Merger with Congress only after consultation: Karunakaran

Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:06 [IST]

Thrissur, Kerala Mar 25: Democratic Indira Congress(K) leader K Karunakaran today said his party would not take any decision on the merger of the party with the Congress after the April-May assembly polls, without consulting his party workers.

Talking to newspersons at his residence in Poonkunnam here, after paying tribute to his wife Kalyani Kutty Amma on her 12th death anniversary, Mr Karunakaran said an agreement regarding the merger was signed yesterday in Thiruvananthapuram by the DIC(K) President and the KPCC President.

UNI

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Anil Ambani resigns from RS

Saturday, March 25, 2006,17:06 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 25: Leading industrialist Anil Ambani today resigned from the Rajya Sabha, saying he was doing so to uphold the highest standards of transparency, propriety and ethics in public life.Mr Ambani, Chairman of the new Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in June 2004.Mr Ambani, who had joined the Uttar Pradesh Development Council (UPDC) in an honorary capacity in October 2003, will, however, continue to perform an advisory role.....

US senators to unveil China trade bill Tuesday

Saturday, March 25, 2006,17:06 [IST]

Washington, Mar 25: The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee plan to introduce long-awaited China trade legislation on Tuesday, a move that could siphon support from a controversial bill threatening China with tariffs.Senate Finance Committee Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, and Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, said in a press release on Friday they would unveil their bill on Tuesday. That is just a few days before the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill.....

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German IG Metall union warns of strike after Easter

Saturday, March 25, 2006,17:06 [IST]

BERLIN, Mar 25 (Reuters) Germany's powerful engineering and metalworkers union IG Metall will call its members out on strike after Easter if no satisfactory pay offer is forthcoming, the union's head was quoted as saying on Saturday. IG Metall is already planning so-called warning strikes, typically stoppages of a few hours, from Tuesday's night shift on across the country, union chief Juergen Peters told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. ''Everyone knows the calendar: Easter (April 16).....

Pakistan arrests 40 renegade tribesmen in southwest

Saturday, March 25, 2006,17:06 [IST]

QUETTA, Pakistan, Mar 25 (Reuters) Pakistani police have arrested 40 renegade tribesmen suspected of involvement in attacks on government troops and installations in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, police said today. The arrests were made in overnight raids on various hideouts of rebellious members of Marri tribe near the provincial capital Quetta. ''We have a list of people who have been involved in rocket attacks, bomb blasts and other sabotage activities,'' provincial police chief Chaudhry.....

US solider killed in Afghan battle

Saturday, March 25, 2006,17:06 [IST]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Mar 25 (Reuters) One US soldier was killed and one wounded today in an attack on Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the US military said. Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks by Taliban insurgents and their militant allies in recent months and the Taliban have vowed to launch a spring offensive against US-led foreign forces and the Western-backed government. Fighting erupted after US troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets launched an.....