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Sonia Gandhi to Host Dinner for Manmohan Singh

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairman and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will host a farewell dinner for the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 14 May.

May 14, 2014

Day of Vesak 2014: Can Buddha's message of peace possibly help guide governments and international community?

Day of Vesak 2014: Can Buddha's Message of Peace Help Guide Governments, International Community?

Day of Vasek 2014: Can Buddha's message of peace help guide governments and international community?

May 13, 2014

BJP's Arun Jaitley Calls Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an Able Economist, Dismisses him as Leader

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have allegedly been belittled by his own party head Sonia Gandhi, but he has an admirer in the opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Arun Jaitley.

May 13, 2014

Repolling Underway in 29 Centres, TDP Sweeps Local Bodies, Cong Wiped Out

Repolling was underway in 29 polling centres spread across nine districts of Andhra Pradesh on 13 May.

May 13, 2014

Modi on Course to be India's Next Leader, Exit Polls Show

Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India's next prime minister, four major exit polls showed on Monday, with his opposition party and its allies forecast to sweep to a parliamentary majority in the world's biggest ever election.

May 13, 2014

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Exit Polls Predict BJP-Led NDA to Form Next Government in India

As India completed polling of votes in nine phases for its 16th Lok Sabha on 12 May, media-based exit polls started to predict that the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may form the next coalition government.

May 12, 2014

Local Bodies' Poll Results in AP Seen as Prediction to Lok Sabha Election; TDP Leads in Seemandhra, Congress in Telangana

Political parties in Andhra Pradesh (AP) see the election results of local bodies - municipalities and city corporations - in the state as a spectrum to the state Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, results of which will be out on 16 May.

May 12, 2014

North Korea Brands South President a 'Prostitute' and Obama Her 'Pimp'

In a shocking statement, North Korea has branded South President Park Geun-hye a 'prostitute' and US President Barack Obama her 'pimp'.

May 12, 2014

Conchita Wurst's Eurovision Win: It is the End of Europe, Says Russia

Russian politicians have slammed Conchita Wurst's Eurovision win and labelled it as "the end of Europe".

May 12, 2014

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Congress Candidate Ajay Rai Invites EC's Action by Displaying Party's Symbol at Booth

Ajay Rai, the Congress candidate in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, faced action by the Election Commission for flashing his party's symbol and talking to media persons at a polling booth on 12 May - the last voting day.

May 12, 2014

Blackwater troops in training/Reuters File

Over 100 US Elite Blackwater Mercenaries Deployed in Ukraine

Blackwater, the highly trained private US Army, is known to have played a key role during the Iraq war.

May 12, 2014

Seemandhra: Committee to Submit Suggestions on New Capital by 31 August

The Sivaramakrishnan Committee, appointed to suggest an existing city or a region as the capital city of Seemandhra - the residual Andhra Pradesh after Telangana has been carved out - will submit its suggestions to the Centre by 31 August.

May 11, 2014

A voter casts a ballot during a referendum in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk (Reuters)

East Ukraine Referendum Raises Fears of Dismemberment

Pro-Russian separatist leaders pressed a referendum on self-rule across eastern Ukraine on Sunday that has raised fears in Kiev and the West of civil war and dismemberment.

May 11, 2014

A butcher cuts up portions of beef for sale in an abattoir at a wholesale market in Mumbai (Reuters)

Election Front-Runner BJP Could Curb Beef Exports

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after general elections that end on Monday, threatening supplies from one of the world's biggest shippers of the meat.

May 11, 2014

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Election Commission says Exit Polls can be Issued on Monday

News organisations will be allowed to release their exit polls for general elections after 1830 India time (1300 GMT) on Monday, the last day of voting, Election Commission officials told Reuters.

May 10, 2014

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