Union ministers belonging to the DMK arrived here Monday morning, two days after the party decided to to pull out from the Manmohan Singh government, even as hectic talks with the Congress leadership continued. While D. Napoleon, one of the ministers, told reporters that the DMK’s six ministers would submit their resignation to Prime Minister [...] Continue reading DMK ministers arrive in Delhi, say will resign
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Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday strongly condemned the assassination of the country’s Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. Zardari in a statement vowed that such acts would not deter the government from eliminating extremism and terrorism. He also sought a report on the incident, Pakistan’s news agency AAP [...] Continue reading Pakistan president, PM condemn minister’s assassination
Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak refused calls to step down, instead calling late Friday for his cabinet to resign amid nationwide protests. Thousands of demonstrators, who were in the streets all day and remained past midnight in central Cairo, demanded that Mubarak step down. “I have asked the government to resign,” Mubarak said in a televised, [...] Continue reading Mubarak fires ministers, vows to stay, appeals for calm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inducted three new faces in his team of ministers. They are Beni Prasad Verma, who has been made minister of state for steel (Independent Charge); K.C. Venugopal, minister of state for power; and Ashwani Kumar, who has been made minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs and science and [...] Continue reading Three new ministers in Manmohan team
The central government will investigate whether any official information was leaked to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia by Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ananth Kumar when he was the civil aviation minister in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, a minister said here Monday. “The revelation that Radia is close to Kumar is a slap on [...] Continue reading Government to probe ex-BJP minister’s link with Radia