Most Americans want Obama to concentrate on economy: Poll

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Washington, Jan. 27 (ANI): Ahead of Barack Obama''s State of the Union address tonight, most Americans want the US President to devote more time on the gloomy economy, a new poll has found. According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC survey, 51 percent of Americans believe that Obama has paid "too ...

PDP supporters protest against EC’s decision in J-K

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Srinagar, Apr 27 (ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) supporters took to streets on Monday to protest against the cancellation of an Election Commission (EC) notification for holding bye-polls in the ...

Four rebel MLAs disqualified in Meghalaya State Assembly

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Shillong, April 9 (ANI): Meghalaya Speaker B. M. Lanong on Thursday disqualified four MLAs who had withdrawn support to the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) before the trust vote (March 17), which the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) survived with the casting of vote by ...

Shiv Sena announces candidates for Goa

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Panaji, Mar 27 (ANI): Shiv Sena on Friday declared the names of candidates in Goa for upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Shiv Sena Goa unit chief Upendra Gaonkar will contest from the North Goa seat, while Namdeo Naik will try his luck from ...

MPA loses yet another minister

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Shillong (Meghalaya), Mar 12 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government lost another minister on Thursday as Chief Minister Donkupar Roy declared that he would seek a vote of confidence in the state assembly on ...

Washing machine more important for women’s liberation than contraceptive Pill: Editorial

Monday, March 9th, 2009

London, March 9 (ANI): The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has published a long editorial saying that the washing machine did more to liberate women than the contraceptive Pill. The editorial marking International Women's Day said that washing machines had freed generations of women from the drudgery of housework. "The washing ...

Mufti advocates revocation of AFSPA in J-K

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Jammu, Mar 1 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed demanded the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Sayeed said, "Now time has come when there is peace, when there is decline in militancy, ...

Violent protests over killing of Muslim youth continues in Kashmir

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Srinagar/Jammu, Feb 28 (ANI): Violent protests over the killing of two Muslim youths, allegedly by the army, continue in Kashmir. Security personnel had to fire tear gas shells to control an agitating mob here on Friday. rotesting against the death of Shabir Ahmad Sheikh, ...

‘Obama Effect’ played big role in reducing racism, says study

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): A study has revealed that Barack Obama played a big role in changing the way the whites thought about African-Americans, even before he was elected US President. The researcher carried out by Florida State University Psychology Professor E. Ashby Plant and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Patricia Devine ...