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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The heavy polling in the April 13 Assembly elections has spawned a host of theories on who will benefit from it.

BHOPAL: After keeping the two top positions in the Madhya Pradesh Congress set-up vacant for more than a year, the Congress President Ms. Sonia Gandhi has finally filled up the two vacancies. The two positions were: state Congress President and leader of the Congress legislature party. The CLP leader, by virtue of the Congress’ being the largest opposition contingent in the Assembly, automatically acquires the status of the leader of opposition.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $17.51 billion in financing operations last year, according to ADB's 2010 Annual Report released ahead of the 44th Annual Meeting to be held from 3 to 6 May in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.

New York: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today urged the parties to the political unrest gripping Yemen to protect children at all costs as the number of minors killed or injured during the recent violence continues to rise.

New York: The Security Council committee tasked with spearheading efforts to tackle terrorism began a three-day meeting today with regional organizations that is aimed at accelerating and unifying international strategies to defeat the scourge.

New York: A senior United Nations human rights official today urged Nepal to quickly enact the draft laws that will establish a commission to probe enforced disappearances in the Asian country and create a mechanism to seek the truth about conflict-related abuses and facilitate national reconciliation.

New York: South Asia continues to have the largest concentrations of poor rural populations despite the fact that the wider Asia-Pacific region has made major strides in combating poverty, a United Nations agency said today, stressing that agriculture is key to poverty alleviation.

New York: Neither party to the dispute over Western Sahara has taken steps to date that would suggest a readiness to move to an acceptable compromise, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report in which he recommends measures to help advance progress in the United Nations-backed negotiations.

New York: The recent power plant accident in Japan, like the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago, calls for “deep reflection” on the future of nuclear energy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, as he outlined a five-step plan to enhance nuclear safety.

New Delhi: Annual Plan of Goa for the year 2011-12 was approved in a meeting, here today, between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Digambar Kamat, here, today. The Annual Plan size was agreed at Rs 3,320 crore.