Antananarivo/Johannesburg - Madagascar's opposition continued to ratchet up pressure on President Marc Ravalomanana to resign on Monday, rubbishing his proposal for a referendum and ordering his arrest for alleged constitutional violations.
But the embattled president of seven years was refusing to quit, despite losing control of the government and the army.
A defiant Ravalomanana emerged from his palace Sunday to tell supporters he still had a mandate to govern after being re-elected in 2006 and proposing that the attempt to oust him be put to a vote.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 16: Incumbent Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu is all set to retain the party''s top post for a record 11th consecutive term, as his only challenger, former MIC vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan is not expected to get the minimum 50 nominations required from the party''s branches.
Under the party constitution, a presidential aspirant needs 300 nominations, with each nomination needing a proposer and five seconders, to be eligible to contest. All proposers and seconders must be branch chairmen.
Pune, Mar 16: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi derided each other during campaigning in Maharashtra on Monday.
While Pawar condemned Modi by calling him a "frontline leader" of the communal forces in the country, Modi mocked Pawar by saying that the Congress has cheated him on the prime ministership issue.
New Delhi - Indian general elections have resulted in fractured verdicts, hung parliaments and governments formed or supported by multiple political parties for most of the past two decades.
As the world's largest democracy gears up for its 15th general election starting April 16, leaders of political parties are engaged in frenetic parleys to cobble together pre-poll alliances which they hope will be winning combinations or, at least, yield numbers that may give them a say in the formation of the next government.
New Delhi, Mar 15 : The Election Commission has disqualified the candidature of 3,423 candidates for not filing the details of the expenses incurred during the last Lok Sabha or recent Assembly ele
Antananarivo/Johannesburg - Madagascar's opposition continued to ratchet up pressure on President Marc Ravalomanana to resign on Monday, rubbishing his proposal for a referendum and ordering his arrest for alleged constitutional violations.
Lucknow, Mar 16: Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt has promised to work for the betterment of the people, if voted to power.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 16: Incumbent Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu is all set to retain the party''s top post for a record 11th consecutive term, as his only challenger, former MIC vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan is not expected to get the minimum 50 nominations required from the party''s branches. 
Pune, Mar 16: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi derided each other during campaigning in Maharashtra on Monday.
New Delhi - Indian general elections have resulted in fractured verdicts, hung parliaments and governments formed or supported by multiple political parties for most of the past two decades.
