Dhaka: Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the nine-party alliance led by her Awami League recorded a landslide victory Tuesday, winning 259 seats of the 299 seats that figured in Bangladesh's ninth general election. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promptly congratulated her, and expressed the hope bilateral ties would be strengthened.
Islamabad: There could be more political churning in the offing in Pakistan with talk that President Asif Ali Zardari may replace Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister while transferring all presidential powers to the prime minister by annulling the constitutional amendments former military dictator Pervez Musharraf effected.
Srinagar/New Delhi: Omar Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC) in Kashmir, will become the youngest-yet chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, with Congress Tuesday giving its nod for a coalition with the NC, the single largest party in the new state assembly.
Colombo: Vowing that his government would restore "all that was lost due to terrorism", Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the people of the northern Jaffna peninsula that it was time to forget "the unfortunate developments of the past".
Mumbai: A bullet is still embedded in his arm and the ambush that killed Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar is yet to fade into mere memory. But Naik Arun Jadhav, who survived Nov 26 to tell the tale of terror, has found the strength to "carry forward the torch" handed to him by his superiors.
Dhaka: Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the nine-party alliance led by her Awami League recorded a landslide victory Tuesday, winning 259 seats of the 299 seats that figured in Bangladesh's ninth general election. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promptly congratulated her, and expressed the hope bilateral ties would be strengthened.
Islamabad: There could be more political churning in the offing in Pakistan with talk that President Asif Ali Zardari may replace Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister while transferring all presidential powers to the prime minister by annulling the constitutional amendments former military dictator Pervez Musharraf effected.
Srinagar/New Delhi: Omar Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC) in Kashmir, will become the youngest-yet chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, with Congress Tuesday giving its nod for a coalition with the NC, the single largest party in the new state assembly.
Colombo: Vowing that his government would restore "all that was lost due to terrorism", Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the people of the northern Jaffna peninsula that it was time to forget "the unfortunate developments of the past".
Mumbai: A bullet is still embedded in his arm and the ambush that killed Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar is yet to fade into mere memory. But Naik Arun Jadhav, who survived Nov 26 to tell the tale of terror, has found the strength to "carry forward the torch" handed to him by his superiors.