Joining a nationwide strike called by the Left Front to protest against the government's economic policies, the Left MPs will not sign the attendance register and give up a day's allowance Thursday. "Left party MPs will not sign the register... More

Over 7,000 demonstrators marched to the Philippine Congress Tuesday to denounce moves to amend the country's 19-year-old constitution. The march to the Batasan Pambansa complex in Quezon City here was dubbed as a "dry run" for a massive rally... More

India falls behind neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and even Afghanistan in the field of representation of women in the national parliament, with just 8.3 percent representation in the lower house, states a Unicef State of the World's Children 2007... More

In an apparent damage-control bid ahead of general elections in Bangladesh, President Iajuddin Ahmed inducted three new advisers into his interim government Tuesday, a day after four advisers quit citing differences with his style of... More

An independent legislator in the Maharashtra assembly, Bachchu Kadu, came up with a novel idea to draw attention towards farmers' woes in Vidarbha. He climbed atop a municipal water tank here along with 20 others and threatened to jump to death if... More

A remark by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that minorities must have the first claim on the country's resources created a furore in parliament Monday, leading to repeated adjournments of both houses. When the two houses resumed after lunch,... More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday tried to play down party veteran and former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani's remarks that he is the prime minister-in-waiting. Senior BJP leaders remained tight-lipped Monday and refused to formally... More

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Chile's capital following the death of former president Augusto Pinochet. According to the police, about 5,000 people took part in demonstrations across Santiago Sunday. Ten protestors, who were... More

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday projected himself as the prime minister-in-waiting after the 2009 general elections, even as he said he was not sure he would occupy the post. At the same time, the former deputy prime minister in the... More

Bangladesh on Sunday saw large-scale deployment of troops across the country anticipating resumption of nationwide blockade by the Awami League-led 14 party political alliance on Monday President Iajuddin Ahmed, who is tasked to conduct the... More