Kathmandu(NEPAL): Maoist leader Prachanda was on Friday elected the first Prime Minister of post-monarchy Nepal, getting a comfortable majority in the Constituent Assembly.Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who uses the nom de guerre Prachanda, won 464 votes out of 577 votes cast in a special Constituent Assembly vote. He defeated Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, a three-time former prime minister, who won just 113 votes.Prachanda received the backing of another major Left party the CPN (UML) and the...
Friday, August 15, 2008
Musharraf's endgame: India set to benefit?
NEW DELHI: The endgame for Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad is clearly at touching distance now - whether by impeachment or resignation, Pakistan's most recent dictator is toast.For every democratically minded person, the fact that this will increase the space for civilian government in military-ruled Pakistan would be welcome. Why then does that not seem to be true for fiercely democratic India next door?National security adviser, MK Narayanan raised the unhappy prospect of Msuharraf's...
Yechury: J&K row will have serious ramifications.
MADURAI: The Jammu and Kashmir imbroglio will have serious ramifications if not solved amicably, since Pakistan has threatened to take up the issue with the United Nations, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury has said.Besides the forces whipping up communal passion to consolidate “their Hindu vote bank,” the backlash was fed by extremist forces, he told a press conference here on Thursday.The Congress-led government was concerned only about winning the trust vote in Parliament...
Nepal parliament to elect prime minister today
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Parliament will elect on Friday the country's new prime minister after being directed by the president to initiate the government formation process.Parliamentary spokesman said that the Parliament Working Procedure Management Committee has decided to hold the election for prime minister on Friday.The nominations for the top post will be accepted on Thursday, they said. In the 601-strong assembly, to get their candidate elected as prime minister, any combination of political parties...
Indian PM's big I-Day message: Unite not divide
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort at 0730 hrs (IST) on Friday. Voicing concern over violence in Jammu and Kashmir, Manmohan Singh warned that dividing people in the name of religion could pose a threat to the unity of the country.Urged political parties to come together to resolve issues related to Amarnath land row through dialogue, the PM said divisive politics would lead the country to nowhere.With unabated violence in the state...
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