New Delhi, Nov 13 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the principal constituent of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday struck an electoral alliance with the regional party of northeastern India Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).
Addressing a news conference in New Delhi today senior leader and the Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP L. K. Advani said that BJP and AGP will put up a united fight against the ruling Congress party in Assam.
Vienna - Incest suspect Josef Fritzl is not only charged for raping and imprisoning his daughter for 24 years, but is also indicted for murder, as a boy he fathered with his daughter died after birth, a spokesman of the prosecution said Thursday.
Fritzl, who has admitted most of the allegations, now faces imprisonment for life. In total, the 73-year-old is charged with six crimes.
Brussels - European Union countries must improve their energy efficiency and stop using the financial crisis as an excuse not to reduce pollution, the bloc's top officials said Thursday.
"The financial crisis has not diminished the risks to our planet deriving from climate change," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Brussels.