Philippine elections body urged to stop Pacquiao fight MANILA: World boxing star Manny Pacquiao's April 9 bout with Timothy Bradley came under a cloud Monday when the Philippine elections commission was asked to stop the Las Vegas match because it would give the Filipino slugger and senatorial... Women 22 Feb, 2016
Options for PM: Deliver or quit KATHMANDU: Fringe political parties today floated two options-either to ensure the process of writing the new constitution by May 28 or clear the way for a national unity government-for Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. During separate meetings with... Travel 31 Mar, 2010
Options for PM: Deliver or quit KATHMANDU: Fringe political parties today floated two options-either to ensure the process of writing the new constitution by May 28 or clear the way for a national unity government-for Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. During separate meetings with... Travel 31 Mar, 2010
Brown closes gap on Tories: poll LONDON: Prime Minister Gordon Brown's party continued to inch closer to the Conservatives, a poll showed Tuesday, increasing the prospects of a hung parliament just months ahead of a general election. The ComRes survey showed Brown's Labour Party up... Women 22 Dec, 2009
India: Portfolio bargain begins NEW DELHI: India's Congress party met with its allies to haggle over cabinet positions, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a position to dictate terms after his party's strong showing in the polls. Congress, which won 206 of the 543 seats in... Women 20 May, 2009
NSU holds polls, results today Chitwan, May 25:Elections were held today to elect new office bearers of the Nepal Students Union (NSU) in its ongoing 10th general convention.Polling began at 2:00 pm. Of the total of 1,611 voters, 1,559 cast their votes today. Although 15 persons had... Travel 26 May, 2007
NC (D) fails to pick party leader in Parliament Kathmandu, May 17:The Nepali Congress (Democratic) today amended the parliamentary party statute substituting ‘Royal Government of Nepal’ with ‘Nepal Government’, removing constitutional monarchy from the statute.The central working committee... Travel 18 May, 2006
Indian stock markets suffer unprecedented intra-day meltdown Associated Press Mumbai, May 17: India’s stock market took the biggest plunge in its 129-year history on Monday as investors panicked over how communist parties would influence the policy of the incoming coalition government of Sonia Gandhi. Stock... 17 May, 2004
