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BJP demands Telangana speaker to take immediate action to disqualify 10 re
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Subhash said that the BJP condemns such floor changes, where MLAs defect from one party to another without first tendering their resignations.
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If Revanth has guts, let him make the defector MLAs resign: KTR
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
KTR said that the people's aspirations and trust had been trampled upon by these MLAs, who changed parties only for their selfish motives and personal enrichment.
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North Korean defector group sends propaganda leaflets to Pyongyang
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
A North Korean defectors' group said that it has sent about 10 large plastic balloons carrying propaganda leaflets against the North Korean regime across the border, which has further raised about Pyongyang resuming to send trash-filled balloons, reported Yonhap News Agency.
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Assassination of Russian defector raises suspicions of covert hit operatio
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Kuzminov, who defected from Russia to Ukraine, committed an act deemed unforgivable by Russian President Vladimir Putin: treachery. Last summer, he flew his Mi-8 military helicopter into Ukrainian territory, delivering the aircraft and a cache of secret documents to Ukrainian intelligence op
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Congress defectors are 'washing machine' beneficiaries: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh used the 'washing machine' metaphor on Sunday to criticise the former members of his party who have now joined the BJP, adding that whoever has left Congress is a "beneficiary of the washing machine".
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"I'll get success": BJP's Chintamani Maharaj on contesting from Chhattisga
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
After the Bharatiya Janata Party announced the defector from Congress Chinatmani Maharaj from the Surguja constituency in Chhattisgarh, he assured that he would remain in the party and said that he would win the Lok Sabha elections.
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Congress seeks disqualification of defectors from Bihar Assembly
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In his letter, the Bihar Congress President said that on February 27, both the MLAs sit on the seats allotted for the ruling party instead of the seats allotted by the Bihar Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
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South Korean pastor hailed as hero, jailed for molesting North Korean teen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A South Korean pastor once hailed as a hero for helping North Korean defectors escape to safety has been jailed for sexually abusing minors, CNN reported.
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China's repatriation of North Korean defectors, a way of supporting Pyongy
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Human rights experts have resisted China's latest claims that North Koreans fleeing into China are not political refugees but only illegal migrants seeking economic opportunities, emphasising that it is a way of supporting Pyongyang's authoritarian system, which is similar to China does, as
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Number of North Korean defectors to South Korea triples in 2023, says Seou
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, including a higher number of youth and elite, CNN reported, citing Seoul authorities.
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South Korea calls on China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
China considers North Koreans entering its country to be illegal immigrants rather than refugees and arrests them when they are caught, then sends them back to North Korea, which treats them as traitors.
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Defector explains how North Korea's weapons overshadow human rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"North Korea is a living hell," Jung Gwang-il, a North Korean defector and president of the No Chain rights organization, told DW on the sidelines of an EU Parliament event last week investigating the dire human rights situation in North Korea.
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