The US says it wants India as a global power to play a bigger role for regional stability, regional security and economic development as also in finding a global solution to climate change.
“India is a global power,” Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Philip J Crowley told reporters on Friday as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton arrived in India for her first visit to the country as America’s chief diplomat. Read the rest of this entry »
Top corporate leaders from India Inc are expecting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to announce key policy decisions in the coming months so as
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to put the country back on the fast track of economic growth. They said the expectations from the Budget were too high, considering the government had won the elections with clear majority.
Participating in a panel discussion held at ET NOW’s studios in Mumbai and New Delhi, KV Kamath, chairman of ICICI Bank, said the finance minister has set a goal to look at an inclusive growth. “This will mean that there will be some deficit, but what caused surprise in the markets was the number. As far as lack of policy announcements go, the Budget is not the place for it. These announcements can happen later as well,” he said. More
Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm as Indian students led “vigilante” patrols on Wednesday after a second night of
protests in the wake of attacks on foreign students in Sydney and Melbourne.
Scores of Indian students took to the streets of western Sydney, leading to two police arrests, after attacks in both Sydney and Melbourne which have sparked diplomatic protests and fears of an international student exodus from Australia.Read more
India’s lower house of parliament elected a woman as its speaker Wednesday, a first in the male-dominated chamber’s history.
Meira Kumar is also a member of the “untouchable” Dalit class, the lowest rung in the centuries-old caste system in the country.
The speaker conducts the proceedings of the house. She will preside over 543 elected members, of which 58 are women.Read
Five-term Lok Sabha MP Meira Kumar on Tuesday became the consensus candidate of the ruling UPA and the Opposition BJP for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker.
Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee led a UPA delegation to submit Kumar’s nomination papers to Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achary for the election to the Speaker’s post scheduled to be held on Wednesday.More
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday gave clear signals of working with the Left parties in the post-poll scenario, expressing confidence that the Communists would accept Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and a Congress-led government.More
Chandigarh: Megri a 10 year old web solutions company has relaunched
its 9 year old site www.voteindia.com as Indian Political and Voting
Portal. Earlier the vote India is used just as to do voting various
topics and remain as success. Keeping in view the need of time, on the
starting of India Lok Sabha Election 2009 it is re –launched as
Political and Voting Magazine.
Vote India is daily showing 7 featured issues or news in addition to
news or stories relating to various political parties and region wise.
The portal is not restricted to elections only in future we will
bringing more burning or hot issues relating to India and will have
voting or polling on those subjects
About Megri
Megri is a web solutions company which is offering all services i.e
domain registration, web designing, web promotion, web programming,
search engine optimization, Internet marketing and web advertising.
Megri is managing various web properties on India, UK and
International topics which include portals, web directories, community
forms, search engines, blogs and webmasters tools.Read more
People in 12 states and union territories will vote on Thursday to elect 140 MPs in the second phase of LS elections being contested by big names including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, George Fernandes, Ramvilas Paswan and Sushma Swaraj with their campaigning focussed mostly on the theme who is fit to lead the country.
Election is already on Wednesday in one seat in Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, although polling there is counted as part of round-two of the five-phase elections.
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My Dear Fellow Citizens,
The decisive hour for electing the 15th Lok Sabha is upon us. Today, our nation is confronted by serious challenges of every kind. To successfully meet these challenges the nation needs a strong government and a determined leader. A government that by means of good governance, can ensure security for and rapid development of our country – a promise that has been made and will be delivered by Shri LK Advani.
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A ruling Congress party candidate for the Andhra Pradesh assembly in the state’s Anantapur district has been arrested by Karnataka police in connection with an attempt to murder case.
T. Prakash Reddy, who is a candidate from the Rapthadu assembly constituency, was arrested by a police team from Bangalore on Sunday. He was taken to Bangalore, where a court sent him to judicial custody. Read the rest of this entry »