Islamabad: There has been a delay in the announcement of results of the general elections in Pakistan due to the "transparent process" and "legal procedures" adopted by the election commission, a top official said on Sunday.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan, however, said that there should be no doubt about the poll results, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Addressing a news conference Khan said the delay in the announcement of the results was due to the transparent process and legal procedures adopted by the ECP.
He assured that this time the process was so designed that no tampering of results was possible....
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04:22 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed 23 states and five union territories to file status report on the implementation of the notification issued by them banning the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine. The apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi an Justice Kurien Joseph also directed the remaining states and union territories to explain the reasons why they had not imposed the ban...
03:48 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Boeing Co told two European airlines their deliveries of 787 Dreamliner jets would be delayed, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the future of the plane and the mounting costs related to its grounding. ...
03:20 AM, Feb 09, 2013
A 19-year-old woman was killed by her father in Odisha as she was late in serving food to him, police said on Wednesday. ...
03:40 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Chennai: Over 100 Kuala Lumpur-bound passengers were stranded at the airport here for over four hours due to a delay in the arrival of the Air Asia flight from Malaysia, airport sources said on Saturday. The flight was to have left at around 8 15 AM on Saturday, but there was a delay in its arrival, they said. The 128 passengers who reached the airport around 5 am were informed...
12:31 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Air India on Monday said its Mumbai-Newark and Delhi-New York flights have been "indefinitely delayed" due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States. An Air India spokesperson said AI 191 Mumbai-Newark and AI 101 Delhi-New York have been indefinitely delayed due to the hurricane. Passengers have been informed and transit passengers have been provided hotel accommodation in Delhi, the spokesperson...
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has decided to continue the underground Metro station in front of Vidhana Soudha as the state government is delaying a decision on its request to remove a statue of B R Ambedkar from there. Dalit organisations have strongly opposed the removal of the statue and this has led the government to delay the decision on it. The cost of such a delay...
12:54 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: Delays in execution of mega infrastructure projects has seen a massive Rs 52,446 crore jump in their original cost estimates. The cost escalation has gone up by 36 per cent from Rs 1,45,271 crore to Rs 1,97,716 crore as on May 31, 2012, official figures state. The cost overrun pertains to 28 power projects, 36 railway projects and 84 schemes of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)....
03:31 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Bangalore: Citing inordinate delay in the trial of the disproportionate asset case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, former Advocate General BV Acharya on Tuesday resigned as Special Public Prosecutor in the case. He submitted his resignation letter to the Principal Secretary, Home Department, citing inordinate delay in the trial, which he said had caused a lot of strain and also various attempts to dislodge him from the post which...
05:51 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Bangalore: Although the authorities of BMRCL have claimed that the Reach 3 of Metro will be operational by December, the onset of monsoon has indicated a delay. An urban infrastructure expert suggests that the project could be delayed by at least 30 days. However, apart from the scanty rains, the routine approval procedure too, could delay the project. A week after meetings on line construction over Malleswaram Railway Station concluded,...
01:32 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Chennai: Though scores of Airports Authority of India staff, immigration officials, customs officers, security guards and taxi drivers kept the brand new Anna International Terminal buzzing, the first flight that landed for the trial run kept them waiting for almost an hour. The Sri Lankan Airways flight UL 127 carrying 227 passengers arrived at 3.15 pm as opposed to the original scheduled time of 2.25 pm. However, once the plane...
12:35 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Bangalore: Criticising the state government for delaying the appointment of Lokayukta, former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on Wednesday said, For one year, the Lokayuktas post has been kept vacant. If the owner of a company is absent for a long time, the productivity of that company will certainly come down and it is the same case with the Lokayuta. Speaking at a programme organised by Bazm-e-Niswan Charitable Trust to distribute...
01:37 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Hyderabad: Dousing the hopes of Telangana protagonists who are expecting a favourable decision on separate statehood after the presidential elections on July 19, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday indicated that a decision is not in the offing. Stating that there are wheels within wheels, he said the Congress would have to take into consideration several factors. The issue cannot be looked at in isolation. The party will take...
01:15 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Toronto: A delay in the launch of the new generation of BlackBerrys until next year will give retailers more time to focus on the revamped smartphones once they hit store shelves, Research In Motion Ltd's new marketing chief said on Monday. In the latest upbeat salvo in a week-long media blitz from the embattled company, Frank Boulben said the launch delay from late 2012 to early 2013 - after the...
10:27 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Cromwell: A struggling Arjun Atwal shot a birdie in the flawless six holes that he managed to complete in the weather-hit second round and remained in the hunt to make the weekend cut at the Travelers Championship here. Atwal, who has disappointed this season with a series of missed cuts, is now even through 24 holes and has 12 more to play in the second round. He is currently on...
02:11 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Mumbai: The much-anticipated Mumbai Metro Railway project has been delayed by eight months and is now expected to be operational by March 2013, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here on Tuesday. "Owing to certain impediments, the project has suffered delays and we hope to make it operational by March next year," Chavan told mediapersons. According to the current plan, the project's first phase, providing a 12 km east-west Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor,...
10:09 AM, Jun 13, 2012
New York: The CEO of the Nasdaq stock exchange says it is "humbly embarrassed" by its bungling of Facebook's hugely anticipated debut as a public company on Friday. Robert Greifeld tells news media there's no indication the delay contributed to the underwhelming performance of Facebook's stock, which ended at $38.23 - 23 cents above where it began. Facebook's stock was expected to start trading at 11 a.m. but didn't open...
10:14 AM, May 21, 2012
CHENNAI: Though milling crowds and anxious passengers are not a rarity at the Chennai Central Railway station, Monday was a particularly bad day. Following the derailment of a three bogies of a goods train near Katpadi, around 12 trains along the arterial line, faced up to five hour delays. The fact that most of them were vacationers setting out to Bengaluru, Kerala and other places, added to their frustration. All...
08:36 AM, May 08, 2012
BANGALORE: It has been more than an year since the state cabinet recommended the Centre to rename Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) as Kempegowda International Airport, but that possibility seems far from reality. Sources say that none from the state government, including MPs, MLAs, ministers or Union Ministers from Karnataka, have so far pressurised the Union Government to rename the Bangalore International Airport after Kempegowda.A few months ago, Bangalore South MP...
08:56 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Mumbai: Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau has rejected rumours about delay of 'Avatar 2', saying there is no question of delay as a date for its release was never set. In India to oversee the 3D release of 'Titanic', Jon told IANS, " 'Avatar 2' has not been delayed. We never set a date for it to delay it. We are in very early stages of pre-production and we want to...
02:16 PM, Mar 26, 2012
