Pakistan will try to find a "common denominator" during upcoming talks with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao without "forgetting" outstanding issues like Kashmir, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said.
"We do not have a prepar…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has replaced all faulty Cameras and Photo printers in the 49 Electoral Centers of the Agona West Municipality and Agona East District with new ones to ensure the success of the Limited Registration Exercise.
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Pakistan's Interior Ministry will examine the eleventh dossier handed over to Islamabad by India on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks ahead of a crucial meeting of the Foreign Secretaries to bridge the trust deficit between the two countries.…
Stating that New Delhi has credible evidence that a portion of US aid to Pakistan is being used against India, Congress party has asked the Obama
Administration to have an effective monitoring mechanism of its civilian and military assist…
Canada Saturday said that terrorist groups would not be given any quarter in the nation even as it stepped up security at airports and other vital
installation as recommended by the Kanishka inquiry commission.
Talking to the familie…
The world's two largest democracies, India and the US should work together to face an assertive China, a US-India business forum has said.
The development followed the introduction of a
legislation in the US Congress on Friday to b…
With just three days left for her crucial run-off for the Republican Governor's nomination from South Carolina, American-Indian aspirant Nikki Haley received a major boost in her electoral prospects with a endorsement by the blogger who ha…
China's positive ratings in India have dipped with a new opinion poll showing 34 per cent of Indians view it favourably compared to 43 per cent in an earlier survey, but 85 per cent of Pakistanis rated it as a friendly nation.
The sur…
INS Tarkash, a guided missile frigate of the Talwar class, will be launched next week at a Russian shipyard that is constructing the warship for the Indian Navy.
Ramma Dewan, wife of Indian Navy vice chief Vice Admiral D K Dewan, wo…
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of next week's G-20 summit, officials said here on Saturday.
Harper will welcome Singh for a bilateral visit on June 27, immediate…
India and Korea will soon commence negotiations on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact even as the two countries Friday inked three accords to
enhance economic and cultural ties in Seoul.
Indian External Affairs Minister S M Kr…
Claiming that there was "growing evidence" of the role of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi in the exit of Warren Anderson, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said this was clear from the recent statement of a retired senior di…
Britain has banned controversial Indian Islamic televangelist Zakir Naik, who once claimed that
"every Muslim should be a terrorist," from entering the country, citing his "unacceptable behaviour".
Home Secretary Theresa May said 44-…
On the eve of the meeting of Foreign Secretaries, India on Friday handed over the eleventh dossier to Pakistan containing response to points raised by Islamabad over the Mumbai terror strikes and providing "additional information" on those…
The division within the Abuakwa North Constituency Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took a violent turn last Tuesday when alleged sympathizers of the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Professor Samuel K. Amoako, attacked ag…
One Ghana Network, a Ho based pressure group, has expressed concern over media attacks on political appointees in the Volta Region by a group of people calling themselves foot soldiers of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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Mr. Kobina Pra Annan, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Thursday visited some voter's registration centres to ascertain the progress of the revision of voters' register in the Metropolis.
The Centres included the Stat…
Mr. Wilberforce Zangina, Afigya-Kwabre District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has appealed for more resources to enable the Commission to effectively carry out its mandate.
He said that the lack of f…
Parliament on Wednesday adopted a report by the leadership, on a 25- member Special Committee on Constitutional Review.
It was formed by the House to solicit views of members on the committee.
Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader a…
The Tufuhene of Esiama, Nana Ezane Nda, has appealed to government to increase the Police force at the Esiama Police station which currently has only two policemen.
He also noted that the Police station was far from the community, and…
India had assured the US that the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson would not be subjected to "any actions" during his visit to Bhopal after the deadly 1984 gas leakage incident, a former top American diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Congress has termed as "outrageous" and "ridiculous" the allegations that Rajiv Gandhi Government had assured "safe passage" to Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson before he came to India in the aftermath of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak…
India's armed forces on Wednesday released two doctrines aimed at creating synergy among the Army, Navy and Air Force to enhance their joint fighting capabilities in both conventional and low intensity conflict situations and in the psycho…
The British government has expressed concern over the forthcoming general election in Nigeria, saying that time is running out for a credible election in 2011.
Bob Dewar, the British High Commissioner to the West African country, said in …
The international community and the Burundian civil society are worried about the deteriorating security throughout Burundi as the presidential elections scheduled for June 28, this year is drawing near UN Secretary General Executive Repre…
Ghana and Canada on Wednesday took further steps to enhance their bilateral ties as they renewed their commitment to issues of mutual interest.
