Sydney, Aug. 21: Australia faced its first hung parliament in 70 years on Saturday after a furious voter backlash against the Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight

New Delhi, Aug. 16: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council (NIC) under the chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, telecom czar and adviser to the

Srinagar, Aug. 15: A suspended J&K policeman facing criminal cases hurled a shoe at the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, from the VIP stand at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium on Sunday.

It did not hit hi

New Delhi, Aug. 15: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Sunday expressed optimism about resolving the Kashmir and Maoist problems without compromising basic principles or softening his position.

New Delhi, Aug. 14: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh took strong note of the “slippages” in preparations for the 19th Commonwealth Games, handing overriding powers in matters concerning the Games

New Delhi, Aug. 14: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, directed that thorough investigations should be held by the ministries concerned into complaints of “procedural and other irregularities” and

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will on Tuesday visit devastated Leh in Jammu and Kashmir that was hit by flash floods caused by a cloudburst, an official said here on Sunday.

"The PM will und

New Delhi, Aug. 13: With the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asking the Cabinet Secretary, Mr K.M Chandrasekhar, to oversee the preparation for Commonwealth Games to be held here in October, the to

With just a week left for voting, Australia appears to be headed for a closest ever election race as the ruling Labor and Opposition Liberal parties running neck-to-neck, but opinion polls gave Prime

Ms Julia Gillard's Labour party has edged past the Liberal-National coalition in the August 21 general elections in Australia, even as the country's first woman Prime Minister maintained a decent lead