Ban Ki-moon returns to S Korea, poised for presidential bid

Seoul : Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, upon returning to South Korea, has hinted that he would run in the forthcoming presidential election, underlining his past 10 years of experience as the chief official of the international organisation. He also reiterated his denial over the allegations that he received massive kickbacks from a businessman, […]

Obama ends 20-year-old immigration policy for Cuban migrants

Washington : US President Barack Obama has ended a two-decade-old “wet foot, dry foot” immigration policy that allowed Cuban migrants who reach US soil illegally to to stay and become legal residents, a significant step towards normalising relations with its former Cold War foe. The repeal of the longstanding immigration policy, coming in the last […]

Mulayam, Akhilesh argue case on symbol, EC reserves order

New Delhi : The Mulayam and the Akhilesh Yadav camps on Friday argued before the Election Commission to stake claim over ‘cycle’ election symbol of Samajwadi Party even as the poll body reserved its order on the issue. The Commission has told both the sides that a judgement will be delivered at the earliest as […]

UP polls: Congress doesn’t rule out alliance with SP

New Delhi, January 13 : Possibility of a Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh brightened on Friday with the AICC declining to rule out such a tie up in the “highly evolving and rapidly transforming” scenario. “We are neither agreeing, nor disagreeing with any of your speculation in the highly evolving, rapidly transforming minute-to-minute […]