Nagpur, Feb 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive will today discuss effective strategies to defeat the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
While the National Executive of the party will be held today, the two-day National Council will meet on Saturday and Sunday. About 200 and over 5,000 delegates are expected to attend the two events respectively.
The three-day meet will be a session dedicated to give directions to the party rank and file for the final Lok Sabha polls preparation.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he prays for US President Barack Obama to be successful in his efforts to overcome the ongoing economic and financial crisis.
"I pray for him more than I pray for myself, that he may find a way out for the United States. And who knows whether that may help solve the problem for other countries," Lula said as he opened a hydroelectric plant in the central Brazilian state of Tocantins.
New York - A commission to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is limited to just six months and cannot carry out criminal proceedings, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday in a letter to the UN Security Council.
"The duty of determining criminal responsibility of the perpetrators of the assassination would remain with the Pakistani authorities," the letter said.
Kiev - Ukraine's embattled government on Thursday survived a parliament motion of no confidence, with the legislative opposition failing to assemble to votes needed to throw out the country's pro- Europe leadership.
A total 203 MPs out of the 450-seat house voted in favour of considering a no confidence motion, almost all from the pro-Russia Regions Ukraine party, or the anti-capitalist Communist Party of Ukraine.
Wellington - New Zealand celebrates 169 years of partnership between its indigenous Maori people and European settlers Friday with relations between the races in a better state than they have been for years.
The development comes despite an attack Thursday on Prime Minister John Key by two dissidents waving a Maori sovereignty flag as he arrived at a meeting house at historic Waitangi in the Bay of Islands for celebrations on the eve of the country's national day.
The protestors claimed that the government was not doing enough for the near-600,000 Maoris, who comprise about 15 per cent of the population, but Key dubbed them "glory seekers" and said, "They were out of step with what the majority of people think."
Nagpur, Feb 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive will today discuss effective strategies to defeat the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections. 
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he prays for US President Barack Obama to be successful in his efforts to overcome the ongoing economic and financial crisis.
New York - A commission to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is limited to just six months and cannot carry out criminal proceedings, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday in a letter to the UN Security Council.
Wiesbaden, Germany - Roland Koch, a key supporter of Chancellor Angela
Kiev - Ukraine's embattled government on Thursday survived a parliament motion of no confidence, with the legislative opposition failing to assemble to votes needed to throw out the country's pro- Europe leadership.
