Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday slapped a ban on political rallies for a month to maintain law and order in the wake of deadly protests by Islamists that left at least 28 people dead earlier in May 2013. "Some political parties have caused a law and order problem in the name of holding their programmes. Hence, no one would be allowed to hold any kind of rally for the next one month," Home Minister Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir said.
"We (however) admit that one has a right to hold rallies and public meetings, but we wave to impose the restriction in the interest of maintaining law and order," he said. Ruling Awami League general secretary and local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam, however, said the decision was taken for smoother relief operations as the country's southeastern coastlines were battered by a cyclone two days ago.
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02:40 AM, May 20, 2013
Tokyo: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons. He also vowed Washington would protect its Asian allies against any provocative acts by the North, but said it wants a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the region. "We are prepared to reach out but we need (the)...
06:45 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Saharanpur: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Friday hit out the SP and BSP for extending support to the UPA government saying the two political parties have cheated the people by backing Congress and its allies at the Centre. "Despite their differences with the Congress, both SP and BSP have cheated people by supporting the UPA government," he said in public rally in Saharanpur. "The UPA government does not have the...
02:55 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Iran said it has found significant new deposits of raw uranium to feed its nuclear programme and has identified sites for 16 more nuclear power stations, just days before talks with the US and its allies over its disputed atomic programme. The Iran Atomic Energy Organisation report cited by state news agency IRNA on Saturday said the deposits were found in "southern coastal areas" and had trebled the amount outlined...
06:48 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Gearing up for the 2014 general elections, Congress on Friday kickstarted the process of identifying new allies and exploring avenues to reach out to those who have parted ways with the ruling coalition. ...
03:57 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Gearing up for Assembly polls in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said its leaders are in talks with political parties to look for possible alliances in the three northeastern states. The lists of candidates have almost been finalised by party's election committee, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. ...
07:25 PM, Jan 20, 2013
Allies of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez swept nearly all of Venezuela's 23 states in Sunday's regional vote, but Henrique Capriles consolidated his position as top opposition leader by winning re-election as governor. The 40-year-old governor of Miranda beat Chavez's former vice president Elias Jaua to retain his job at the head of Venezuela's second-most populous state Miranda, leaving him as candidate-in-waiting if Chavez's ill health forces him to step aside....
10:19 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Wednesday claimed that the disruption in the House is a tactic adopted by the UPA government and its allies in order to stay way from the FDI debate. Jaitley accused the government of diversionary tactics in the Rajya Sabha and said that the UPA constituents have been deliberately disrupting proceedings to avoid the vote. ...
01:10 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Keeping his campaign energy high, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address supporters on Wednesday in rallies at Dakor, Kalol Wankaner, Bhuj and Rajkot. ...
08:49 AM, Dec 05, 2012
The BJP will organise election rallies at 55 venues across Saurashtra and South Gujarat on Sunday to be addressed by its senior leaders, party sources said on Saturday. ...
10:40 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host a dinner for the BJP leaders on Saturday to win over political support for retail FDI ahead of the crucial Winter Session. After playing host to UPA allies on Friday night, the Prime Minister will continue his dinner diplomacy by hosting senior BJP leaders at his residence on Saturday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma...
07:34 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Bangalore: The agitation against release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu hit Bangalore on Friday with religious leaders, Kanndada film actors, members of Kannada organizations and politicians taking out rallies. The rallies coincided with the visit of a team of central government officials to Cauvery basin areas in the state to assess water availability and the requirements of Karnataka. The two-member team arrived here on Thursday and had talks...
02:21 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday hit out at Congress saying its isolation is complete with UPA allies not being able to live up with its "arrogance" after indications emerged that Trinamool Congress may consider pulling out its ministers from the Centre over diesel hike and FDI issues. Party leader Balbir Punj also demanded that a special session of Parliament should be summoned and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign immediately....
03:22 AM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: With the "crisis"-ridden economy posing "testing times" for the country's leadership, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday appealed to UPA allies to allow FDI in multi-brand retail and support other key reforms. "These are testing times for the country, for the leadership (both in the government and industry)...we recognise with absolute clarity that we are going through a crisis ...," Sharma said after unveiling annual supplement...
04:58 AM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Hemmed in by the Opposition and UPA constituents, which are protesting against petrol price hike, Congress on Friday sought to put up a brave front saying there was nothing wrong if allies express their concern on the issue. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari also indicated that a revision in prices could be made in the next few days. "We do hope that our sentiment will be respected. We had...
12:37 AM, May 26, 2012
Coimbatore: CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Thursday came down heavily on Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and some other UPA allies terming them as 'hyprocrites' on various issues, including the petrol price hike. If Mamata was really concerned about the well-being of the people, why was she not withdrawing support to the Centre, Karat asked on the sidelines of a demonstration organised by CPI-M's...
12:20 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday attacked UPA alleging it was gripped by "policy paralysis" and said it was on a "shaky footing" as it bowed to dictates of alliance partners. On the conclusion of the budget session of Parliament, the party said in a statement that it "has once again brought to fore the policy paralysis which has gripped the UPA ever since the corruption within its ranks got...
02:12 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi get ready to present their report card for the UPA-II's third year, it seems there would not be much to celebrate. It has been a year of controversies for the UPA-II... attacks, couter-attacks... angry and sulking allies... and finally defeat. The fact that the PMO had to send repeated reminders to ministers to send their list of achievements...
07:29 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Battling serious perceptions of policy paralysis, the UPA government completes three years in office in its second term tomorrow amidst uncertainty over passage of key economic legislations and decisions like FDI in retail and faces tough challenges in the run up to the general elections two years hence. Hopping from crisis to crisis, particularly in the last more than a year, the government presents a picture completely different...
02:41 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday the government needs to take some difficult decisions such as capping subsidies and controlling expenditure to bring down the fiscal deficit in the next few months to get the Indian economy back on the growth track. "We cannot go on with the approach that is divorced from the reality. Difficult decisions will have to be taken in the coming months," Mukherjee...
01:51 AM, Mar 25, 2012
