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Nawaz Sharif romped home in flying colours with his party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) having won 126 out of 272 seats (excluding 70 reserved for women and religious minorities) in the National Assembly, proving once again that psephologists resemble astrologists. It may take one or two days more for the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce final results, the verdict, a landmark in the history of restoration of democracy in the troubled state, is milestone for the PML(N) to demolish the dominance of PPP.

When he took over in 2009 as Prime Minister for the second time, Dr Manmohan Singh would not have dreamt that there would be demand for his ouster. Even his well-wishers wonder why he is sticking to the chair when all the credibility is lost. As his government enters its ninth year next week it should have been a joyous occasion, but it is not so.

New Delhi: India’s involvement in polar research is slated to get a boost as the Arctic Council has welcomed it as an Observer.

After a gap of 6 years, Lalu organized a rally in Gandhi Maidan of Patna and he successfully countered the notion that he could bring crowds in Patna only when he is in power. His rally was expected to be a big one, because he was attracting big crowds in his Parivarttan Yatra preceding that rally. His Parivartan Yatra was more successful than the Adhikar Yatra earlier undertaken by Nitish Kumar.

The three sets of figures released over the new week give insight into the current state of the economy.

The Kerala CPI(M) is well and truly at the crossroads. And the question uppermost in the minds of the party’s rank and file is: Will the compromise formula crafted by the party’s central leadership set things right in the state CPI(M) torn asunder by internecine sectarianism?

What is preventing the government to stop the wastage of billions of dollars in gold import even at the risk of throwing the country’s economy totally out of gear? Why is the government fighting shy of applying brake on gold import, which is eating away much of the Reserve Bank’s foreign exchange reserves built painstakingly with borrowed money, overseas aid, grants, foreign direct and indirect investments? Every week, tonnes of gold are entering India. Who are these imports benefiting?

New Delhi : The participants of 24th Know India Programme (KIP) from seven countries including South Africa, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Mauritius and Canada called on the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Conscious of the growing Chinese presence in the neighbourhood, India has planned to ensure timely implementation of measures envisaged under the second phase of Coastal Security Plan

So low has the United Progressive Alliance fallen under the impact of numerous corruption scandals that the more it tries to cover them up, the more it discredits itself by getting tangled in a spiral of manipulation and lying—and yet more scandals. Worse, it undermines institution after institution and inflicts lasting damage upon India’s embattled and poorly governed democracy.