With the Election Commission announcing the dates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the second half of the budget session of parliament is likely to be rescheduled, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said Thursday. The... More

The Congress appeared to have decided against imposing president's rule in Uttar Pradesh after a section of the party leaders expressed apprehension that the move could boomerang, party sources said Wednesday night. According to Congress... More

Exit polls following the Uttarakhand assembly elections Wednesday projected varying prospects for the ruling Congress and its main rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in forming the new government, with one poll giving the BJP "close to majority"... More

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 83 Wednesday, says there are currently "no vacancies" for his position, but dismissed claims he is trying to cling to power. In an interview on state radio and television late Tuesday, Mugabe also... More

Nepal's fragile peace negotiations were struck a fresh blow Wednesday when Maoist guerrillas began a defiant exodus from the camps where they had pledged to remain till the June elections, triggering a stern admonition from the UN. Fresh fear... More

The turbid waters of Uttar Pradesh politics Tuesday entered the Rashtrapati Bhavan with rival parties approaching President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for his intervention over the Congress' move to impose president's rule in the state even as Chief... More

Fiji's military strongman Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, who ousted the democratically elected government in December, intends to hang on to power at least until 2010 before holding new elections. Bainimarama, who has had himself sworn in as... More

A female minister in Pakistan's central Punjab province died Tuesday after being shot in the head during a party meeting, news reports said. A "religious fanatic" shot Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Zile Huma Usman as she addressed... More

Chittabrata Mazumdar, a politburo member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), died here Tuesday at age 71. He is survived by his wife and a daughter. A sitting Rajya Sabha member, Mazumdar had been on a life support system in a city... More

The Congress is trying to pull down the Uttar Pradesh government only to prevent a third front leader from getting elected as the country's president, alleged Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh Monday. The SP general secretary said the... More