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 […]
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 […]
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday said there was no hurdle in formation of separate Telangana state. A day after the Andhra Pradesh assembly passed a resolution rejecting the state reorganization bill, he told reporters in the national capital that the bill will be passed during the parliament session, beginning Feb 5. “The bill will […]
Condemning the six-eight percent power tariff hike, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday said the power companies should have waited for the CAG audit reports of the firms. People in Delhi will have to shell out more money for electricity consumed from Saturday as the power companies have increased power tariff. “The government is of […]
The Supreme Court Friday said that a judge should only act within the legal parameters, established judicial process and decorum and shun passions and subjectivities as his only master is “duty to truth”. “Thus, a judge should abandon his passion. He must constantly remind himself that he has a singular master ‘duty to truth’ and […]
blasAhead of hearing of the case in India’s apex court, Italy has blasted India’s handling of the case of the two Italian marines as “contradictory and disconcerting”. Italy has also said that it will work among its international partners to raise awareness of the plight of the marines who are facing trial in India for […]
A Sealdah-bound suburban train derailed near Dum Dum station in the city Saturday. There were no casualties, an official said. “We are yet to determine the reasons which caused six coaches of the train to derail. Fortunately, no casualty or injuries has been reported,” an Eastern Railway spokesperson said. “The derailment has affected suburban rail […]
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party Friday gave a call to observe a nationwide strike Monday in protest against the death sentence awarded to its chief Matiur Rahamn Nizami in a 10-truck arms haul case. Shafiqur Rahman, the party’s acting secretary general, made the announcement about the dawn-to-dusk strike in a statement Friday night, Xinhua reported. He described […]