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Congress party removed its Media Chairman Veerappa Moily from the post, a day after he made strong remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - emerging as Indian politics’ most-wanted. Moily has been replaced by AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who had been holding the charge earlier. According to party sources, Moily has been dropped from the post because “the party High Command is unhappy with his ... Full story

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may be forced to alter her plans to visit North America due to her husband’s failing health, media reports said Saturday. Hasina visited he husband, retired nuclear scientist M.A. Wazed Miah, at the Square Hospital here Friday night, The Daily Star newspaper said. “He (Wazed Miah) is not yet out of danger. The members of the medical board formed by the hospital ... Full story

Bangkok, April 8 (DPA) More than 50,000 red-shirted anti-government protestors swarmed Bangkok’s government quarter Wednesday in a demonstration of support for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. At midday the masses of people were calm, enjoying a break from recent rains, but many protestors were moving towards the home of chief royal advisor Prem Tinsulanda who they blame for hatching the military coup that toppled Thaksin in ... Full story

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has clearly demarcated the role and functions of its Director General, Javed Miandad. “Miandad will look after the development of domestic cricket in Pakistan. He will be special advisor to the PCB Chairman and also be incharge of development of women’s cricket as per instructions of PCB chief Ijaz Butt,” The Daily Times quoted a PCB spokesperson, as saying. He added that ... Full story

Dibrugarh (Assam), April 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s election rally here was cancelled Tuesday due to a hailstorm but he was briefed on the security situation in the state that was a day earlier rocked by a series of explosions. “The prime minister arrived as scheduled but due to very bad weather conditions the meeting had to be cancelled. He left for New Delhi after ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Election Commission Tuesday put a blanket ban on publishing results of exit polls and opinion polls from 48 hours before voting till the end of all phases of the election. A statement issued here by the commission said that electronic, print and any other media cannot “publish, publicise or disseminate” results of the polls till all the polling phases were ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday approved the notification for setting up the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive management of the basin. The framework for the proposed authority was finalised at a meeting chaired by T.K.A. Nair, the principal secretary to the prime minister, with the chief secretaries of the Ganga Basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. West ... Full story

Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly’s wife Dona said Tuesday that her husband will make a good political leader, but he is not keen to take up politics for now. “Ganguly has all leadership qualities and he will make a very good political leader. But I don’t think he is keen about joining politics despite so many offers,” Dona told reporters on the ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday blamed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh with misguiding the Congress high command and causing strain in the relations between the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. “Leaders like Digvijaya Singh are misguiding the Congress high command. The statements emerging from the Congress party are very disheartening,” Amar Singh told reporters. “Digvijaya Singh will be ... Full story

Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Pakistan’s army Tuesday decided to hold fire and respect an agreement signed between the government and militants to enforce Islamic law in the violence-hit Swat valley, a media report said. “The army works on the government’s orders. The government has given it orders to hold fire. The army will not take any offensive action,” Geo TV quoted chief military spokesman Major General ... Full story