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Obama holds
talks with Zardari, Karzai
US Admn expects the
meetings to ‘produce some useful agreements of cooperation’
US President Barack Obama met Pakistan President
Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White
House on Wednesday and urged them to jointly tackle the threat
posed by the Taliban in their countries. Neither Zardari nor
Karzai are seen likely to be able to deliver on American
requests, but the Obama administration is aware of its limited
options in the region.
All eyes on
‘Lals’ of Haryana Hooda under pressure to
repeat 2004 performance Chandigarh, May 6
Political fortunes of the Haryana Chief Minister, two Central
ministers, two former chief ministers and three political
families are at stake as Haryana votes to elect 10 MPs to the
Lok Sabha tomorrow. And with the mercury soaring, all political
parties are keeping their fingers crossed about voter turn-out,
each claiming that a large turn-out would work to its advantage.
Farooq Abdullah
(National Conference, Srinagar)
Harsimrat Badal
(SAD, Bathinda)
Preneet Kaur
(Cong, Patiala)
Kumari Selja
(Cong, Ambala)
Rao Inderjit Singh
(Cong, Gurgaon)
CAST YOUR VOTE
Should
teachers who
give
corporal
punishment
be sent to
jail?
Fourth phase of voting
today New Delhi, May 6
More than 9 crore voters in 85 constituencies spread over 8 states will
decide the political fortunes of nearly 1300 candidates tomorrow in the
fourth and penultimate round of voting in the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress rushes to
mollify TMC, DMK New Delhi, May 6
A worried Congress rushed to mollify its allies, the Trinamool Congresss
(TMC) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), who have taken serious
objection to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s overtures to their
political opponents.
Rape victim commits
suicide at IG’s office Rohtak, May 6
In a shocking incident, a married woman and her husband “consumed”
poison on the premises of the IG office here today. The woman identified
as Alka died at the PGIMS here while her husband Sunil had been admitted
to its ICU.
Recruitment scam CRPF IG, commandant held
New Delhi, May 6
The CBI today arrested eight persons, including a CRPF Inspector General
and a commandant, of the force, for alleged corruption and bungling in
the recruitment of the ranks in anti-naxal force COBRA and recovered
nearly Rs 1.15 crore cash and fixed deposits from their possession.
Maoists will be back
soon: Prachanda
At a time when the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML were
intensifying political parleys to form the next government under the
UML’s leadership, caretaker Prime Minister and Unified CPN (Maoist)
chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday claimed that his party would
lead the next government.
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