PM to chair cabinet meeting Friday

October 7th, 2009 Maldives to hold cabinet meeting underwaterCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean intended to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation. Since taking office last year, President Mohammed Nasheed has emerged as an important international voice on the impact of climate change amid fears that rising ocean levels could swamp this Indian Ocean archipelago within a century.

September 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Security threats twice delayed a meeting of the Pakistani cabinet that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was to chair Wednesday, Online news agency reported. Quoting sources, it said the cabinet meeting was scheduled to be held at the prime minister's secretariat but the security agencies expressed their concerns as they received information of possible terrorist activity in the area.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana Cabinet on Friday decided to recommend the dissolution of the State Assembly to Governor Jagannath Pahadia. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia dissolved the state assembly on the recommendation of the State Cabinet on Friday evening. Earlier in the day Haryana Cabinet recommended the Governor to dissolve the State Assembly.

July 28th, 2009 Obama Cabinet to meet at Blair House this weekendWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's Cabinet members are going to spend part of their weekend at work. The 22 officials with Cabinet rank plan to meet with White House senior staff at Blair House on Friday and Saturday.

June 9th, 2009 Lincoln Center names real estate exec as new chairNEW YORK — Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has named a new chair, who'll help guide its ambitious redevelopment project. It announced Monday after its annual board meeting Katherine Farley is chair-designate.

June 8th, 2009 Obama's Day: President, Cabinet meet on stimulusWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, back in Washington from Europe and the Middle East, is turning his focus to domestic policy. He'll be meeting Monday with his Cabinet on implementing the economic Recovery Act.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet will meet here today to discuss the agenda before the new government. Presided over by the Prime Minister Dr.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The morning after taking oath for his second consecutive term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called a meeting of the new cabinet at his residence here. The meeting is basically to decide the dates for parliament sessions and when to present the budget, said an official at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

May 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa cabinet Thursday recommended dissolution of the 147-member state assembly, whose term expires Friday, official sources said. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, at the state secretariat and the recommendation sent to Governor M.C.

May 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said that the media was 'sensationalising' the absence of UPA partners - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan and DMK leaders from Friday's cabinet meeting. Asked to comment on the absence of the ministers from a cabinet meeting, Manmohan Singh said: 'Media sometimes is interested in sensationalism of even trivial issues.

May 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and would remain with it, union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Friday while clarifying that he was staying away from the cabinet meeting in New Delhi because of a previous commitment here. 'I have not skipped the cabinet meeting.

May 1st, 2009 Obama meets Friday with CabinetWASHINGTON — The month of May begins for President Barack Obama with a White House Cabinet meeting. He'll also undoubtedly be asked about the nomination of a successor to Justice David Souter, who's retiring after nearly two decades on the Supreme Court.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has filled up most of the vacant posts reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the last five years, reflecting an overall success rate of 89 percent, the cabinet announced Monday. Home Minister P.

February 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir's newly elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has broken the convention set by his father Farooq Abdullah of having the principal secretary attend all cabinet meetings. While Chief Secretary S.S.