Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma may have got the backing of the BJD and the AIADMK for his candidature for President, but it is still not clear whether his own party, the NCP, will support his bid. According to Mr Sangma, NCP chief Sharad Pawar told him at a meeting this morning that since [...]
May 18 2012 | Posted in
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A woman in China’s Shanxi province has been detained for allegedly torturing her seven-year-old step-daughter to death. According to the autopsy report, the girl, identified as Xiao Ran, had bruises and burns all over her body and blood filled her belly which suffered blunt blows. Doctors said she died of septic shock due to abdomen [...]
May 18 2012 | Posted in
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The Inter-Governmental Council meeting for CASA-1000 attended by the power ministers of the four countries agreed to take concrete measures for the implementation of the project, according to a statement issued here at the end of the two-day talks in Dubai. Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar signed the protocol on behalf [...]
May 18 2012 | Posted in
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New Delhi: The rift between the Air India staff and the govt has complicated with the govt now blaming the employees of causing massive financial losses. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told Parliament on Thursday that the Cautious Department was investigating 161 cases of irregularities. The ministry accepted that there has been an increase in [...]
May 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: 4 pilots were killed on Thursday when 2 Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer planes collided in the country’s northwest, police said. The accident took position at about 10.20 am when two trainer planes slammed into one another while on a routine training flight over the Rashakai area of Nowshera, a district some 100 km [...]
May 17 2012 | Posted in
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The iron grip of the two main parties on America’s presidential politics looks safe at least for another four years after an attempt to generate a bi-partisan third party movement fell at the first hurdle. Americans Elect announced that despite $35m raised and more than 400,000 online delegates gathered, no candidate had attracted sufficient support [...]
May 17 2012 | Posted in
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Washington: Targeting on the “nexus of crime and terrorism” in South Asia, the US has designated underworld don Dawood Ibrahim`s two top aides Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon as key drug traffickers and slapped sanctions on them. The US Department of the Treasury`s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 57-year-old Chhota Shakeel and 52-year-old [...]
May 16 2012 | Posted in
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Reopening the supply route would be a major breakthrough in ties between Washington and Islamabad. Strained relations have fuelled speculation Pakistan might be excluded from NATO talks on Afghanistan’s future. Pakistan closed down the supply lines for the Afghan war effort following the NATO air strike in November that killed 24 Pakistani [...]
May 16 2012 | Posted in
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As if becoming the first black president wasn’t momentous enough, Barack Obama has just been handed a new title: “First gay president.” A Newsweek magazine cover bestowed that distinction on Obama this weekwith a picture of the president and a rainbow halo. If you view that as a naked attempt to grab your attention, capitalize on the [...]
May 15 2012 | Posted in
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Beijing: China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful on Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison in their hair for him to touch during blessings. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the Tibetan spiritual leader’s allegations, reported in the London-based Sunday Telegraph newspaper, were not [...]
May 15 2012 | Posted in
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