Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader and media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali was hanged on Saturday night, the sixth Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. Ali was hanged in Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital. “He was hanged at 10.35pm(local time),” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said.
» Read moreCricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Akali MLA Pargat Singh together with other prominent leaders on Friday announced launch of a new political front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections that are due early next year. The formal announcement regarding the modalities of the new political party would be made in the next few days, however, the leaders announced […]
» Read moreTelugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has got the reprieve from the Hyderabad High Court in the cash-for-vote case. The High Court on Friday stayed the orders given by the ACB Court asking for re-investigation into the cash-for-vote case, taking into consideration the audio tapes having the reported conversation of Naidu with nominated MLA […]
» Read moreThere is still no clarity as to whether the Central government will accord special category status to Andhra Pradesh or not. Union minister of state for science and technology YS Chowdary said that special category status has been the foremost demand of the state government and yet there were no clear indications that it is in the pipeline. He said […]
» Read moreAt least four suicide bombers attacked a Christian neighbourhood in northwestern Pakistan early on Friday, killing at least one security guard, the military said. Authorities “promptly responded” and all four attackers were killed, army spokesman Lt. General Asim Bajwa said in a message on social network Twitter. With the killing of the security guard, the death toll went to 5. […]
» Read moreWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday initiated the process of return of land to the farmers of Singur, saying a notification in this regard would be issued. Speaking to journalists at the Secretariat after a meeting involving senior ministers and district officials, Ms. Banerjee said the land survey would start soon and completed in the next two weeks. […]
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