Goa minister questioned over wife’s medical treatment
byPanaji, April 3 (IANS) Controversy erupted in Goa Wednesday after the state health minister’s wife became the first patient to be treated in a…
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Karnataka’s Reddys learn money, crowds don’t always mean votes
byBangalore, April 3 (IANS) Switching from cycle-riding to heli-hopping and lording over Bellary and the BJP in Karnataka, mining barons Reddy brothers and their…
Let us unite again, assert Indian socialists
byVagamon (Kerala), April 3 (IANS) The time has come to once again unite India’s scattered socialists. This decision was reached at a four-day retreat…
Maoists kill village chief in Odisha
byBhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) Maoists have killed a tribal politician in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police said Wednesday. About 25 armed rebels dragged 50-year-old Madhav…
Religious groups campaigned against the Left in Tripura: CPI-M
byAgartala, April 3 (IANS) For the first time in Tripura, religious groups acted against the Left parties in the Feb 14 assembly polls, CPI-M…
Maduro launches campaign from Chavez’s childhood home
byCaracas, April 3 (IANS/EFE) Ruling-party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro said at the childhood home of late Venezuelan head of state Hugo Chavez that he…
Malaysian PM dissolves parliament to set stage for polls
byKuala Lumpur, April 3 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Wednesday dissolved the parliament, setting the stage for elections in the country. Najib’s announcement…
Women candidates from FATA invaluable pioneers: daily
byIslamabad, April 3 (IANS) Changes in Pakistani culture “go wide and deep”, a daily said Wednesday while lauding the courage of two women who…
Political Stories heating up – National Interest, As Always, is on Back Burner
byThe political debate is only getting wider as we slowly creep towards 2014 general elections. The ruling coalition seems to be as much troubled…
‘West preparing modified Libyan scenario for Syria’
byMoscow: The West might try implementing a modified “Libyan scenario” in Syria by supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition to oust President Bashar al-Assad,…