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A senior Muslim leader is again calling for elements of sharia law to be legally recognised in Australia.
During an open day at Sydney’s Lakemba Mosque at the weekend, the Australian Islamic Mission’s president, Dr Zachariah Matthews, called for aspects of sharia law to function as a parallel legal system.
His comments have sparked concerns that doing [...]

New Delhi, Mar.5 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has condoled the loss of life in the earth quake that hit Chile on the 27th Feb 2010.
In a letter to President Dr. Michelle Bachelet of Chile, the Prime Minister conveyed his sympathy over the loss of life and damage to property [...]

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 [...]

Putrajaya (Malaysia), Sep 19 (ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has warned that Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu will become a liability to the Barisan Nasional in the next general election since his leadership has failed.

Mohamad suggested that Samy Vellu should step down and take responsibility for the party’s failure in [...]

Kathmandu, Aug 28 (ANI): The Madhesi parties has asked Nepal President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to find a respectable way out to Vice President Parmananda Jha’s oath-retaking controversy.

Top leaders of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Loktantric), the Terai Madhesh Democratic Party [...]

Mumbai, Aug. 8 (ANI): Former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday refused to buy the argument that there was any brain drain in the country, as a substantial amount of graduates in an academic year choose to work for country’s progress.

“I [...]

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), July 9 (ANI): Both Tamil and Chinese educationists have welcomed the Cabinet’s decision to revert the teaching of science and mathematics to one’s mother tongue in vernacular schools.

Dong Zong (United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia) president Dr Yap Sin Tian said the use of English had brought about negative effects on [...]

Kathmandu, July 8 (ANI): Nepal Government will present its policies and programmes in the parliament on Thursday.

Constituent Assembly (CA) speaker Subhas Nemwang has said President Dr Ram Baran Yadav will read out the government’s policy document in the House.

Finance Minister Surendra Pandey is scheduled to present the budget of the new fiscal year on [...]

Kathmandu, July 2 (ANI): Former Nepal Prime Minister and Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has claimed that a new government under the leadership of his party would be formed within next one-and-half months.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Prachanda said he was now concentrating on forming a “national government with civilian supremacy”, which would come [...]

Kathmandu, June 19 (ANI): Lawmakers of the CPN (UML) have criticised the Nepal cabinet decision to overturn the previous government’s decision taken on March 3 to sack Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal and appoint Lieutenant General Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting chief.

In a meeting held at the UML parliamentary party office in Singhadurbar here today, [...]

Kathmandu, May 29 (ANI): Nepal’s first Republic Day is being celebrated on Friday throughout the nation with various programmes, exactly one year after the Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a republic on May 29, 2008 ending the 240-year old monarchy.

In his message to the nation, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has urged everyone for consensus to [...]

Kathmandu, May 27 (ANI): The Unified CPN (Maoist) has refused Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s call to join the government.

Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said there is no possibility of them joining the government or working together until ‘civil supremacy’ is maintained.

Sharma pointed out that the Prime Minister’s address [...]

Kathmandu, May 26 (ANI): : Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today stressed on the need for a Constitution that is not just ‘good’, but is people friendly.

Addressing the nation from his office at Singha Durbar, the Prime Minister said, “We have the responsibility to [...]

Melbourne, May 10 (ANI): A test that claims to determine the sex of an unborn baby only eight weeks into a pregnancy has raised fears of driving up abortion rates.

IntelliGender, which will be available in pharmacies from today, claims a 90 per cent accuracy rate in determining the gender of the baby.

However, doctors and the [...]

Kathmandu, May 6 (ANI): As Nepal struggles to restore political stability, a 16-month-old videotape has surfaced to haunt the outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, who is shown boasting that his party had three tiers of armed numbering well over 100,000.

Dahal said what he mentioned in the tape that real strength of [...]

Kathmandu, May 4 (ANI): President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday evening, stated a report on Nepal News.

Dahal had submitted his resignation to the President at the latter’s office, Shitwal Niwa, soon after announcing his resignation through an address to the nation.

President Yadav has also asked [...]

Kathmandu, Apr 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal met President Dr Ram Baran Yadav at his residence early this morning and briefed him about the row involving his government and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Dahal said President Yadav had directed him to [...]

Kathmandu, Apr 21 (ANI): Nepal Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal could be sacked if he fails to furnish clarification on some serious issues.

Dr Bhattarai said that if General Katawal failed to defend himself against charges of “grossly” defying government orders, he would be [...]

New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will launch the inaugural issue of a monthly magazine titled “India Matters” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday.

The visit is being held on the invitation of UAE Minister of Higher [...]