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Nepal ruling party's rival faction threatens to revoke Oli's membership
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 22 (ANI): Rival faction leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party's (NCP) have threatened to revoke Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's membership in the party, as they took to the streets for the second time in less than a month against his unconstitutional move to d
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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Scholars demand Canada to reconsider relations with Pakistan following Kar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], January 22 (ANI): After the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch, Tarek Fatah, an author on Pakistani affairs and scholar Burzine Waghmar slammed the crackdown on dissent in Balochistan and urged the Canadian Government to reconsider diplomatic relations with P
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Nepal SC to continue hearing on dissolution of Parliament tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 19 (ANI): Nepal's Supreme Court will continue the hearing on Wednesday on writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
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Nepal SC may ask for parliamentary discussion records on dissolution of lo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 17 (ANI): Hearing a writ petition against dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, Nepal's Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR said that the court would ask for parliamentary discussion records if required.
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Beijing to bar British overseas passport holders from public office in Hon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI): In order to put a check on dissenting voices, China is planning against British National (Overseas) passport [BN (O)] owners from holding public office in Hong Kong, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Nepal PM Oli recommended house dissolution without mentioning constitution
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 16 (ANI): A paper leaked from the Nepal Supreme Court on Friday showed that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had not mentioned any constitutional clauses while recommending dissolution of the lower house to President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
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Timely generation, dissemination of data needed for evidence-based policy-
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (MoS) in Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Thursday emphasised upon timely generation and dissemination of data, for evidence-based policy-making in sync with changing policy paradigm in t
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Hong Kong internet service provider admits blocking pro-democracy website
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 15 (ANI): As China continues to crack down on dissent, a telecom company has admitted to blocking one of the most popular websites devoted to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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Police crackdown on demonstrators opposing parliament dissolution in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 14 (ANI): Nepal police cracked down and arrested dozens of people protesting in the country's capital city on Wednesday against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).
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Hearing on parliament dissolution case in Nepal SC postponed till Friday
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 13 (ANI): The hearing on the case of dissolution of the House of Representatives in the Nepal Supreme Court has been postponed till Friday.
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Chinese civil society has entered 'ice age' after years of crackdown: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented "ice age" after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou Biaofeng, adding that any form of resistance these days is almost guaranteed to "draw retaliation
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