A two-month campaign started Sunday for the upcoming presidential election slated for April 5 in Afghanistan, where security remains a major challenge. “The presidential candidates’ political campaign officially started Sunday and will close April 2 or 48 hours before the election day,” an official of the Afghan Election Commission told Xinhua. Afghanistan’s third presidential and […]
aapThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fast-tracked preparations for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. While more than 1,300 applications have come for the state’s 80 seats, party insiders say the leadership is keen on finalizing “known, clean and formidable” names against heavyweights of other political parties. Sources say former TV journalist Ashutosh, now […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday rued the neglect of museology as a subject of study, and said Indian museums should change strategies to become institutions of learning. Inaugurating the bicentenary celebrations of the Indian Museum, the oldest of its kind in the country, the prime minister said the role and purpose of museums all over […]
Voting in Thailand’s general elections ended at 3 p.m. Sunday and ballot counting has begun. The results will not be announced Sunday. The vote count will be sent to the Election Commission and rsults will be released after the by-elections for advance voting and blocked polling stations. The elections were boycotted by the opposition and […]
A Pakistani newspaper Sunday questioned the government’s policy towards militancy after Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar addressed a rally in Muzaffarabad. After a long gap, Masood Azhar addressed any rally, reaching out to the audience over telephone in the capital of “Azad Kashmir”, the Dawn reported. Masood Azhar is said to be the brain […]
In a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday blamed it for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. “Has anybody thought about the law and order situation of the state (UP)?” Modi asked at a rally here, adding that the SP should be […]
Apprised about various issues faced by West Bengal, like rising cases of crime against women, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday assured action including sending an NCW team to probe reported cases, the state Congress Sunday said. A team of Congress leaders, led by state chief Pradip Bhattacharya, met Manmohan Singh who was in the city […]
cIndian Americans, who have the highest income among America’s multicultural groups, save much of their higher household income for their children’s college education, according to a new study. This heavy emphasis on higher education, however, leads to times when Indian Americans prioritise saving for their children over saving for themselves, according to the third biennial […]
roThe first step has been taken for the long-harassed Mumbai commuters experiencing an era of world-class travel with the country’s first Monorail. Used to dirty, cramped, uncomfortable – though extremely reliable – suburban trains and BEST buses, the Monorail is like a breath of fresh air on the 8.9-km-long journey. After a series of successful […]
Twitter has acquired more than 900 patents from computing giant IBM, ending a dispute between the two companies, a joint announcement said Friday. The statement said the two firms entered into a patent cross-license agreement as part of a deal giving the patents to the messaging platform. “This acquisition of patents from IBM and licensing […]