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Shimla, March 16 (IANS) Expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) support base to bring it back to power is the main priority, said Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said, after being named a party general secretary.
Talking to reporters here, Nadda said: ‘We will try to strengthen the party by expanding its cadre, their ideological [...]

Colombo, Mar 15(ANI): Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press for equal rights for the community.
In a manifesto for parliamentary elections on April 8, the TNA also pledged to lobby the international community to help the islands’ Tamil ethnic minority following [...]

Ottawa, Mar. 5 (ANI): General David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, has stated that Canada’s decision to pull out troops from Afghanistan has come at a time when the NATO forces are heading toward a decisive victory against the Taliban.
“Having worked hard this past year to get the inputs right … now [the [...]

London, Sep 12 (ANI): MG Rover’s director paid his lover 1.7 million pounds for a year’s work, according to a report on the collapse of the car manufacturing giant.

In May 2000, the Phoenix consortium-John Towers, Nick Stephenson, Peter Beale and John Edwards-acquired the business for a nominal 10 pounds from BMW.

BMW ensured that MG [...]

Mumbai, Sep 9 (ANI): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief Nandan Nilekani said on Wednesday that at least 60 crore people would get their identity cards in next five years.

“We expect to give Unique Identification Numbers (UIDs) to at least 600 million citizens [...]

Sydney, Sep. 6 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA) on Sunday urged the Australian Government to take steps for the welfare of students who are stranded after the closure of private colleges.

The FISA blamed Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard for failing to stop “the spin on the state of affairs” within [...]

Kolkata, Sep 4 (ANI): Minister for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid will inaugurate an International Conference on Convergence of Corporate Governance Norms here on Saturday.

The two-day Conference is being organized by IIT Kharagpur in association [...]

New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI) : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the departed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajsekhar Reddy as “a dynamic and tall leader of the party”.

Speaking to reporters after the Congress Committee meeting Singh said, “We express great sorrow on the untimely demise of [...]

Rawalpindi, Aug 24 (ANI): The rule of former Pakistan army chiefs-General Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf had badly damaged the image of the armed forces, according to Director-General Inter Services Public Relations Major- General Athar Abbas.

The views of Major- General Abbas were expressed in an article available on [...]

London, July 11 (ANI): British Chief of Defence Staff Sir Jock Stirrup has insisted that the Taliban is losing the fight in Afghanistan.

The top British general was defending the bloodiest 24-hour period for ground troops since operations began.

He sent his condolences [...]

Washington, July 11 (ANI): A team of international experts has determined that governments have largely failed to seriously implement integrated management in coastal zones, placing people at risk of disasters such as hurricane Katrina and the Banda Aceh tsunami.

This was the conclusion of 40 international [...]

On Board special flight, July 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that Nandan Nilekani’s appointment has been widely welcomed and there would be involvement of more and more top intellectuals in process of governance.

Addressing a press conference onboard after attending the G8-G5 summit at L’Aquila in Italy, Dr. Singh said, “I [...]

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) at Manav Rachna Education Society in Faridabad.

The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of [...]

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, will be leading the Indian delegation to the forthcoming Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies to be held from July 11-12, 2009 in Lisbon.

India is a member of the Community of Democracies (CoD), a unique forum that [...]

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja said on Tuesday that sustainable development needs to be inclusive and different from mere economic development of the past, and its benefits must last well into the next generation, and beyond.

Delivering the inaugural address at the launch of Habitat Business [...]

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Hours before his departure for the G8-G5 summit in Italy, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said he would project India’s views on major global issues relating to the world economic and financial crisis.

“During my visit, I will discuss several issues relating to the world economic and financial crisis and [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will establish an online database with identity and biometric details of Indian residence and provide enrolment and verification services across the country.

Presenting the budget proposals for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, Mukherjee [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee began presenting India’s budget for this fiscal in the Lok Sabha Monday, promising all that his government can do to ensure inclusive growth and address the growing aspirations of the country’s young population.
Dressed in a spotless white bandgala suit, the 73-year-old politician said the United Progressive [...]

Mussoorie, July 4 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said the UPA Government is keen to create more growth opportunities to ensure inclusive growth and bring positive changes in the lives of people.

Launching the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration here, President Pail said the Centre has chalked out [...]

Islamabad, June 30 (ANI): Over 100,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are currently operational in Pakistan, the country’s National Assembly has been informed.

Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Samina Khalid Ghurki informed the NA in a written statement: “It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 NGOs working in the country. However, due to [...]