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December 20, 2009 9:00 AM

No consensus on emission cut in climate deal

The Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on emission cuts but the conference decided to take note of US brokered deal with India and three other emerging economies. The deal calls on industrialised nations to set their emission targets by February 2010 and also asks the ...

December 19, 2009 9:29 PM

Copenhagen Conference ends without a consensus on emission cut

The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on the crucial issue of emission cut. The conference Chairman and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmuessen, however, said that the summit has decided to take note of a US-brokered deal with India and three other emerging economie...

December 19, 2009 9:29 PM

Copenhagen Conference ends without a consensus on emission cut

The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on the crucial issue of emission cut. The conference Chairman and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmuessen, however, said that the summit has decided to take note of a US-brokered deal with India and three other emerging economie...

December 19, 2009 9:23 PM

Gujarat passes Bill on mandatory voting

The Gujarat Assembly has passed a landmark Bill which makes, for the first time in the country, voting mandatory for local self bodies. It also seeks to raise the reservation of seats for women in local bodies from 33 to 50 per cent.The Congress has opposed the mandatory voting provision, terming it...

December 19, 2009 9:23 PM

Gujarat passes Bill on mandatory voting

The Gujarat Assembly has passed a landmark Bill which makes, for the first time in the country, voting mandatory for local self bodies. It also seeks to raise the reservation of seats for women in local bodies from 33 to 50 per cent.The Congress has opposed the mandatory voting provision, terming it...

December 19, 2009 9:23 PM

Nitin Gadkari appointed BJP President unanimously

Nitin Gadkari is the new president of BJP. 52-year-old Gadkari, the youngest to occupy the post, has been unanimously appointed as the party chief by the BJP Parliamentary Board in New Delhi on Saturday. He succeeds Rajnath Singh, who had completed his tenure. The meeting attended by senior office b...

December 19, 2009 9:23 PM

Nitin Gadkari appointed BJP President unanimously

Nitin Gadkari is the new president of BJP. 52-year-old Gadkari, the youngest to occupy the post, has been unanimously appointed as the party chief by the BJP Parliamentary Board in New Delhi on Saturday. He succeeds Rajnath Singh, who had completed his tenure. The meeting attended by senior office b...

December 19, 2009 5:54 PM

Protest demonstrations on in Andhra for unified State

In Andhra Pradesh, protest demonstrations continued in Rayalaseema and Coasta Andhra regions in favour of Unified State even as the bandh called by the Joint Action Committee of all parties passed off more or less peacefully in these regions on Saturday. Lok Sabha Congress Member L. Ragagopal, who h...

December 19, 2009 5:54 PM

Protest demonstrations on in Andhra for unified State

In Andhra Pradesh, protest demonstrations continued in Rayalaseema and Coasta Andhra regions in favour of Unified State even as the bandh called by the Joint Action Committee of all parties passed off more or less peacefully in these regions on Saturday. Lok Sabha Congress Member L. Ragagopal, who h...

December 19, 2009 2:21 PM

Climate deal sealed; PM back home

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today returned home after attending the UN Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Dr Singh delayed his departure by about five hours to hold negotiations with leaders of China, Brazil and South Africa.<br/><br/>Hours after high drama at the landmark...

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