May 8th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , May 8 (ANI): The Supreme Courts today ordered the reinstatement of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Venugopal, ten months after he was sacked by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss.
Venugopal had challenged amendments made to the AIIMS Act in July 2006, ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 8 (ANI): PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that while the ruling party the PPP does not recognise President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president, the countrys economic conditions may deteriorate if he was impeached.
He further said that while the PPP did not support Musharraf, the ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 7 (ANI): The Speaker of Nepal's interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on Wednesday said there are no complications to implement the republican agenda in the country through the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).
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May 7th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by admin
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Moscow, May 7 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Viktor Zubkov-led cabinet has tendered its resignation as new president Dmitry Medvedev took office Wednesday. According to the Russian constitution, the prime minister and his cabinet automatically resign as soon as a president is elected or re-elected.
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
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Toronto, May 7 (IANS) Canadian authorities have no clue on the whereabouts of 41,000-odd people who face deportation from the country. According to a report by attorney general Sheila Fraser, which was tabled in parliament Tuesday, 63,000 people currently face orders for removal from Canada.
Only 22,000 of them are known ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati here welcomed the women's reservation bill tabled in parliament Tuesday, but demanded provision of 50 percent reservation for women at every level of politics in the country. She said the bill providing for 33 percent quota for women in parliament and ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): A day after the Union Cabinet approved the tabling of the Womens Reservation Bill in Parliament, Law Minister H R Bhardwaj presented it even as Samajwadi Party (SP) members protested against the move.
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May 6th, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 6 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State, John D Negroponte has said that Washington was distancing itself from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and extending its support to the new democratic government in Islamabad.
The US administration was keeping a close contact with PPP C-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The cabinet Monday night decided to table the long-awaited Women's Reservation Bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state assemblies in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, official sources said.
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May 5th, 2008 - 9:13 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Congress admitted Monday that some political parties continued to have reservations over the legislation favouring 33 percent quota for women in parliament and assemblies. "It cannot be denied that people do have reservations on the issue. Once we have resolved these differences and reached ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Activists of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) and the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) staged a protest today outside Parliament demanding fast introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill.
Led by former MP Subhashini Ali, the demonstrators gathered near Vijay Chowk just ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS)The women's reservation bill providing 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies has been gathering dust for 12 years with no government willing to give it the push that will make it an Act. Here are some facts about the bill which ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 11:11 pm ICT by admin
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Moscow, May 4 (DPA) As Vladimir Putin prepares to leave office, an opinion poll has shown around 78 per cent of Russians are satisfied with the Kremlin chief's eight-year era, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. About eight percent of the 1,500 respondents were negative about Putin's term in office, ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh Saturday assured a delegation led by Shanta Sinha, chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that the right to education bill will be passed in the monsoon session. According to the bill, every child between ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh Saturday assured a delegation led by Shanta Sinha, chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that the right to education bill will be passed in the monsoon session. According to the bill, every child between ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 3 (IANS) The Congress Saturday blamed hoarders for the rising prices of food grains and other essential commodities and said the states had been directed to raid their stocks. "Hoarders are responsible for rising prices and the states have been directed to conduct raids on them," Science and ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by admin
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Madrid, May 3 (DPA) Former Spanish prime minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo died Saturday in his home in Pozuelo de Alarcon near Madrid at the age of 82, his family announced. No details were given as to the cause of death.
The conservative politician came to the head of the Spanish ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi/Dubai, May 3 (IANS) Weeding out passports bearing the same numbers, the Indian consulate in Dubai has asked holders of nearly 46,000 passports under the Z series to get these replaced by submitting fresh applications. "The Government of India has issued instructions that all Indian passports with serial numbers ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs legal representative in the judges restoration issue, Mujeeb Pirzada, has said that a court can issue a stay order against an executive order.
"The court can stay any order if it is deemed illegal or unconstitutional," Pirzada told the Daily Times via ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the restoration of sacked judges is a crucial issue and should be resolved by devising a formula.
According to the Daily Times, Zardari said he backed what Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif had said ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that the resolution in connection with judges restoration will be presented in the Parliament on May 12.
