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Councils from the western New South Wales region will seek assurances from the chief executive of Greater Western Area Health that there will be no more cutbacks at local hospitals.
Danny O’Connor is addressing the C Division Shires Association Conference in Warren this afternoon.
Representatives from the Bogan, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle, Wellington and Dubbo [...]

Wellington, Mar.16 (ANI): The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has decided to shift Pakistan’s next Davis Cup tie to New Zealand citing security reasons.
The Davis Cup committee of the ITF informed both nations that the Asia-Oceania Group II semifinal will be played in New Zealand from July 9-11 rather than in Pakistan or at a neutral [...]

Bareilly (UP), Mar 13 (ANI): A large part of Uttar Pradesh’’s Bareilly district is under curfew for the 13th day running today.
On Friday, at least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were injured when members of a community clashed with police to protest the release of a Muslim cleric.
The community members indulged in vandalism [...]

Imphal, Mar 10 (ANI): The efforts to bring the Kuki National Front (KNF) which signed an agreement for suspension of operations with the Union Government in 2005 to negotiating table have gained momentum following Union Home Secretary G K Pillai’s recent visit to the state.
Pillai held a series of meetings with the Kuki leaders.
Pillai [...]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki acknowledged on Sunday that he would probably need partners to gain a majority after the election on March 7, and said he was ready to join with Kurdish or other Shi’ite groups.
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“Alliances in forming the coming government are a must,” he said in remarks carried by the [...]

Varanasi, Sep. 16 (ANI): Police on Wednesday resorted to a baton charge angry Samajwadi Party workers who were protesting against the Mayawati Government’s policies.

The incident took place when Samajwadi Party activists went to hand over a memorandum to the district magistrate.

Several protestors were injured, while some others were arrested.

Samajwadi [...]

Islamabad, Sep. 16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that 36 Memorandums of Understanding have been signed between the Islamic country and China in the past year.

In an interview with the Guangming Daily, Zardari added that over 50 new joint collaboration have also been identified.

Lauding the China’s growth and development, Zardari said [...]

Gaya (Bihar), Sep 14 (ANI): Rebels from a Maoist group in Bihar recently quit and joined another group after they alleged that the former group had high caste ideology.

Defected activists of the Communist Party India (Maoist), which operates in and around Bihar and Jharkhand, allege that the group [...]

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Sep 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat was released on bail on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, she was taken into custody along with some All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) activists at the Tirupuragundram police station [...]

Islamabad, Sep. 11 (ANI): Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has clarified that Asif Ali Zardari Government is perusing its own foreign policies and not those formulated by Pervez Musharraf.

Kaira pointed out that [...]

Islamabad, Sep 7 (ANI): The Sharif brothers and top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are believed to have softened their demand for the trial of former President Pervez Musharraf owing to international pressure by his guarantors, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Well-placed party sources said that the PML-N central leadership would take the [...]

Imphal (Manipur), Sep 6 (ANI): In an astonishing revelation, the India Reserve Battalion (IRB) was involved in a bomb attack at a private hospital in Imphal, leaving Manipuris flabbergasted.

It is reported that militants gave Rs 5000 to an IRB rifleman to set off a grenade at the Chamber of Commerce Hospital at Thangal Bazaar in [...]

Itanagar, Aug 18 (ANI): A full team of the Election Commission will begin three-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh from today.

The visit assumes significance as elections for the 60-member Arunachal Assembly is due in October this year.

During their visit, the team led by Chief Election Commissioner Naveen B. Chawla will review election arrangements and law [...]

Abohar, July 13 (ANI): Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast has attempted to provoke communal sentiments in Punjab.

In its Punjabi Darbar programme, it mentioned about the Blue Star Operation of 1984 and blamed the Akalis for not showing unity in reviving the issue.

Radio Pakistan’s anti-India propaganda and [...]

Raipur, July 13 (ANI): Calling the Maoist attack on the police ‘unfortunate’, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that it is time to make the right strategies and take decisive action against the Maoists.

“It is an unfortunate incident for all [...]

Jerusalem, July 11 (ANI): The Israeli Defence Force is considering allowing the Palestinians to establish a specially trained counter-terror squad, qualified to carry out pinpoint operations against Hamas terrorist cells in the West Bank.

Such a force would be able to carry out special operations against Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank [...]

Washington, July 10 (ANI): Brooke Shields has finally managed to grab a major role in a film after nearly ten years, according to reports.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the beauty will star as Brendan Fraser’s wife in comedy ‘Furry Vengeance’, which follows a real estate [...]

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): The 4th BSF contingent for UN Peace Keeping in Congo was flagged off here today by Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram.

In his address, DG BSF M.L.Kumawat said that a strict criterion of selection was [...]

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): The Indian Railways will raise Commando Battalions and will increase the number of women commandos. This has been envisaged in the Railway Budget 2009-10 presented in the Lok Sabha today.

Presenting the Budget, Mamata Banerjee said that women RPF squads would be deployed for security of women passengers, [...]

Srinagar, July 2 (ANI): At least seven persons, including a policeman were injured during fresh clashes across the Kashmir Valley on Thursday.

The police vehicle was set ablaze by a mob in Pulwama town. Two protesters — Nazir Ahmad Bhat [...]