NEW DELHI: Shibu Soren's hopes of making a comeback as Jharkhand chief minister by replacing incumbent Madhu Koda received a boost on Thursday with the RJD assuring the JMM supremo of its support.Soren said after his meeting with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad that the Railway Minister had not only promised his party's backing but also assured him help in securing the support of independents.Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) General Secretary Hemlal Murmu was with Soren when he met Prasad.The development is...
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Jammu: Protesters attack Congress leader
Jammu, Aug 21 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former deputy chief minister Mangat Ram Sharma had a narrow escape when angry protesters attacked him amid violent protests after curfew in Jammu was relaxed for 12 hours from 5 a.m. ThursdaySharma was on his way to a doctor's house in Bhagwati Nagar here, when a group of youth attacked his car with stones. Security guards were unable to bring him out of the vehicle.However, a guard on a bike saved Sharma who took a ride on his bike to escape the mob.The...
PPP backs Zardari for Presidency
Islamabad: Asif Ali Zardari may be the next president of Pakistan as the Pakistan People's Party has backed their party chief for the post of President.Zardari has said that a decision will be made only after consulting ruling coalition partners. However, Zardari rules himself out for the post of President.But the big question is whether Zardari as President would be acceptable to Nawaz sharif of the PML-N. There is already tension between the two leaders with still no agreement over the reinstatement...
AGP seeks photo I-cards for Indians
GUWAHATI: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today demanded that photo identity cards should be provided to all genuine Indian citizens to remove feeling of apprehension from their minds in order to avoid clashes like the ones in the districts of Udalguri, Darrang and Sonitpur. A delegation of the regional party visited the affected areas of the three districts yesterday to take stock of the situation and appealed to all sections of people not to allow themselves to be instigated by anyone.Talking to...
Sharif threatens to quit Pakistan coalition: Report
SINGAPORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has threatened to pull his party out of Pakistan's ruling coalition if it does not decide by Friday to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, the Wall Street Journal reported.The deadlock over the judges opened up cracks in the coalition led by slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) soon after Musharraf, faced with the threat of impeachment, resigned on Monday.Sharif told the newspaper that the sacking...
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