Posts Tagged ‘national’

Congress on Thursday denied that then prime minister PV Narasimha Rao was in any way involved in the Babri demolition.

The government has admitted that 145 highway projects under the National Highways Development Programme are running behind schedule and many of them are delayed by 2-6 years.

AP – President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief.

Reuters – The Paris Club of creditor nations is in a position to conclude a rescheduling of Democratic Republic of Congo’s debt now that Canada has come onside with the move, a Canadian finance official said on Wednesday.

AP – Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that the top priority in the second half of his term will be reducing poverty, after the war against drug cartels took center stage in the first three years of his administration.

AP – Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that the top priority in the second half of his term will be reducing poverty, after the war against drug cartels took center stage in the first three years of his administration.

Reuters – The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month — before other world leaders show up.

AP – What does it mean to be French?

Reuters – President Barack Obama is paying a price for a recession that began before he took office, and fellow Democrats have started to balk at his legislative agenda and demand greater efforts to create jobs.

AFP – President Barack Obama will head to next month’s Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.