Polling stations in Bangladesh opened Sunday morning for the parliament elections boycotted by the main opposition party which enforced non-stop countrywide strike and blockade. Voting will continue from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at about 18,000 polling stations set in schools and other public buildings, Xinhua reported. More than 43.9 million voters are expected to […]
The Supreme Court has said that courts must carefully examine the evidence of a rape victim to ascertain its trustworthiness as it alone was sufficient to convict a rape accused and sentence him to life imprisonment. Holding that the rape victim’s evidence is placed on such a high pedestal that it alone was sufficient to […]
Major buyers of LNG in Asia should come together to demand a fair pricing mechanism for gas being imported from outside the continent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. He was speaking after dedicating the Rs.4,200 crore Petronet LNG’s Kochi terminal to the nation. “Asia has been the driver of the global LNG demand in […]
Excise and taxation employees, including two senior officers, were booked, police said Saturday. Umed Singh, an assistant excise and taxation officer and Inspector Bir Singh, with other employees, were booked for negligence. “The accused were booked on the complaint filed by deputy excise and taxation officer Aruna Singh,” police officer Arvind Kumar told IANS. The […]
Around 70 polling centres were burnt across Bangladesh Saturday as the country braces itself to hold the 10th parliamentary polls Sunday. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said a few polling centres, which have been burnt, might be shifted at the last moment, but they would not be set up very far from their earlier […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has filed a police complaint against police personnel who had tried to coerce and threaten the family of the Bengal double gangrape victim to hand over her death certificate so her last rites could be held, a party leader said Saturday. The fledgling West Bengal unit of AAP would also bring […]
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif ruled out any secret deal with former president Pervez Musharraf Saturday, a media report said. The minister said any secret deal with Musharraf is out of the question, according to Geo News. After failing, for the second time in 10 days, to appear Wednesday in the special court formed […]
Beginning a five-day visit to India Jan 6, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema have been invited by President Pranab Mukherjee to stay at the renovated Dwarka suite in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Bhutan king, 32, an Oxford graduate, is the first foreign head of state invited to stay at the […]
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf is said to be in stable condition even as the doctors ascertain the need for sending him abroad for treatment, a media report said Saturday. “The general is feeling well and we are conducting his medical check up at regular intervals… every two hours,” The Nation quoted Major General (retd.) […]
Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s judicial remand was Saturday extended by a further 10 days by a magistrate here. Tejpal, who has spent more than a month cumulatively in police and judicial custody, was presented before a court of a judicial magistrate. His defence argued that Tejpal should be released on bail because police had not […]