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TMC MP Santanu Sen thanks BJP for suspending him

9:59 pm July 23, 2021

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen on Friday thanked the BJP-led government at the Centre for suspending him from Parliament in an unparliamentary way but asserted that his voice cannot be stifled by such tactics. Sen was on Friday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the Monsoon session for snatching and […]

Nepal President dissolves House, announces snap polls in Nov; Opposition alliance to move court

11:43 pm May 22, 2021

Kathmandu: Nepal‘s President dissolved the House of Representatives on Saturday for the second time in five months and announced snap elections in November, rejecting both embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Opposition alliance’s claims to form a government, a ”regressive” move that will be legally challenged yet again. President Bidya Devi Bhandari announced in an early morning statement that the House of […]

US sanctions Myanmar military and junta leaders for attacks

11:28 pm May 17, 2021

Washington: The US placed more members of Myanmar’s ruling military junta on a financial blacklist Monday for the deadly attacks against civilians following the February coup in the southeast Asian nation. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed financial sanctions on 16 people and the newly created State Administration Council. The designation freezes […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

9:57 pm April 20, 2021

LAHORE: A lawmaker from Pakistan’s ruling party Tuesday kicked off a debate on whether the French ambassador should be expelled over the publication in France of controversial cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The resolution from Amjad Ali, a lawmaker from Tehreek-e-Insaf, was seen as a test of whether the government gives in to threats from […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

BJP-led Centre punishing AAP govt in Delhi for supporting farmers’ agitation: Kejriwal

5:40 pm April 4, 2021

Chandigarh: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre was trying to “punish” his government for supporting the farmers’ agitation by creating hurdles in its functioning with the new law that gives primacy to the Lieutenant Governor. Addressing a farmers’ ‘mahapanchayat’ in Haryana’s Jind district, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national […]

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