The deposed judges will be restored on May 12 through a resolution to November 2 position, The News quoted Sharif, ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 2 (ANI): The Speaker of Nepal's interim Parliament, Subas Nemwang, today said that the Constituent Assembly (CA) will convene on May 20. Accordingly, the preparations for the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly at the Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC) in Baneshwor are going on, Nemwang said ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by admin
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Patna, May 1 (ANI): Scores of women took to the streets in Bihar on Wednesday to protest against rising prices of essential commodities.
A women's group called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Brigade' held up torches and placards against the inflationary spiral and the government's failure to take affirmative action in resering ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 11:03 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Dr. Nirmala Despande, Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, passed away this morning. She was 79.
The noted Gandhian and social activist was not keeping well for the past three days, and she died in her sleep, sources said.
Better known as Didi, She was ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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Prague, April 30 (DPA) The lower house of Czech parliament Wednesday agreed to deploy a special-forces unit to Afghanistan for the rest of 2008. The deployment was already cleared in the Senate, upper houser of parliament, and it does not require a presidential approval.
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April 30th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, Apr.30 (ANI): Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president and former vice-president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Tan Sri M.G. Pandithan, died at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital here on Wednesday morning. He was 68.
Pandithan was admitted to the hospital following a long illness. His body will be ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr 29 (ANI): The two major coalition partners in the Pakistan government the PPP and the PML-N - failed to break the impasse yesterday over the restoration of judges during their talks at the residence of PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardaris residence in Dubai.
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April 28th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by admin
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Murshidabad (West Bengal), Apr 28 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday criticized Left Front West Bengal government on the violence in Nandigram.
Sonia was addressing a farmer's rally in Murshidabad today, ahead of Panchayat elections in West Bengal, Sonia Gandhi said, What happened in Nandigram was wrong and ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation has brought into the light of the Supreme Court that the birth certificates and other details submitted by Congress Member of Parliament M K Subba are fake.
The CBI in its report to the apex court said that the ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 28 (ANI): Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday said that it would be good for all to declare Nepal a republican state from the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly as per the provision in the interim Constitution.
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April 28th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by admin
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Karachi, Apr 28 (ANI): A key Baloch leader has reportedly said that there was no possibility of reconciliation on the Balochistan issue in the near future because of the growing sense of alienation among the Baloch people.
He also warned the new government to halt the vindictive activities in ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, Apr 28 (ANI): PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he wished to revamp the countrys judiciary and enact a new legislation to change the system so that no person languishes in jail for years together, like him.
He said he wanted to change the system so that ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 28 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani has demanded an explanation in Parliament from the Prime Minister on his cabinet colleague T.R. Baalu trying to influence the state-run Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to provide gas to companies run by his sons ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr 28 (ANI): PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is not likely to contest from the Larkana National Assembly seat, and instead may field his sister Faryal Talpur for the parliamentary seat (NA-207).
Zardari has reportedly decided to continue leading his party without entering the parliament.
Although the PPP co-chairman has ...
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April 26th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): Calling for the restoration of judges suspended by President Pervez Musharraf last year, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday warned that if the suspension were not revoked the newly elected parliament could be dissolved.
Sharif said the judges should be restored before ...
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April 26th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
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Chennai, April 26 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Saturday that steps were being taken to combat inflation and price rise and there was no need to panic. "While there was no need to be elated when the price index fell from 7.41 to 7.14 percent last week, nobody ...
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April 26th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government didnt have any problem from President Pervez Musharraf, as the latter had brought pro-democracy forces into power, and had earlier himself doffed off his uniform.
He has been President for eight years. He has ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr.25 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has termed the petition relating to the plea for halting the parliament moving resolution for the restoration of judges as not maintainable, and dismissed it.
Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam, in whose court this petition was presented, after a brief hearing and examining ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The uproar over Shipping and Surface Transport Minister T.R. Baalu's moves to expedite gas allocation to companies owned by his sons continued in both houses of parliament Friday. In the Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced an adjournment while in the Lok Sabha ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 7:05 am ICT by admin
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