CPN-UML central committee meeting begins

September 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - A Special Committee has been tasked with the responsibility of supervising, integrating and rehabilitating Maoist combatants and to bring them under its command. Its technical committee has been told to prepare a report on how this can be done.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have congregated at the residence of party president Rajnath Singh for a crucial meeting. The meeting is expected to discuss many issues.

August 26th, 2009 JAIPUR - Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, will hold a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislature Party here on Wednesday, to chalk out strategy for the upcoming State Assembly session. According to sources, the issue of electing a new Leader of Opposition as per the direction of party's high command is not likely to figure in the meeting.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) after its two-day meet to discuss the Kerala Party matters found the Kerala CM Achuthanandan guilty of violating party's decipline and removed him from politburo. "The Central Committee decided that in view of the violations of the organisational principle and discipline by Com.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is meeting here today to decide on the proposals sent by the party's politburo on the infighting in its Kerala Unit. CPM politburo met this morning ahead of the central committee's meeting, to give final touch to its proposals.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Enthused with the people's verdict in favour of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Congress party Saturday said it will hold a meeting of the party's working committee to discuss its performance and prepare the future strategy for staking claim to forming the government. 'CWC (Congress Working Committee) will meet tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon to discuss and deliberate on the future plans,' Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.

March 25th, 2009 CHENNAI/NEW DELHI - Speculation was rife Tuesday that Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss would step down as his PMK party had decided to align with the AIADMK, but it was laid to rest with Ramadoss saying the party would decide on Thursday about its poll alliance and dismissed talk of his stepping down as 'rumours'. Earlier, a PMK source said in Chennai that party founder S.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Jaitley skipped another crucial meeting of the party's central election committee Tuesday, bringing the rift between him and party president Rajnath Singh out in the open though the party tried to downplay the crisis. The meeting was held to finalise Lok Sabha candidates for the states of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and was attended by senior leaders L.K.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Jaitley Tuesday skipped another crucial meeting of the party's central election committee, apparently miffed over the appointment of Sudhanshu Mittal as co-coordinator for the north-eastern states. Though the meeting to decide on party candidates began around noon, Jaitley had not arrived till one and a half hours later.

March 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is eyeing the 'secular parties' allied with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form a 'third front', party leaders said here Saturday. The party's central committee, which started its meeting here Saturday to finalise the election manifesto and candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, also discussed the strategy to be adopted to expand alliance with the like-minded parties, they said.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A two-day central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) began here Saturday to prepare the election manifesto and finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting is being held at a time when the party faces tough challenges in its bastions West Bengal and Kerala.

March 4th, 2009 AGARTALA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will hold a crucial two-day meeting in New Delhi later this week to finalise its strategy for the upcoming general elections, party sources said here Wednesday. 'The 87-member central committee would meet March 7-8 to finalise the party's election manifesto and other poll strategies,' said Bijon Dhar, CPI-M central committee member and Tripura party secretary.

February 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - The West Bengal committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday approved its candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, the party's senior leader Shyamal Chakraborty said here. 'We've primarily finalised the list of our candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The resignation of secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association Randhir Singh from the ad-hoc committee for hockey has been accepted after he said he cannot devote time as he has too many things on his hands. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi said the ad-hoc committee will have four members now.

January 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Saturday said any decision regarding his resignation - following his defeat in an assembly by-poll - would be taken at a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party meeting. 'Any decision regarding resignation will be taken at a party meeting.