The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan. ...
03:59 AM, Feb 12, 2013
London: Britain will withdraw 3,800 troops, almost half of the current force serving in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province, by the end of 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today. Cameron told the Parliament that 3,800 British troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan next year. Troop numbers are already being reduced from 9,500 to 9,000 before Christmas. And numbers would fall to about 5,200 by the end of 2013, Cameron...
09:25 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: 3.44 pm TMC ministers plan to stage dharna at Jantar Mantar on September 30. 3.43 pm: TMC leaders leave to meet PM at 7 RCR. 3: 10 pm: Future is ours: Sudeep Bandopadhyay. 3: 09 pm: There is no credibility left in the UPA government: TMC MP Sudeep Bandopadhyay. 2: 42 pm: Congress ministers in West Bengal to resign from the state Cabinet at 5 pm on Saturday....
03:34 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Kolkata: Sticking to her decision to pull out from the UPA government, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said a section of channels were spreading "misinformation" and "trying to create confusion". "If I have something new to say, then I will let you know directly. I will reiterate that we have taken a decision, which is of the people, for the people and by the people and also...
02:44 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has said that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government (UPA) will not last its full term till 2014. Demanding a special session of Parliament, Advani said, "After Trinamool Congress's (TMC) decision, the government has been destabilised. It is only a matter of time before it collapses." He continued, "The BJP will demand special session on FDI. FDI in retail should...
12:53 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Congress leader Jagdambika Pal has said that the party is confident that the Trinamool Congress will reverse its decision to withdraw support from the government. ...
11:40 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Congress holds a Core Group meet on Wednesday to decide on its future course of action, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has reportedly made it clear that its support to the UPA stands. BSP sources told mediapersons on Wednesday that party chief Mayawati was clearly opposed to early elections. "What will Mayawati gain by withdrawing support to the UPA?" they asked. "She will continue providing...
10:17 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The international media may be calling Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, a mercurial but powerful leader. Back home, the Opposition have hailed her as a brave woman after her decision to withdraw her ministers from the UPA government after it refused to give in to her demands to roll back the recent economic reforms, that included 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, announced by Prime...
08:01 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee finally walked the talk on Tuesday, withdrawing her support from the UPA-II government. She said her ministers will resign on Friday. Sources now say that Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to speak to her, albeit it could be too little, too late. Mamata announced her decision to withdraw from the government after a three-hour long marathon meeting and it was a decision which was in...
07:18 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Alappuzha: The SNDP Yogam has decided to withdraw the petition filed before the Supreme Court against the decision of the state government to implement 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward belonging to the upward communities in the state. SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has said that the Yogam has also decided to withdraw the impleading petition filed before the Supreme Court. The Jamaat Council had filed petitions...
01:30 PM, Aug 28, 2012
London: Half a million tickets for Olympic soccer matches have been withdrawn and stadium capacities reduced due to a lack of take-up, Games organisers said on Tuesday. Organisers will reduce capacities across venues by closing tiers of stadiums or whole sections of a ground. Even after the reduction, 250,000 soccer tickets are still available with a further 200,000 set to be put up for sale before the Games begin on...
09:08 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the petrol price hike, the Kerala government at a special cabinet meeting on Thursday decided to forgo the sales tax on petrol, reducing its price by Rs 1.63 per litre. "This will cost the exchequer Rs 218 crore," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters here. "I have also written to the prime minister, UPA chairperson and petroleum minister, saying that the hike will affect the people...
06:28 PM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Instead of diving into a "pseudo" reconciliation process to justify an early pullout of troops from Afghanistan, Obama Administration must pay attention on the fact that Taliban will use any negotiations to strengthen their hold in the country, an eminent US expert has said. The building blocks for genuine peace and stability in Afghanistan are simply not yet in place, said Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation. "The recent...
08:28 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Washington: The US is planning to end its combat operations in Afghanistan by mid 2013 and would switch to a "train-and-assist" role, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said. Last June, Obama ordered all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by the middle of 2012. "Hopefully, by mid- to the latter part of 2013, we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training, advice and...
09:25 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Washington: The United States still intends to withdraw some 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by 2012. The announcement was made by President Barack Obama in a letter to the US Congress. Obama also claimed that his administration had reversed the Taliban momentum. "We have seen great progress in our fight against al Qaeda; we have reversed the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan; and we continue to see progress in training the Afghan...
09:03 AM, Oct 01, 2011
Dubai: A special fatwa issued by a religious body here has permitted smokers to use nicotine patches during the month of Ramadan to deal with withdrawal symptoms, saying it does not violate the observance of fasting. The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) here issues list of fatwas daily to help Muslims observe their fast in the right manner during Ramadan. "Nicotine patches, which can help smokers to deal...
11:37 AM, Aug 03, 2011
Washington: A top US Senator has asked the Obama administration to end its counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan and instead focus on counter-terrorism efforts. Speaking just days before the Obama administration's planned announcement to reveal how many US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan in July, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez said the strategy in Afghanistan is not winnable. "Since 9-11, we are painfully aware that the world is a different...
12:25 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Patna: Altogether 661 candidates have filed their nominations for 48 assembly constituencies in Bihar going to poll in the third phase on October 28. A total of 661 candidates have submitted their documents in the 48 constituencies going to poll in the third phase on October 28, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kumar Anshumali said. Prominent among them are state ministers Renu Kumari (Bettiah), Brishen Patel (Vaishali), R C Sahni (Sugauli),...
12:34 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Baghdad: The US military command in Baghdad said on Friday that the number of forces still stationed in Iraq was 52,000, lower than the figure given on Thursday under the final pullout of combat troops. On Thursday it was said that 56,000 soldiers were still deployed in Iraq. But the military command said that was based on data from August 17 and was already outdated. Under the military drawdown plans,...
03:33 PM, Aug 20, 2010
15,000 soldiers to be pulled out from Jammu region. ...
06:30 PM, Oct 29, 2009
