India, Bahrain to back each other for UN seatOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reciprocating Bahrain's support for its UN Security Council (UNSC) aspirations, India Tuesday said it will support the Gulf country's bid for a non-permanent seat in the UNSC in 2026-27. Bahrain reiterated its position that Indias permanent membership in the Security Council would be a stabilising influence in the whole region, the external affairs ministry said here Tuesday, a day after Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor held talks with leaders of the Gulf country.
India welcomes successful Afghan electionsSeptember 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has welcomed the successful presidential elections in Afghanistan, with the preliminary results in favour of the incumbent, Hamid Karzai. The elections were held Aug 20 but the counting took nearly a month to complete.
Highlights from report on smoking in the militaryAugust 29th, 2009 A look at smoking in the militaryHighlights of a study commissioned by the Pentagon and the Veterans Affairs Department to combat tobacco use in the military. Findings:
— Tobacco is used by fewer than 20 percent of Americans compared with more than 30 percent of active-duty military personnel and about 22 percent of veterans.
Taliban calls for boycott of Afghan electionsJuly 31st, 2009 KABUL - The Taliban has called for a boycott of the Afghan presidential and provincial elections scheduled Aug 20 and warned it would launch fresh attacks if its diktat is not heeded. In a statement to the media Friday, the rebels said people must boycott these elections as the polls are backed by the US.
AdWatch: Highlights of some ads in the television battle on revamping health careJuly 6th, 2009 AdWatch: Some ads in the TV fight on health careSPONSOR: Patients United Now, a project of the conservative Americans for Prosperity Foundation. AIRING: In Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington, D.C., various dates between May 27 and June 29, cost $1.8 million.
Highlights from Obama's AP interview: affirmative action, economy and moreJuly 2nd, 2009 Highlights from Obama's AP interviewHighlights of President Barack Obama's interview Thursday with The Associated Press:
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
The nation's first African American president said a recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., doesn't close the door on thoughtful efforts at affirmative action aimed at maintaining diversity in the workplace or in college admissions. He cautioned that affirmative action "hasn't been as potent a force for racial progress as advocates would claim, and it hasn't been as bad on white students seeking admissions or seeking a job as its critics have said."
GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
Obama said he's open to the idea of detaining certain Guantanamo Bay terror suspects someplace else for prolonged periods, but it may turn out that he won't be comfortable with any proposals to do that.
Highlights from G8 foreign ministers' statementJune 26th, 2009 Highlights from G8 foreign ministers' statementForeign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations deplored the post-election violence in Iran at a meeting in Trieste, Italy, on Friday and weighed in on other regional and global issues. Here are some highlights from their statement, which noted that the Afghanistan conflict would be dealt with during the remaining sessions of the meeting:
IRAN: Deplored post-election violence, urged Iran to respect human rights and to reflect the will of the Iranian people in the electoral process.
Sign of times: anti-nuclear Irelands red carpet for Missile ManJune 17th, 2009 DUBLIN - Ireland, a torchbearer of nuclear non-proliferation, rolled out the red carpet for Indias missile man APJ Abdul Kalam - a move that officials on both sides said signalled a recognition of Indias rise on the world stage. Former president Kalams just-ended visit to the Irish capital of Dublin June 11-12 was marked by the Irish government according him the honours of a state visit - the Irish President and Prime Minister received him in their offices and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin hosted a dinner for him.
India's second round polling beginsApril 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling stations opened Thursday in 140 constituencies spread across 12 states in the second round of elections to pick a new Lok Sabha. Voters started queueing up in thousands of polling centrers.
NDA has an edge over UPA: India TV pre-poll surveyApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to get 187 seats in the Lok Sabha - nine more than the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), a pre-poll survey by the India TV shows. 'The NDA has a minor edge over UPA, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may win 144 seats - nine more than the Congress.
Highlights of the Election Commission order indicting Varun GandhiMarch 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday found Varun Gandhi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, guilty of violating the model code of conduct by creating 'feelings of enmity and hatred' between different communities. Indira Gandhi's grandson and the late Sanjay Gandhi's son, Varun Gandhi has been at the centre of a raging storm since Tuesday with a criminal case filed against him for his alleged anti-Muslim inflammatory remarks.
Delhi to go to polls May 7March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The national capital will go to the Lok Sabha polls May 7 and the state election commission Monday said it was arranging staff and material. The Election Commission of India announced that polling for the 15th Lok Sabha would be conducted in five phases beginning April 16.
PIB launches special website for general electionsMarch 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Monday released a reference handbook having information on past elections and the latest provisions relating to the Lok Sabha polls. 'The PIB released 'General Elections 2009 - Reference Handbook', a compendium on past elections and the latest provisions relating to the general elections, coinciding with the announcement of the general elections by the Election Commission,' a statement issued by Press Information Bureau said.
Poll alliance with Congress not decided yet: Farooq AbdullahJanuary 21st, 2009 JAMMU - The National Conference is yet to decide on poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir with the ruling coalition partner Congress, party president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah said Thursday. The alliance for the Lok Sabha polls with the Congress is yet to be taken up in the party, Abdullah told the media here.
Farooq Abdullah wins Hazratbal seatDecember 27th, 2008 SRINAGAR - National Conference patron and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has won the Hazratbal seat from Srinagar. As the results of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir elections came in, the National Conference appears to be emerging as the single largest party, the status it held in the 2002 elections.
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