Tag: prime minister
Thackeray bats for Sushma Swaraj as PM
Mumbai/New Delhi: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday expressed admiration for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and termed her best suited to becoming the next...
Manmohan joins Pranab in presidential roulette
New Delhi: On a day of high drama, India’s presidential sweepstakes were thrown wide open Wednesday evening after two key allies of the ruling...
Peter Slipper steps aside as Speaker
Peter Slipper has stepped down as the Speaker of the House of Representatives following allegations that he misused cabcharge dockets and sexually harassed a...
India test-fires 5,000 km Agni-V missile
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Launching itself into an elite club of nations with the capability of hitting targets 5,000 km away, India Thursday successfully tested a...
Australia spells out Afghanistan exit plan
Sydney: Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an early withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the 18-hour terror siege of Kabul...
PM greets nation on Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greeted the nation on the occasion of the traditional harvest festivals Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu.
The Prime Minister...
Gillard urges students to be careful on internet
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged students to be careful on the internet following an incident in which some schoolgirls uploaded a...
Indian government terms army ‘coup’ report ‘alarmist’
New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: The stir caused by the media report Wednesday morning about an attempted 'military coup' in January turned into a whimper by the...
PMO stumped with ‘Father of the Nation’ poser
Lucknow: It is not everyday that a 10-year-old catches the office of the Prime Minister of India off-guard and without answers. But then, Aishwarya...
WikiLeaks’ Assange to run for Australian senate
Moscow: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due next year despite being detained in Britain,...