Indonesians vote for new parliament
BBC Online :Indonesians have cast their ballots to elect representatives in national and local parliaments.Some 19,000 seats are being contested across the nation, including the...
International
Man cleared of NYC murder after 25 years in prison
Reuters, New York :A New York City man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for murder was exonerated on Tuesday when a judge found...
Netanyahu against contact with Palestinians
BBC Online :Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his ministers to stop high-level meetings with their Palestinian counterparts.The order follows “Palestinians’ violation of their...
Syrian forces advance into rebel town
Reuters, Beirut :Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad advanced into the rebel-held Syrian border town of Rankous on Wednesday, consolidating their control over a former...
Modi is being projected as a magician: Sonia Gandhi
PTI, Karnataka :Training her guns on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday charged that he was being projected with...
West Bengal govt executes EC order
PTI, Kolkata :Complying with the Election Commission’s order, West Bengal government on Wednesday removed seven officials from their existing posts and replaced them with different...
Modi, Rahul are ‘threat’ to country: Mayawati
PTI, Morena :BSP chief Mayawati has termed BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi as a “threat” to the nation.“I have...
Lok Sabha poll 2014
Antony blasts BJP’s stand on J&KPTI, ThiruvananthapuramHolding that BJP’s manifesto revealed its “communal agenda”, Congress leader and defence minister A K Antony on Tuesday said...
WB govt urges EC to review transfer order
PTI, Kolkata :A day after the Election Commission directed the removal of eight officials from poll duty in West Bengal prompting an enraged chief minister...
Irish President Michael D Higgins in historic UK visit
The first official state visit to the UK by an Irish head of state is due to get under way.President Michael D Higgins will meet...
3,000 complaints of violations
Reuters, Kabul :Afghan authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of violations from last weekend’s presidential election, exceeding the tally following a 2009 vote that...
Costliest search in history
Reuters, Sydney :The hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is on track to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, becoming the most expensive search...