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Ex-Amnesty India chief stopped at Bengaluru airport
Former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel was stopped from boarding a flight to the US at Bengaluru Airport today. Patel in a series of tweets said that he was put on the exit control list in connection with a case filed against Amnesty India International by the Central Bureau...
Lankan emergency off as govt sinks into deeper crisis
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect, even as the government struggled to quell protests amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades. The ruling coalition lost its majority in Parliament after at least...
Lanka Opposition spurns offer to join govt, protests continue
Sri Lanka’s opposition dismissed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s invitation to join a unity government as “nonsensical” and instead demanded his resignation over the country’s worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. The Lankan President has named four ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of Parliament until a full Cabinet...
Biden calls for war crimes trial against Russia
President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial over the alleged atrocities against civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, and said he wants more sanctions imposed on Russia. Calling President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” and the killings “a war crime,” Biden told reporters there should be “a...
Entire Lankan cabinet quits as protests refuse to abate
All ministers of the Sri Lankan cabinet have resigned in the wake of the mass agitation against the policies of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Protesters have been demanding the resignation of the Rajapaksa family as they defied a curfew to take to the...
Haridwar hatemonger back in action, now in Delhi
Haridwar hatemonger Yati Narsinghanand — out on bail more than a month ago — today delivered another hate speech in national capital Delhi. The provocative speech, where he reiterated the call for use of weapons against Muslims, was delivered at a religious function in Burari, northeast Delhi, on Sunday....
Imran names US diplomat involved in conspiracy
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday named senior US diplomat Donald Lu as the person who was allegedly involved in the “foreign conspiracy” to topple his government through a no-confidence vote tabled by the Opposition. Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders here after the National Assembly...
Imran Khan calls elections; No-trust motion dismissed
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today asked the Governor to dissolve the national assembly and announced fresh elections ahead of an expected no-trust motion. In his address, Imran Khan asked the people of Pakistan to “Get ready for elections”. “The conspiracy to take down this government has collapsed,” he...
Sonia, Akhilesh, Yechuri on stage at Stalin’s Delhi office
Leaders of opposition parties including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah came on one stage at the opening of the DMK’s office in Delhi on Saturday. Leaders from the TMC, TDP, CPI, BJD and SAD were...
CJI stresses need for CBI to regain credibility and trust
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today said the Central Bureau of Investigation, through its “actions and inactions” have often raised “questions on its credibility”. Speaking at a function of the Central agency, he also suggested that the need of the hour is to “reclaim social legitimacy and public...
