US ready to work on N-deal till Jan 20
Washington: Ahead of the UPA-Left meeting to resolve differences over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Washington has said it would make every effort to get the pact through Congress by January 20 next year when the new President assumes office.
“From now until January 20th, we’ll continue to work to support this agreement. We’ll continue to [...]
Andhra Pradesh Elections Results 2008
Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), spearheading the Telangana statehood movement in Andhra Pradesh, on Sunday suffered a major blow when Congress and TDP nominees defeated the party candidates in key constituencies in the Telugu heartland.
In an election, widely seen as a referendum on the Telangana issue, the ruling Congress and main Opposition TDP posted [...]
Dont ask me, ask Aravind: Chiranjeevi
HYDERABAD: Cine actor Chiranjeevi was evasive when the newsmen asked about his plans to start a new political party. The media caught him when for the first time he arrived at a polling booth along with his family members to vote in the byelections from Jubilee Hills polling booth.
He simply said with a smily face [...]
Karnataka Election Results 2008
Karnataka Election Results 2008
Mangalore, May 25: We will update election results from all 13 South Kanara constituencies on May 25, 2008 from 10.00 am onwards.
Since electronic voting machines (EVM) were used , all results from all over the state are expected to be declared by noon.
Besides a minute-to-minute update on the election results, daijiworld will [...]
Karunanidhi hospitalised following neck pain
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Karunanidhi was Friday hospitalised after he complained of acute neck pain.
The DMK leader is 83 years old.
‘There was some pain in his neck and keeping his age in mind no chances were taken. He is not in any danger and may be discharged after a day of observation,” an aide [...]
Akhilesh Das resigned from Congress Party
Akhilesh Das , Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh has submitted his resignation on Tuesday from Rajya Sabha saying he had “no faith” in the party. He also resigned from the primary membership of the Congress Party.
As soon as the House met for the day, Das walked up to Chairman Hamid Ansari with his resignation letter.
Akhilesh [...]
Raj thackeray targets north Indians again
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Saturday renewed his campaign against north Indian migrants as well as film star Amitabh Bachchan saying his supporters will not allow them to destroy “the Maharashtrian culture”. “If the government wants to arrest me let them do so, but only Maharashtra Day will be [...]
Veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande passes away
NEW DELHI: Veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande passed away in the national capital.
She was 79. Deshpande, a Rajya Sabha member, was not keeping well for the past two-three days, and she died in her sleep early Thursday morning, Rajshree, one of her close associates said.
“Deshpande had returned from Dhanbad on Tuesday and had some gastric [...]