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The Pakistan government has ordered the expulsion of The New York Times' Islamabad bureau chief ahead of the landmark polls in the country, accusing him of "undesirable activities", the newspaper has said. Pakistan's interior ministry has ordered the expulsion of New York Times Islamabad bureau chief Declan Walsh on the eve of national elections, the newspaper said on Friday. The Times has strongly protested the move and is seeking his reinstatement. The ministry did not give any detailed ...

Although the much-touted Yeddyurappa impact has managed to split the BJP votes in Karnataka, the newly-formed KJP has nothing to cheer about over its performance in polls, notes Vicky Nanjappa. While B S Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Paksha bit the dust by winning just six seats in the assembly elections, the results of which were announced Wednesday, the former chief minister is still taking solace out of the fact that he pushed the Bharatiya Janata Party down a great deal by splitting ...

County cricketers have been warned to stop spitting on the field of play or face disciplinary action from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Spitting, which is fairly common among cricketers around the world, is currently not among the offences that can attract penalty points under the strict ECB's disciplinary code. But the chairman of the ECB's Cricket Discipline Commission is concerned about the habit. "Two years ago, I raised this subject and asked if it were necessary on our ...

* The voting in the Periyapatna seat has been adjourned due to death of BJP candidate, Sannamge Gowda.LIVE MAP: Karnataka VERDICTComplete Coverage: Battleground Karnataka

'Any meaningful food security programme should aim at gradually reducing the number of hungry dependent on government support,' says Devinder Sharma. 'This is only possible if the government had looked at the entire issue in a sincere manner.' 'I don't think at any stage the government was honest in its approach. It had simply worked and reworked the Food Security Bill keeping the 2014 election in mind.' There is so much of hype and expectation from the proposed National Food Security bill ...

Plastic counterfeiting and frauds have increased at an alarming rate. So how do you protect yours from being misused? The use of plastic money began in India as early as 1987, when HSBC first introduced their ATM cards. Since then there has been no looking back. Today debit and credit cards together generate sales of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore annually. Also the increase in Internet coverage and rising level of disposable income amongst the middle and upper middle class has contributed to surge ...

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Was people’s desire for change the reason behind the high voter turnout in Karnataka? Not always, says Sandeep Shastry, one of Karnataka’s most renowned psephologists. Explaining the point to rediff.com, Shastry said: “A higher voter turn is ‘a’ factor for change, but it is not ‘the’ factor. People do tend to come out and vote in higher numbers in case they are upset with the government and want a change. However, it is not the only factor.” ...