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Public utterances of politicians often betray the insecurity embedded in their sub-conscience mind. Fathered by a number of factors, the recent utterances of Punjab’s ruling Akali leaders have generated this perception. The latest factor is Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s statement that Akali Dal was willing to enter into an electoral alliance with other political parties to prevent the Congress from coming to power in the 2012 Assembly elections.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party workers have launched a massive campaign in the districts of Uttar Pradesh against the Mayawati Government focusing on the total failure of the law and order in the state, especially the way, the women are becoming the victims of the criminals and the police personnel.

New York: The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced deep regret after Thailand announced it would denounce the global convention aimed at preserving humankind's most outstanding shared cultural and natural heritage.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted States to take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to prevent torture, calling the practice a brutal attempt to destroy a victim's sense of dignity and sense of human worth that can never be justified.

New York: The historic section of the capital of Barbados today became the Caribbean country's first entry on the United Nations-managed World Heritage List after a committee of experts approved its inscription and that of two other sites.

In spite of bumper kharif crop and expectations of normal monsoons this year, the food inflation has gone up and the union finance minister has helplessly admitted that he has no magic hand to control it.

In the intense summer of Delhi, ministers and other important persons find better work in cooler climes. Invariably come May-June, the VIPs fly out to attend other very important tasks in Europe and America. Sharad Pawar is in France, Anand Sharma in USA and Pranab Mukherjee is about to leave for the same destination next week. Many other smaller functionaries are all hovering around in western capitals. But India-US relations appear to be the season’s flavor. Next month, the India-US Strategic Dialogue will take place, this time however in New Delhi.

New York: Illicit drugs and transnational organized crime can undercut security and development in countries and across regions, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today, stressing the need for concerted action to tackle these growing threats.

New York: The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley, Australia’s Ningaloo Coast and the Ogasawara Islands of Japan were today added to the World Heritage List, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported.

For the past few days, there is a lot of speculation about the impending cabinet reshuffle. Aspirants are sitting near the telephone waiting for that important phone call form the Prime Minister’s residence while those in the council of ministers are nervous about their continuance as it has been said that the Prime Minister may axe those who had not performed well. This has provoked a tongue in cheek remark that it should begin from the top.