Bahrain backs India's UNSC bid, tweets TharoorOctober 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahrain has endorsed India's bid for a UN Security Council seat in 2011-12, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet posted on the social networking site from the Gulf country Monday. Tharoor, who narrowly lost his bid for the top UN job over two years ago, is India's chief pointsperson to push New Delhi's case for a Security Council seat as a non-permanent member.
Tharoor heads for Bahrain, UAEOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Sunday goes to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on a five-day trip that is expected to reinvigorate India's economic and political ties with the energy-rich Gulf countries that are home to a large Indian diaspora. In Bahrain, he will hold talks with Foreign Minister Majid Bin Muhsin Al Alawi on a range of bilateral and regional issues.
UAE foundation trains entrepreneurs in BahrainAugust 15th, 2009 DUBAI - An educational foundation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a training programme for young entrepreneurs in Bahrain to help them identify market needs and understand best business practices, WAM news agency reported Saturday. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has launched the programme in collaboration with the Bahrain Development Bank and its affiliate Bahrain Business Incubator Centre.
India signs labour deal with BahrainJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday signed a labour agreement with Bahrain that will facilitate better worker mobilisation between the two countries. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labour and manpower development was signed by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Bahraini Labour Minister Majeed Bin Muhsin Al Alawi in Bahrain.
E. Ahamed records sixth straight winMay 16th, 2009 MALAPPURAM - Minister for State for External Affairs E. Ahamed Saturday recorded his sixth straight win to the Lok Sabha from the newly constituted Malappuram seat by over 100,000 votes.
JD-S walks out of LDF meeting in KeralaMarch 20th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front's seat sharing woes continued Thursday after an ally, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), walked out of a meeting after being denied Kozhikode seat. 'As the meeting began, CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan read out a statement that they will take the Kozhikode seat, to which we raised our strong objection.
Kerala's LDF finalises seat sharing plan, JD-S walks outMarch 20th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Thursday finalised a seat sharing plan while a miffed ally Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) walked out of the meeting on being denied the Kozhikode seat. LDF convener Vaikom Viswam told reporters that the Kozhikode seat has been taken over by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Kerala's Left Front impasse over seat sharing continuesMarch 18th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is stitching a Third Front at the national level, yet in its own bastion of Kerala it was not able to resolve the seat sharing deadlock with traditional allies till Tuesday. A day after Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), member of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), asked its lone minister to resign from the state cabinet, the CPI-M and the Communist Party of India (CPI) held one-on-one talks to resolve the impasse.
Kerala's Left Front seat sharing deal still in limboMarch 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Monday plunged into further trouble with another ally, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), refusing to compromise on the Kozhikode seat. JD-S, which has been contesting in Kozhikode since 1980, has been reportedly given the Wayanad seat by the LDF.
JD-S minister quits Kerala cabinet over seat sharingMarch 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala Monday suffered a setback when Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Minister for Transport Mathew T. Thomas resigned over seat sharing deadlock.
Divisions in Kerala's Left alliance over seat sharingMarch 12th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A meeting of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF)in Kerala to decide a seat sharing formula for the Lok Sabha elections ended here Thursday without an agreement. Assistant secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) K.E.
Consensus eludes Left alliance on seat sharing in KeralaMarch 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala is yet to reach a consensus on a seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with the third meeting to resolve the differences ending without any agreement Monday. Trouble has been brewing in the LDF over three seats - Kollam, Ponani and Kozhikode - for more than a week now.
Ruling Left Front in Kerala fails to arrive on consensusMarch 6th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - For the fourth successive day Thursday the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) failed to reach a consensus on a seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to party insiders, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is keen on re-allocating seats on the basis of a formula.
Left divided over seat-sharing in KeralaMarch 4th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Discontent seems to be brewing in Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) over seat-sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which the alliance has decided to contest 18 of the total 20 seats. In the 2004 elections, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) contested 14 seats, Communist Party of India four and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Kerala Congress (Joseph) contested one seat each.
Kerala's ruling front fails to resolve seat-sharing deadlockMarch 1st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A meeting of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Saturday to finalise the seat-sharing formula in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections ended in a deadlock. 'The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will now have discussions with the allies on a one-to-one basis and things will be sorted out,' a LDF leader said declining to be named.
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