The coffin of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez was taken to a military academy where he will lie in state for three days, as throngs of weeping supporters swarmed Caracas streets to bid farewell. ...
10:44 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The PM tore into the main opposition party on Wednesday, criticising its India Shining campaign and saying that UPA had achieved higher growth than the NDA. ...
10:03 PM, Mar 06, 2013
It was a clash of couplets between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha as the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address peaked on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, while replying to the debate, attacked BJP with an Urdu couplet saying "Humko hai unse wafa ke umeed, jo jante nai hai wafa kya hai (We are expecting loyalty from those who...
09:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the political instability in Maldives and hoped that it will have "free, fair and credible" elections in September, which India would support. With Maldives witnessing a tussle between the Waheed government and former President Mohamed Nasheed, Singh said India wants all stakeholders in the island nation to resolve the issues "through dialogue". ...
08:00 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed walked out of the court without being sentenced to a jail term after the hearing against him was deferred for at least four more weeks. The case was deferred on the request of his lawyers. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Morality and prudence are polar opposite virtues, which when hold hands deliver political master strokes to those who wield them. For the heinous crimes of ...
01:37 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Venezuelans mourned the death of Hugo Chavez and prepared on Wednesday for his body to lie in state as attention turns to a new election to succeed the socialist leader after 14 years of tumultuous and divisive rule. The 58-year-old president died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer that was first detected in his pelvis. He had suffered multiple complications following his latest operation on December 11 and...
01:15 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Amidst flaring of tension between the United States and Venezuela following the death of its President Hugo Chavez, US President Barack Obama has said that America is interested in developing a "constructive" relationship with the Venezuelan people. ...
10:50 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Reactions to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were as mixed, polemical and outsized as the leader was in life, with some saying his passing was a tragic loss and others calling it an opportunity for Venezuela to escape his long shadow. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 06, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday refused to be drawn into a controversy over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comments that he would have been a better choice for prime minister than Manmohan Singh, saying they could make their "own assessment". ...
12:47 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Hugo Chavez, who was in Cuba for two months for the treatment, has returned to Cuba. ...
02:46 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was on Tuesday detained in the island country's capital Male in connection with a case of abuse of power. Nasheed is likely to be produced on Wednesday. ...
02:37 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta had an early edge as Kenya continued the count on Tuesday in a presidential election that brought out millions of voters despite pockets of violence that killed at least 15 people. Kenyans, who waited patiently in long lines, hope the vote will restore the nation's image as one of Africa's more stable democracies after tribal blood-letting killed more than 1,200 people when the result of the 2007 vote...
12:05 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Parliament on Tuesday was adjourned till noon over the killing of Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq, with BSP chief Mayawati seeking suspension of the question hour. The former UP chief minister also demanded that the Governor should send a report for President's rule in the state. ...
11:45 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's breathing problems have worsened and he is suffering from a "severe" new respiratory infection as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery, the government said in a somber medical update on Monday. The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public nor heard from in almost three months since undergoing the operation in Cuba. It was his fourth surgery since the disease was detected in...
11:16 AM, Mar 05, 2013
There was a minor explosion outside the Sanargaon Pan-Pacific hotel where President Pranab Mukherjee was scheduled to stay during his 3-day Bangladesh visit. There were no reports of any damage or casualty. No one was injured in the blast which took place around 2 pm, said Apoorva Hassan, the officer in-charge of Tejgaon police station. ...
02:18 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday demanded President's rule in Uttar Pradesh after a police officer was killed in clashes in Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. Villagers went on a rampage on Sunday after a gram pradhan was murdered as a result of land dispute with Raja Bhaiya's driver. ...
10:33 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Bangladesh's key Opposition leader Khaleda Zia cancelled a plan meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday even as fresh violence marred his first foreign trip since taking over presidency. "We had fixed a time for Khaleda Zia to call on the President. The President was in fact looking forward to this meeting. An experience shows that during such hartals, the meeting with the President will not be suitable," said Indian ...
10:09 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Twenty one more people have been killed in clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) supporters and police taking the toll to about 80 after a tribunal awarded death penalty to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee for 1971 war crimes. A two-day strike called by JI that started on Sunday coincided with President Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit to the country. ...
09:20 AM, Mar 04, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee will be honoured by Bangaldesh Government on Monday in recognition of his contribution to the struggle that led to the birth of this nation 42 years ago. ...
08:50 PM, Mar 03, 2013
