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The Northern Territory Police Commissioner has announced he is going to push for reduced alcohol sales at Darwin’s Marrara Stadium, after watching the behaviour at Saturday night’s NTFL grand final.
Commissioner John McRoberts said he was concerned by the level of drunkenness at the game.
He said he planned to raise it with the Liquor Licensing Commissioner.
He [...]

New Delhi, Sep.10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday put the onus of unveiling the conspiracy behind the Mumbai attacks on Pakistan.

While confirming that the foreign secretaries of the two countries – Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir – would be meeting [...]

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Saturday claimed that the spread of swine flu pandemic had been largely contained with the efforts of Government and crucial role played by media in educating [...]

New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here today to discuss the drought situation in many parts of the country and rising prices of essential commodities.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called for the meeting to discuss ways to deal with the situation.

The meeting is taking place at [...]

Sharm-el- Sheikh (Egypt), July 15 (ANI): Speaking shortly after a late night meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon here, a visibly tired Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Basheer said he brought up the issue of the resumption of the composite dialogue between the two countries.

He said: “The composite dialogue provides avenues for specific [...]

Cairo (Egypt), July 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna has said that New Delhi would like a visible response from Islamabad, which should have commitment to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Sharm-al Shaikh here [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): The United States has said that India has been the biggest sufferer of terrorism, and that it sincerely wants to help New Delhi overcome the crises and stabilize the region.

Inaugurating a confirmation hearing for Timothy Roemer, who has been nominated as new US Ambassador to India, Democrat Senator John Kerry pointed [...]

On Board, July 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Sunday said that Pakistan was sending conflicting signals on punishing the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks which occurred last November.

Krishna criticised Islamabad for not taking concrete steps to challenge a Pakistani court’s order to release Hafiz Mohammad Sayeed, the founder of the [...]

Aurangabad, May 20 (ANI): Farmers in Aurangabad region of Maharashtra have sought compensation from the State Government as thousands of deer have damaged their crops after sneaking from nearby forest areas.

The deer have destroyed the cotton and orange crops but also the grass surrounding the agricultural lands which the farmers use for their livestock.

“The [...]

Lahore, Apr 23 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram has said the PCB should not totally rely on the local administration and take steps itself to improve the security for players and foreign teams.

“They have the required funds. The board must buy bullet and explosive proof buses for players. The players’ enclosures should [...]

On board aircraft to Madhya Pradesh, Apr.22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani, on Wednesday declared that if the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was elected to power at the end of this year’s general elections, one of his first tasks would be to scrap the joint-anti-terrorism mechanism that exists between [...]

Ottawa, April 13 (IANS) Protesting Tamils in Canada have sought Sri Lanka’s ouster from the Commonwealth and international trade and travel embargo against it for the ‘genocide’ of innocent civilians in the conflict zone.
The Tamils, who have been protesting outside parliament for the past six days, have also launched a hunger strike to draw attention [...]

Jammu, April 9 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Thursday said his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would work to re-initiate peace talks between India and Pakistan.
‘With the support of the people the PDP will persuade both India and Pakistan to re-initiate the peace process and take concrete steps for the solution [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama laid out his vision for the 21st century in the heart of Europe on Sunday in a speech that called to mind those of two famous forerunners.
Where John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan came to show solidarity with a divided Europe living in the shadow of a nuclear arms race, Obama [...]

Prague – US President Barak Obama is likely to face pressure from Washington’s European Union (EU) allies at an US-EU summit in Prague to draw up concrete measures to combat global warming.
After delivering a speech in central Prague calling for world action to face up to the threat posed by nuclear proliferation, Obama was [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama laid out his vision for the 21st century in the heart of Europe on Sunday in a speech that called to mind those of two famous forerunners.
Where John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan came to show solidarity with a divided Europe living in the shadow of a nuclear arms race, Obama [...]

President Barack Obama set out his vision for ridding the world of nuclear arms on Sunday, declaring the United States ready to lead steps by all states with atomic weapons to slash their arsenals.
Delivering a speech given new urgency by North Korea’s rocket launch hours earlier, Obama said the United States would go ahead with [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama set out his vision and strategy for ridding the world of nuclear weapons on Sunday, vowing to involve all states with atomic weapons in the process of reducing arsenals.
Delivering a speech given fresh urgency by North Korea’s rocket launch hours earlier, Obama made it clear the United States would still go [...]

London, April 2 (IANS) As G20 leaders Thursday started a summit here on how to resolve the current global financial crisis, a draft joint statement called for a $500-billion extra funds for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
This was the precise demand made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a reception hosted by his British counterpart [...]

London – US President Barack Obama swept onto the world stage at this week’s summit of the world’s top economic powers with a charm offensive that helped to mark the launch of a new era in American foreign relations.
Obama said he came with the intention of showing leadership by “listening and learning” during a [...]