President John Evans Atta Mills has consequently praised Canadian assistance to Ghana, es…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has suggested assembly members be paid monthly salaries to motivate them to give of their best to strengthen political governance at the local level.
He argued that this wou…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Executive in Holland have called on the Constitution Review Commission to maintain the appointment of District Chief Executives by the President.
They, however, suggested to the Commission to make only t…
Registered voters have been advised against registering again in the pending voter registration exercise.
This is to ease the burden on registration officials and ensure a smooth registration exercise.
The Asasetre Zonal Prop…
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole has said African nations needed
improved trade and long term investment and not aid from developed nations.
Bankole said this on Thursday while delivering a speech at openin…
Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron, who heads the Conservative-Liberal Democrats coalition government, would visit India later this year, official sources said Friday.
Cameron, who has expressed determination to establish a ne…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, has appealed to the chiefs and people of the region to avoid protracted chieftaincy conflicts that have dogged some parts of the country.
He said the region had limited time and resou…
Participants at a consultative forum on the review of the constitution held at Odumase in the Asante-Akim North Municipality, have suggested that the appointment of ministers from parliament should be scrapped.
This arrangement, they…
The Volta Regional Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their Constituency Chairmen have disengaged themselves from a group purporting to be proposing the former first lady,
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, as a flagbear…
No disturbances or technical problem has been recorded in many of the registration centres in Cape Coast six days into the exercise.
When the Ghana News Agency visited the centres on Tuesday and Wednesday, it observed that most o…
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir here on June 24 to finalise the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the two countries.
Rao is scheduled to arriv…
One Ghana Network, a Ho-based pressure group, expressed concern about alleged attacks on political appointees in the Volta Region through the media.
It said that the action by a group, calling itself foot soldiers of the National Demo…
Pakistan wants the peaceful resolution of all disputes with India and the willingness of Indian leaders to resume dialogue is a step in the right direction, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Tuesday.
"Pakistan is a peaceful natio…
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Wednesday urged Israel to completely lift the Gaza blockade as Israel's security cabinet is scheduled to approve measures aimed to ease the siege at the same day.
"The issue is not related to easin…
President John Evans Atta Mills returned home Wednesday morning from South Africa, after witnessing the first match of the Black Stars of Ghana in the ongoing 2010 World Cup tournament.
He was accompanied by some government officials.
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Some communities in the Nkwanta South District demanding re-alignment of electoral boundaries have rebuffed a truce reached between them and the Electoral Commission (EC) to create an electoral area pending resolution of the issue.
T…
About 2,167 people have so far registered at the 42 registration centres in the Effutu constituency in Limited Registration Exercise between June 11 and June 14.
Registration officers made this known when the Minister of Transport and…
Efforts by political stakeholders to lobby the
Electoral Commission (EC) to adopt a biometric voting system during Election 2012 have been boosted by authorities of Meridian Pre-University, who introduced the technology for students' elec…
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias discussed Wednesday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh means to boost relations between the two countries.
The two leaders exchanged views over means to en…
Mr. Abdul-Shakur Saeed, a lawyer at the Attorney Generals' Department in Wa, has called for the amendment of Article 62(b) of the 1992 Constitution to enable young people to contest for the Presidency of Ghana.
He expressed worry tha…
Some residents in the Tema Metropolis had suggested that the President of Ghana and Members of Parliament (MPs) should be put on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
They argued that being the Chief Administrator of the country, the…
The Electoral Commission is expecting to register about 180,000 new voters during the 10-day Revision of the Voters Register in the Western Region, Mr. Steve Opoku-Mensah, Regional Director of EC, said on Monday.
Speaking in an inter…
Mr Kwabena Okyere-Darko, Member of Parliament for Takoradi, has expressed the need for the amendment of the District Assembly Law to enable candidates for the impending district assembly
elections to contest on political platforms.
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Leaders of opposition parties that formed two weeks ago the Alliance des D�mocrates pour le Changement (ADC) have called on their members not to go to the polling stations in the forthcoming presidential election scheduled for June 28 t…
The Mpraeso Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has re-elected Mr Emmanuel Attah Obeng, popularly known as Chairman Soborae, as chairman for another four year- term
at a delegates' conference at Kwahu Adawso.
Th…
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