mandate at the head of the country's government. The media ... Read more...

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Left to forge a third front for 2009 general elections: Buddhadeb

May 8th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kolkata, May 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday said that the Left parties would forge a third front in the run up to the general elections slated for 2009 rather than ally with the ruling Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Bhattacharjee said that the ... Read more...

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Women’s quota bill gives priority to SCs, STs

May 7th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The women's reservation bill that ensures 33 percent of seats in parliament and state assemblies for women is being bitterly contested by some parties arguing for a "quota within quota". But the document anyway gives preference to women belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled ... Read more...

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PML-Q leaders want Ch Shujaat to severe ties with Musharraf to save partys image

PML-Q leaders want Ch Shujaat to severe ties with Musharraf to save partys image

May 7th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lahore, May 7 (ANI): At a meeting between PML-Q parliamentarians and their party chief (and former premier) Ch. Shujaat Hussain, the legislators appealed to the latter to severe ties with President Pervez Musharraf to save the party from further losing its image among the masses. They were of the ... Read more...

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Pak bye-elections postponed to August 18

May 5th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Islamabad, May 5 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday postponed bye-elections to August 18 for security reasons. A press release issued by the ECP said that the holding of fresh/bye-elections was scheduled for June 18, 2008, but due to security reasons and preparation of the budget, it ... Read more...

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Shahbaz Sharif files nomination papers for by-elections

Shahbaz Sharif files nomination papers for by-elections

May 5th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Xinhua Islamabad, May 5 (Xinhua) Shahbaz Sharif, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Monday filed his nomination papers to contest the June 18 by-elections, Geo TV reported. Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, will contest the by-elections from two constituencies in Lahore, the ... Read more...

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Musharraf put off from list of predators of press freedom

Musharraf put off from list of predators of press freedom

May 5th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Washington, May 5 (ANI): After losing the February 18 general elections, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lost powers and is no more in the capacity to harm the press, hence his name has been put off the list of predators of press freedom prepared by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based ... Read more...

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Advani meets Sudarshan, other RSS leaders

May 4th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Nagpur, May 4 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani held a prolonged meeting with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K.Sudarshan at the RSS headquarters here Sunday. Advani, who stayed overnight in the city after addressing a paddy growers' rally at Shendurwafa nearby Saturday, had his lunch at the ... Read more...

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Obama narrowly wins Guam caucuses (Lead)

May 4th, 2008 - 7:19 am ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Washington, May 4 (DPA) Senator Barack Obama narrowly beat out rival Hillary Clinton in Democratic caucuses from the tiny, US territory of Guam Saturday, news reports said. With all precincts reporting, Obama led Clinton by just seven votes, or 50.1 percent to 49.9 percent, CNN reported. Obama took 2,264 votes, ... Read more...

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Obama takes narrow lead in Guam caucuses

May 4th, 2008 - 3:35 am ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Washington, May 4 (DPA) Senator Barack Obama had a narrow lead over rival Hillary Clinton as Democratic caucus results came in from the tiny, US territory of Guam Saturday. With 79 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had received 53 pe cent of the vote to Clinton's 47 percent, with fewer ... Read more...

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Protest against price hike turns violent in Haldwani

May 2nd, 2008 - 11:06 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Haldwani (Uttarakhand), May 2 (ANI): The nationwide shutdown against the soaring inflation in response to the call by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turned violent in Uttarakhand's Haldwani town on Friday. Ahead of the general elections, the BJP is trying to garner support of its own allies and the public ... Read more...

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UPA unable to check inflation and terrorism: Advani

May 2nd, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Anekal (Karnataka), May 2 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Friday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was no longer in a position to check inflation and terrorism and may consider calling general elections in October. But if the Congress party failed to capture power in Karnataka in ... Read more...

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Partial response to BJP strike against price rise(National Roundup)

May 2nd, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Eight days ahead of the Karnataka elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought to extract mileage from the widespread discontent over rising food prices and organised a nationwide strike Friday as inflation hit a 42-month high of 7.57 percent. But the response was muted except ... Read more...

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Commonwealth Games give impetus to Agra’s growth

Commonwealth Games give impetus to Agra’s growth

May 2nd, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Agra, May 2 (IANS) The Agra-Mathura region is witnessing a slew of developmental projects aimed at upgrading the civic infrastructure. These will be completed within the next two years in time for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in 2010, officials say. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had announced several schemes April ... Read more...

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Manmohan Singh not dealing with corruption effectively: Advani

April 30th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
New Delhi , April 30 (IANS) Putting the prime minister in the direct line of fire, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said Manmohan Singh was "neither able nor trying to enforce probity" in his government. "It is now beyond doubt that the prime minister is neither able ... Read more...

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Stop quarrel over temple demolition: Badawi

April 30th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kuala Lumpur, April 30 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has asked two of his senior colleagues to stop a verbal duel in public over demolition of a Hindu temple last year, an issue that upset the ethnic Indian community here. Threatening disciplinary action, Badawi said a directive would ... Read more...

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Hindraf leader to take oath in jail

April 30th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kuala Lumpur, April 30 (IANS) His plea for freedom not heeded, M. Manoharan, the detained Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader, is expected to take oath as a legislator at the Kamuntin Detention Camp May 8. Manoharan was elected to the Selangor state legislature from Kota Alam Shah in the ... Read more...

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Assam politicians ask Subba to quit over citizenship row

April 29th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
By Syed Zarir Hussain Guwahati, April 29 (IANS) Politicians in Assam cutting across party lines demanded controversial Congress MP from the state Mani Kumar Subba step down after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned his Indian citizenship in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court. "With the CBI saying in ... Read more...

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‘Malaysian Indians face high divorce rate, premarital pregnancies’

April 28th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Kuala Lumpur, April 28 (IANS) High divorce rate, teen runaways, premarital pregnancies, suicide and problems of single mothers are among major problems confronting the Malaysian Indians, a woman leader says. To overcome these problems, they need help, said Usha Nandhini Jayaram, a leader of Puteri, the women's wing of the ... Read more...

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PPP, PML-N bickering over two Punjab ministries

April 28th, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
Lahore, Apr 28 (ANI): The PPP and the PML-N are learnt be bickering over two important provincial ministries Health, and Communication and Works, in the newly formed Punjab provincial government. Initially, it was decided that the PPP will retain the two ministries, but later the PML-N insisted on having them, ... Read more...

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Zimbabwe opposition poised to retain assembly in vote recount

April 26th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
DPA Harare/Johannesburg, April 26 (DPA) Partial results from a recount of votes cast in Zimbabwe's general elections showed the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) poised to retain its majority in the lower house of parliament. With 10 seats out of the 23 being recounted yet to be announced, no seat ... Read more...

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British minister hopeful of Doha deal, sealing India-EU pact(Lead)

British minister hopeful of Doha deal, sealing India-EU pact(Lead)

April 24th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by admin - Email This Post Email This Post
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 24 (IANS) Fresh from meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath, Britain's minister for international trade Thursday said there was a 60 percent chance that a world trade deal will be struck by the end of the year. "There's a 60-40 chance of a ... Read more...

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Hindus, Sikhs most likely to vote in Britain: Study

April 22nd, 2008 - 10:13 am ICT by admin -