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November 19, 2009 1:26 PM

LS adjourned over sugarcane issue

The sugarcane growers issue rocked the Lok Sabha on the very first day of the Winter Session leading to its adjournment for the day. After the new members took oath and obituaries were over, the members of Samajwadi Party, RLD and BSP rushed to the well of the House shouting slogans. The Speaker sai...

November 19, 2009 1:07 PM

16 killed in suicide attack at Peshawar court complex

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber struck a court complex in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring nearly 30 others. The bomber, described by witnesses as a youth in his twenties, blew him up when he was stopped by policemen guarding the gate of the Judicial Complex on Khyber Road within P...

November 19, 2009 1:07 PM

16 killed in suicide attack at Peshawar court complex

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber struck a court complex in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring nearly 30 others. The bomber, described by witnesses as a youth in his twenties, blew him up when he was stopped by policemen guarding the gate of the Judicial Complex on Khyber Road within P...

November 19, 2009 1:03 PM

B’desh SC upholds death penalties to Mujib killers

Bangladesh Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death penalties of all five of the convicts condemned for the 1975 killing of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, rejecting their final appeals. Senior judge of the bench Tafazzal Islam delivered the verdict at the heavily guarded and cro...

November 19, 2009 1:03 PM

B’desh SC upholds death penalties to Mujib killers

Bangladesh Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death penalties of all five of the convicts condemned for the 1975 killing of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, rejecting their final appeals. Senior judge of the bench Tafazzal Islam delivered the verdict at the heavily guarded and cro...

November 19, 2009 11:50 AM

Harper confident of finalizing civil nuke deal with India

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed confidence about concluding a civil nuclear deal with India within weeks, asserting that prejudices of the past would not be allowed to come in the way. In an interview to a television channel in New Delhi, he made it clear that Canada is keen to ...

November 19, 2009 11:50 AM

Harper confident of finalizing civil nuke deal with India

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed confidence about concluding a civil nuclear deal with India within weeks, asserting that prejudices of the past would not be allowed to come in the way. In an interview to a television channel in New Delhi, he made it clear that Canada is keen to ...

November 19, 2009 9:21 AM

Relationship with china not at India’s expense:US

Amid concerns in India over reference to Indo-Pak ties in a US-China joint statement, the Obama Administration said its relationship with China is not at the "expense" of India and that nothing much should be read into the document. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns...

November 19, 2009 9:21 AM

Relationship with china not at India’s expense:US

Amid concerns in India over reference to Indo-Pak ties in a US-China joint statement, the Obama Administration said its relationship with China is not at the "expense" of India and that nothing much should be read into the document. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns...

November 19, 2009 9:18 AM

Winter session of parliament begins today

The winter session of parliament begins on Thursday. The month long session is likely to be stormy. Government intends to introduce as many as 62 new bills during the session, including the bill providing for raising reservation of women in panchayats from 33 per cent at present to 50 per cent. Brie...

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