Star Alliance Common IT Platform attracts more inventory migrations

August 17th, 2009 Continental to join Star Alliance on Oct. 27HOUSTON — Continental Airlines said Monday that it will officially join the Star Alliance that includes United Airlines and Lufthansa on Oct.

July 14th, 2009 PANAJI - Equating the flow of migrants into Goa with Punjab, which attracts hordes of farm labourers from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, a member of the Commission on Centre-State Relations Tuesday said that migration was a "cross" which the rich states had to bear. Speaking to reporters following the conclusion of a two-day workshop of Western region states, former home secretary and commission member Virendra Singh, however, said that issue of migration of blue collar workers into Goa was still at a "manageable stage".

June 11th, 2009 Construction platform collapses in Texas, 3 dieAUSTIN, Texas — Officials say a third worker has died after a construction platform collapsed at a high-rise condominium in Austin, Texas. Warren Hassinger, spokesman for Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services, said the men fell from a construction elevator on the building's 11th floor.

May 10th, 2009 LUDHIANA - The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance displayed its full strength on Sunday, as its alliance partners came together to share common platform here. Among the prominent NDA leaders, present in the election rally held Ludhiana, included BJP President Lal Krishna Advani, Narendra Modi, Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal.

May 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Left parties are working to formulate a common policy within the Third Front, taking into account the political culture of its constituents, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here Saturday. 'We're trying to make our own political platform through a common minimum programme.

April 13th, 2009 THIRUVANTHAPURAM - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Monday asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to apologise for her critical remarks on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in a recent election meeting in Jharkhand. Addressing a press conference here, Advani said that he was shocked to hear Gandhi's statement that, "we are in greater danger from people inside than from foreign terrorists entering India".

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - None of the political alliances will make it to the magical figure of 272 required to form the government after the Lok Sabha elections, even as the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get 203 seats, according to a survey conducted by TV channel Star News. A statement by the channel Saturday said both the UPA and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have to look for partners outside their respective coalitions.

April 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said he has no truck with any other coalition other than the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The NCP had caused a flutter in political circles when its leaders shared a common platform with 'Third Front' leaders in Orissa, ruled by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

March 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The newly formed Third Front would be the only alternative to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the near future, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mohammed Salim said here Friday. 'The Third Front will be the only alternative political platform for people who do not support the Congress or the BJP at the centre,' Salim told reporters while attending the party's weekly state secretariat meeting here.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday exuded confidence about the party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) winning the Lok Sabha polls, and said the 'battle is already won even before the elections have begun'. 'We (Congress and UPA) have all the confidence that the battle is already won even before the elections have begun.

March 1st, 2009 JAMMU - Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and patron of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Saturday said his party's idea of 'self rule' can form the basis of a solution to the Kashmir issue. Talking to reporters in Jammu, Sayeed said that PDP's self rule was a vision and a road map to the solution of Jammu and Kashmir issue.

February 7th, 2009 JINGBIAN - At least 40 people were injured when a platform collapsed during a folk dancing show in northwest China's Shaanxi province, an official said Sunday. The accident happened Friday at about 2 p.m.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday said it will have its own manifesto and not a common one with its partners in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met here to discuss poll strategy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress will have its own election manifesto rather than a common one with its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners, the party said Thursday. 'The Congress will have its own manifesto and in states where we have alliance partners, we would seek votes for them,' party spokesperson Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

December 28th, 2008 NEW DELHI - South Indian film star-turned-politician Chiranjeevi Monday ruled out an alliance between his newly formed political outfit Praja Rajyam and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in his home state Andhra Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha elections. 'We are ready to form an alliance with all secular parties,' Chiranjeevi told reporters after his meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N.