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(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested in a new report on Afghanistan that the United Nations is ready to continue informal talks with the Taliban but the contact must be discreet, diplomats said.
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The 15-nation U.N. Security Council will discuss Ban’s report on Thursday and vote next week on his recommendation to renew the mandate [...]

The Reserve Bank says it is undecided on whether direct regulation or increased competition is needed to reduce the transaction fees that credit card companies charge.
During a speech to a cards and payments conference in Sydney this morning, the RBA’s assistant governor Malcolm Edey said the central bank is a reluctant regulator when it comes [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Zurich (Switzerland), Sep 17(ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath on Thursday said that in the next two years India will build more highways than any other country in the world.

Inaugurating “Building India: Road Infrastructure [...]

Islamabad, Sep.9 (ANI): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rejected reports regarding it forming a regulation committee to monitor telecom traffic including phones calls, e-mails and text messages, The Daily Times reports.

Commenting on the reports regarding the PTA’s plans of having a monitoring cell to keep tab of all telecommunication traffic, a PTA spokesperson said [...]

Islamabad, Sep.2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Zafar Ali Shah has said the whole nation would demand mid-term term elections if the PPP-led government fails to try former President General Pervez Musharraf under Article Six of the Constitution.

Criticising the Gilani government for not taking any substantial action against Musharraf, Shah said he would again [...]

Islamabad, Aug.28 (ANI): Pakistan Attorney General Latif Khosa has said that the masterminds of the October, 2007 Karsaz bombing in Karachi may also have been involved in former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.

Interacting with media persons after meeting the two members of the UN commission probing Bhutto’s assassination, Khosa said the commission was doing a [...]

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 15 (ANI): Barely into the second paragraph of his speech at the 15th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani brought up the topic of Kashmir by saying “long standing [...]

On Board from Italy, July 11(ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealed on Saturday that representatives of the two countries including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief had been involved in discussions recently.

Ahead of the meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week, [...]

Bangalore, July 7 (ANI): Chairman and chief mentor of the Infosys Technologies Ltd NR Narayana Murthy has said the General Budget will bring the economy back on rails.

Addressing reporters here on Monday, Murthy expressed confidence that the budget was pro-growth.

“Given the fact that they have increased allocation to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, [...]

Pranab Mukherjee’s Union Budget speech 2009-2010  – Pranab Mukherjee’s Union Budget 2009 – 2010 Full Text – Pranab Mukherjee’s Union Budget Speech Transcript
Madam Speaker,
I rise to present the Budget for 2009-10.
2. Just 140 days back, I had the privilege to present the Interim Budget for 2009-10. It is a rare honour that I have been [...]

Ludhiana, June 19 (ANI): Several girls belonging to rural parts of Ludhiana are eager to gain self-reliance and lead a professional’s life.

A college here has given them a hope that they can realise such a dream and for this it has opened many new courses which can be joined just after matriculation.

Home science, [...]

Srinagar, May 29 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir police had to resort to cane-charging on Friday to quell violent separatists staging a protest rally against recent attacks by the Taliban militants in Pakistan.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a hard-liner Kashmiri leader, who favours conditional accession of Kashmir to Pakistan, courted arrest amid the [...]

Berlin – Germany’s lower house of parliament approved Thursday a 12-month extension of the German troop presence in Kosovo.
Germany has 2,300 troops serving with the NATO-led Kosovo force, the largest contingent from any of the 38 countries providing manpower for 16,000-member KFOR.
Parliament also lowered the ceiling for the German troop presence in Kosovo from [...]

New York – The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized the African Union peacekeeping mission to remain in Somalia until January in order to pursue its mandate of restoring stability in the troubled nation.
The mission currently is composed of more than 4,300 military troops provided by African nations, below the ceiling of 8,000 troops allowed [...]

Washington, May 26 (ANI): Reports indicate that US President Barrack Obama is planning to create a “cyber czar,” a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation’s government-run and private computer networks.

According to a report in the Washington Post, the adviser will have the most comprehensive mandate [...]

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru’s mercy petition is the 22nd among 28 pending with the government and these would soon be taken up for processing, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday.
“Twenty-eight mercy petitions are pending. Afzal Guru’s is at 22nd. I would like you to remember these two numbers: 22 [...]

New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Realty major Parsvnath Developers will develop an IT park in Gurgaon, it said Thursday.
The company is already in possession of the land and will invest Rs.135 crore in the project, Parsvnath Technica, it said in a statement.
Located on the main Gurgaon-Sohna road, the Parsvnath Technica cyber park will have office [...]

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Taking the Indian Navy’s initiative a step further to increase maritime cooperation among navies/maritime agencies in the Indian Ocean Region, the Sri Lanka Navy is hosting [...]