Washington - Democrat Barack Obama was elected the next president of the United States over Republican John McCain, capturing the 270 votes needed to prevail in the Electoral College, according to projections by major US news networks.
The complex electoral college system awards each of the 50 states' and the District of Columbia's electoral votes to the candidate who prevails in the state's popular vote. A candidate needs 270 votes to clinch the White House.
India's largest telecom major, Bharti Airtel has set a target of $10-bn revenue by next year. It is asserted by chairman and managing director, Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal in the sidelines of a function, organized to launch new brand identity and logo of Bharti group.
He said that Indian telecom sector is emerged as a strong sector and it is hardy impacted by slowdown. Indian telecom companies provide call services at very low prices and they are increasing by volumes. Bharti Airtel is the largest telecom company of the country, having nearly 80 million customers. It contributes about 85% in the revenue of Bharti group.
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, the Detroit-based generic subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd., has been issued a letter of warning by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and all its future marketing approvals for medicines have been withheld due to some quality-control issues.
This action of the US regulator comes in the wake of certain technical inadequacies identified by it during a May 2008 inspection. The FDA considered some of its observations to be repeat observations, and hence issued the warning letter.
Caraco said the FDA observations include, among other things, the inadequate and untimely investigation by the quality control unit of certain incidents at the facility contrary to the company’s standard operating procedures.
Chicago - The T-shirts say it all: "A new hope. I was the change happened at Grant Park."
With presidential victory slipping further out of Republican John McCain's hands as the historic election night wore on Tuesday, Democrat Barack Obama was poised on the verge of a victory that could reshape the American political landscape.
Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Union Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal MP, allegedly assaulted the station manager of Kingfisher Airlines at Patna Airport on Monday. The incident took place when he was not allowed to board Patna-Kolkata flight, as he reported late at the airport.
In a statement, Kingfisher Airlines, giving a detailed account of the happenings, said: “Considering the fact that the aircraft had begun taxiing, our Airport Manager told Singh that he could not join the flight as we were told that he was not coming. That was when Singh assaulted and abused our Airport Manager in the VIP lounge in the presence of several witnesses.”
Washington (dpa) - Democrat Barack Obama boosted his lead over Republican John McCain in the electoral college, claiming 207 votes in elections Tuesday after capturing the key battleground state of Ohio, according to projections by major US news networks.
The complex electoral college system awards each of the 50 states' and the District of Columbia's electoral votes to the candidate who prevails in the state's popular vote. A candidate needs 270 votes to clinch the White House.
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Washington - Democrat Barack Obama was elected the next president of the United States over Republican John McCain, capturing the 270 votes needed to prevail in the Electoral College, according to projections by major US news networks.
Chicago - The T-shirts say it all: "A new hope. I was the change happened at Grant Park."
Washington (dpa) - Democrat Barack Obama boosted his lead over Republican John McCain in the electoral college, claiming 207 votes in elections Tuesday after capturing the key battleground state of Ohio, according to projections by major US news networks.
