New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday decided to extend the President's rule in Jharkhand for six more months beyond July 18, inviting angry reactions from the opposition Bharatiya ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday extended the six-month-old President's rule in Jharkhand by six months beyond July 18. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by ...

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend the extension of President Rule beyond July 18 for second six month spell, as no party or group ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday decided to extend president's rule in Jharkhand for another six months beyond July 18. The decision was taken on the basis of Governor ...

Kathmandu, June 10 (ANI): The new CPN (UML) coalition and the CPN (Maoist) have agreed to find a way out of the current political impasse' by adopting a 'middle path' acceptable to ...

Chennai, May 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi is reported to have decided not to push for a berth in the ...

Chennai, May 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M Karunanidhi is said to have reached a compromise with senior party leaders individually at his residence ...

By C. Uday Bhaskar The firm action being taken by the militaries of Pakistan and Sri Lanka against the Taliban and the remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealem (LTTE) respectively ...

Islamabad, Mar.11 (ANI): Fears of return of military rule or a change of regime in Pakistan gained momentum on Wednesday after a report in Fox News indicated a source as telling ...

Pretoria/Brussels, Jan 27 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tuesday blasted as "malicious" assurances given by southern African leaders at the end of a 12-hour summit that the party had ...

Pretoria, Jan 26 (DPA) Police in South Africa fired rubber bullets at hundreds of people protesting outside government buildings over the crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, injuring at least one.The protest took place ...

Johannesburg, Dec 17 (DPA) Zimbabwe's neighbours in the Southern African Development Community Wednesday announced a new mechanism for delivering urgent humanitarian aid to the crisis-hit southern African country.South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, ...

New York, Sep 12 (DPA) The US and Britain have called for more pressure on Myanmar to end its defiance of demands for democratic progress and the release of political prisoners, including ...

Islamabad , Aug 30 (ANI): The Americans harbour designs of breaking up Pakistan said Senator Nisar A. Memon of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q. Memon, while referring to a research report by Professor ...

Islamabad, Aug.17 (ANI): If Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf opts to resign from office; Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani''s coalition government is willing to forgive all his acts, sources privy to the ...

Islamabad , Aug 16 (ANI): The PPP-led coalition government is Islamabad has said that it would wait for the next 48 hours for President Pervez Musharrf to resign, else it would ...

DPA Islamabad, Aug 12 (DPA) Legislators in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) Tuesday passed a no-trust resolution against President Pervez Musharraf, who stands on the brink of impeachment over accusations of misconduct. The ...

Kathmandu, August 10 (ANI): The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) and Nepali Congress (NC) on Sunday locked horns over their claim for Defence Ministry as hectic parleys continued between the political ...

Washington , July 10 (ANI): In a bid to avoid facing any more embarrassment over his partys long pending demand of restoration of sacked judges issue, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, currently ...

DPA Harare, July 9 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition party Wednesday denied it was engaged in talks with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF on sharing power as Mugabe's goverment accused the G8 group of wealthy nations ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) With political impasse persisting over the nuclear deal, US Congressman Gary Ackerman Thursday asked India to conclude the next steps before September, failing which it will be ...

DPA Johannesburg/Harare, June 29 (DPA) Journalists and diplomats were invited to attend the swearing-in Sunday afternoon of Zimbabwe's longtime leader Robert Mugabe as president for the next five years following elections he alone ...

Kathmandu, June 14 (ANI): The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has stated that Maoists did not have people's mandate to lead the country alone, Khanal said ...

DPA New York, May 23 (DPA) The UN Security Council Thursday declared its strong support for the agreement reached this week by Lebanese parties to end 18 months of political impasse. The council ...

DPA Doha/Beirut, May 21 (DPA) Qatar revealed Wednesday details of an agreement reached by Lebanon's rival powers to elect a president within 24 hours and form a national unity government after five ...

DPA Doha, May 20 (DPA) Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Bin Abduallah al-Mahmoud said Tuesday that the Arab ministerial committee made two proposals for Lebanon's ruling majority and the opposition to solve ...

Xinhua Nairobi, April 10 (Xinhua) Kenyan leaders are under intense pressure from the international community to resume talks on forming a coalition government in a bid to end the current political impasse in ...

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday reminded Indian leaders that "the clock is ticking" to conclude the nuclear agreement before the US Congress gets entangled in election-year ...

Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has created conditions which can contribute to the ongoing destabilisation and fragmentation of Pakistan, claims Professor Michel Chossudovsky of the ...

Washington, Nov.26 (ANI): U.S. efforts to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda forces along the Afghan border could come unstuck if there is no end in sight to the ongoing political upheaval ...