Advani takes over as BJP chief
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The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought back hardline leader Lal Krishna Advani as party chief on Monday after last week's loss in state elections in the major industrial state of Maharashtra.
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PTI Islamabad Aug 28: Banker-turned-politician, Mr Shaukat Aziz, a loyalist of Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, today took over as Pakistanâs Prime Minister and won the vote of confidence in the national assembly with the entire Opposition
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KOLKATA: Jagmohan Dalmiya&#39;s dogged determination enabled him to overcome Sharad Pawar&#39;s political power in what must go down as one of the most bitterly fought election for the post of BCCI president.
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Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal is to take over her party, with his father as co-chairman.
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In naming two new co-chairmen, Benazir Bhuttoâs political party also announced that it will contest coming elections.
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NEW DELHI, OCT 27: LK Advani was formally elected as BJP president - for the fifth time â-y the partyâs National Council here on Wednesday.
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Hu Jintao, now officially China&#39;s commander-in-chief, takes over a powerful and just expanded Central Military Commission (CMC) that is weighted with his supporters, though he still
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Controversial Hindu nationalist BJP leader Narendra Modi wins a state election in Gujarat, say reports.
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Pratibha Patil has been elected as India's first female president, voting officials say.
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MUMBAI: The redrawing of lines of authority in Reliance seems to have sparked off the current discord between the two Ambani brothers.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, a former banker credited with its economic reforms, will take over as prime minister next week following his thumping National Assembly by-election victories on Wednesday.
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Sony Entertainment Television (SET) will telecast the four-Test India-Australia series beginning next month, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the newly elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced in Kolkata today.
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The power dynamics in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) have taken a major shift following Saturday&#39;s national election.
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to
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NEW DELHI: Thirty-five days after the battle for control for Reliance came out in the open, someone has blinked, and it is RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani.
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Batsman Rahul Dravid has resigned as captain of India.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - A controversial hardline Hindu politician formally took power as chief minister of India's Gujarat state on Tuesday, after a strong election victory that came as a shot in the arm for his Hindu-nationalist party.