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Situations never remain static. This is particularly true in politics. The goings-on in Punjab politics are the latest example. The happenings of the past few days indicate the election-related developments that are taking place in the state’s mainstream political parties. The most important development is the change that has evidently taken place in Akali Dal’s strategy for fighting the 2012 elections. The second is the Congress’s failure to gear up its organizational set up for effectively channelizing the enthusiasm generated in the party by the appointment of Capt. Amarinder Singh as President. The third is the eruption of fresh tremors in the Akali-BJP relations which have the potential of casting dark shadow on Akali-BJP relations.

KOLKATA: People who thought that with the recent surrender and release on bail of top ULFA leaders in Assam the Northeast was heading for a lasting peace , had better think again.

KOLKATA: In the latest spate of Rabha-Garo ethnic clashes that broke out on the New Year’s Day on both sides of the Assam-Meghalaya border, nine people have so far been killed and around thirty thousand people have been rendered homeless, either because their houses were burnt down or because they had to flee their homes out of fear. There had been Rabha-Garo conflics earlier also but not on this scale.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the state assembly elections less than four months away, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has buckled down to the daunting task of retaining power in right earnest.

New York: Members of a joint United Nations-African delegation concluded their two-day visit to Niger today by calling for the holding of free and fair legislative and presidential elections later this month.

New York: With one day left to go in the historic referendum on the future of Southern Sudan, United Nations officials today voiced their satisfaction at the strong turnout and smooth proceedings witnessed so far during the week-long polls.

New York: Marking the end of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council today urged the Government and all political parties to find a way to complete the country’s peace process.

New York: The United Nations has “concrete intelligence” that the former Côte d’Ivoire president, who refuses to step down despite his election defeat, is inciting violence against its peacekeepers and his own countrymen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, again raising the prospect of a trial by the International Criminal Court.

New York: From promoting sustainable development and mitigating climate change to empowering women to keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today laid out the United Nations agenda for the coming year.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the international community to intervene following what he described as a series of illegal acts by Israeli authorities in the occupied Palestinian territories.