General Politics

BJP will declare Ramasetu a heritage monument: Ganesan

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit president L. GanesanChennai, Mar 22 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit president L. Ganesan on Sunday said that his party would declare the `Ramasetu' a heritage monument, if his party voted to power at the Centre in the general elections.

"BJP will declare the `Ramasetu' a heritage monument, if the party voted to power at the Centre in the general elections," Ganesan said in a statement.

RJD-LJP to contest all seats in Bihar

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Union Railway Minister Lalu PrasadNew Delhi, Mar 22 : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday said that his party and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) would contest all seats in Bihar.

"The RJD and the LJP will contest all seats in Bihar," Prasad said.

Prasad, however, said that he has no rift with the Congress.

"If UPA returns to power it''s good otherwise there will be some other name," he added.

Australia's Hanson set for defamation payout

Australian oil spill clean-up to take weeksSydney- Right-wing rabble-rouser Pauline Hanson looked set for a big compensation payout Sunday after an Australian newspaper admitted nude photographs it published purporting to be of her were of another woman.

"I've said all week I'd be the first person in Australia to apologise to Pauline Hanson if it were proven the photographs were not of her," Sunday Telegraph editor Neil Breen said. "We've proven it ourselves so, Pauline, I'm sorry."

Gamblers get Australian election outcome right

AustraliaSydney - Yet again, opinion polls got the result of an Australian state election wrong and gamblers got it right.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh was Sunday celebrating an historic fifth electoral victory for her underdog Labor Party, as the favoured the Liberal National Party was left wondering how the pollsters could get it so wrong.

Centrebet spokesman Neil Evans said the "smartest" money had been on Labor all along and 16 of the 20 biggest wagers had been for the incumbent to win - despite the pundits predicting their removal from power in Saturday's vote.

1ST LEAD: Slovak premier backs incumbent on election day

 Slovak premier backs incumbent on election dayPrague  - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Saturday threw his support behind presidential election front-runner President Ivan Gasparovic as Slovaks voted for their new head of state.

Campaigning has been banned in Slovakia since Thursday morning, but Fico made the remarks in the neighbouring Czech Republic capital Prague.

Speaking to a congress of the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party, Fico said that any elections - be they for a party leader or a president - call for continuity at a time of the economic crisis.

AIG bonuses higher than previously reported, reports official

AIG bonuses higher than previously reported, reports official Washington - Bonuses paid to top officials at ailing insurer American International Group Inc (AIG) were higher than previously reported, a Connecticut state prosecutor told CNN Saturday.

AIG employees received 218 million dollars in bonuses in recent months, higher than the 165 million dollars previously reported, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told the broadcaster, citing information he'd gathered from subpoenaed documents.

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