Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Islamic scholars and Muslim leaders, on Sunday, held a meeting with NGOs, lawyers, social activists, political party leaders and others to ensure administrative preparedness and peaceful celebrations of the upcoming 'Bakrid' festival.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan on Sunday announced the composition of the new 20-member UDF Council of Ministers, bringing an end to days of intense negotiations and internal discussions over representation, regional balance and alliance interests ahead of Monday’s swearing-in ceremony.
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 'Million Minds Tech Park' and the 'Ganesh Real Estate Management Institute' in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that Gujarat's dairy cooperative network was transferring nearly Rs 200 crore every day into the bank accounts of women livestock rearers, describing the dairy sector as "one of the largest drivers of women's economic empowerment in rural India".
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated Madhur Dairy's newly built fully-automated milk processing and packaging plant at Dashela village in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, saying "the facility would strengthen the cooperative dairy sector and benefit livestock rearers across the district".
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The art of Indian diplomacy will be to keep the relationships with UAE, Isreal and Iran in conversation without pretending that they are identical, writes Sergio Restelli, a geopolitical expert, in The Times of Israel. He urged India to reassure the Gulf without closing the door to Iran and to deepen cooperation with Israel without losing room for manoeuvre in the Arab world.
Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) Dozens of lawmakers in Pakistan are sitting in the National and provincial assemblies while the validity of their elections is still in question, as the election tribunal was not able to provide a resolution to petitions on time, according to a report in the Pakistani media.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS): Oil prices in the global market are likely to remain in the high range of $90 to 110 per barrel "as there is little prospect of a swift and durable settlement between the US and Iran and with it the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz", according to a Moody’s global report on geopolitical risks.
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday reiterated the NDA government’s commitment to reclaiming encroached land across the state, stating that ground-level operations have already begun as part of the administration’s larger campaign against illegal occupation of land.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) ‘Kerala will never forgive you’ -- the posters are likely to haunt the Gandhi siblings for a long time. These were not ordinary political posters meant to mock a leader or score a point. They were a bitter reflection of the kind of politics the Congress high command has increasingly found itself engaged in.
