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New Delhi, March 8 : Taking a serious view of the hooliganism exhibited by a group of Member of Parliaments in the Rajya Sabha on Monday during the tabling of Women's Reservation...

New Delhi, March 8 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will hold a meet at 6.30 p.m. at the 7 Race Course Road in the capital.   The meet to be held...

Jammu, Mar.8 : A different winter strategy to counter terrorism and cross-border infiltration reaped in good dividends and today 20 percent militants are without guns in Jammu and Kashmir, said a state senior police officer here on Monday.  Addressing a press conference here, Inspector...

New Delhi, Mar 8 : A group of women protested outside the parliament complex on Monday evening against the ruckus caused by some political parties against the tabling of Women's...

New Delhi, Mar 8 : One hundred and seven industries have applied for Central Industrial Security Force security cover for their respective installations.  Revealing this at a press conference, CISF Director General N R Das said the security would be given only...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Monday that a long-awaited election law was complete, paving the way for the country’s first elections in two decades, a major step toward what the junta bills as its route toward democratic rule. The military has vowed to hold the vote this year, but state media did not announce a date, saying details of the law would be made public on Tuesday. Analysts said one major question is whether votes will be tallied locally, as they were in 1990, or centrally in the new capital, Naypyidaw. Counting the votes in local constituencies could reduce the chances of cheating by the military, they say. In the national referendum on a new constitution in 2008, the...

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, walks with Afghanistan President... Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen during a joint press conference with... Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes a question during a joint press confere... KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that an action plan to reintegrate low- to mid-level insurgent fighters into society and negotiate with the Taliban's top echelon will be crafted at a springtime peace conference aimed at ending the war. Karzai has already extended the government's offer to members of the Taliban who renounce ties to...

Delhi is the best Indian city to live in, while steel city Jamshedpur ranks lowest in the Liveability Index 2010 prepared jointly by CII and Institute for Competitiveness. Country's financial capital Mumbai comes second in the list of 37 cities mapped in the list, prepared on parameters like living standard,...

JOS, Nigeria - Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence in the volatile region left more than 300 dead. One aid worker said Monday it was difficult to tell how many people had been killed because some bodies were charred beyond recognition. The violence in three mostly Christian villages Sunday appeared to be reprisal attacks following the January unrest in Jos when most of the victims were Muslims, said Red Cross spokesman Robin Waubo. State officials did not comment on what may have prompted the latest attacks. Plateau State spokesman Gregory Yenlong said officials would conduct...

WASHINGTON - Excessive casualties to coalition soldiers in Afghanistan could lose the war. But a military culture that values force protection above popular support can be just as dangerous in the long run and very hard to change, as a recent experience with two convoys there suggests. The first came during a traffic jam in Kabul, which is infamous for its hours-long backups during rush hour. I was stuck with several colleagues on the Jalalabad Road while returning from meetings at allied headquarters. We had been sitting for what seemed like forever when we noticed a commotion in the traffic behind us. Soon there appeared a dozen or so American soldiers, walking forward among the stalled...

Losers in the recession, re-branding at the Salvation army and distrust of evidence from social workers Low earners spend 41% of their income on food, fuel and other essentials; high earners spend 27%. Photograph: Alamy Today's top Society Guardian news and comment Other news after being reinstated by the General Social Care Council, says Community Care Labour is accused by the Tories of to stop pet projects being scrapped by an incoming Tory government, says the Independent. The NHS is , the president of the Royal College of GPs, Iona Heath has warned, reports the Daily Mail. and of "providing political...

Judges delay decisions in urgent cases affecting vulnerable children to hear from other experts, says report A social worker comforts a young girl. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP Courts are refusing applications to take children into care because some members of the judiciary hold social workers in such low esteem that they do not trust their evidence, it will be claimed this week in a major study. Local authorities told researchers that children were being put at risk because social workers were not always recognised as experts. The findings are part of research commissioned by the Local Government Association into the practicalities of implementing the 58 recommendations of , carried...

New Delhi, March 8 : With proceedings in Parliament all but suspended over the tabling and expected passage of the more than decade-old Women's Reservation Bill on Monday, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has called for an all-party meeting from 4.15 p.m. in...

New Delhi, March 8 : The Bharatiya Janata Party has put the onus for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill on the government.   The Bill should be presented and passed today. The indiscipline witness in Parliament is condemnable, said BJP spokeman Ravi Shankar Prasad.   The BJP warned that the UPA's opponents were expected to put up a strong fight, and it was up to the Government to maintain decorum in the House...

New Delhi, Mar 8 : The Rajya Sabha witnessed unprecendented scenes leading to an adjournment for the fourth time on Monday as determined SP, RJD and BSP members entered the Well of the House, ripped off mikes and tore up papers in an attempt to stall the Women's Reservation Bill from being taken up for consideration.  ...

 

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