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No law and order in Bengal, violence at peak: Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 5 (ANI): After around 50 BJP workers protesting against the alleged Kolkata vaccination scam were arrested by the police, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Monday accused the TMC-led state government of destroying law and order, stating that violenc
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Pakistani cop held for murdering man acquitted of blasphemy charges
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): A Punjab police constable was arrested on Saturday for murdering a man who was acquitted of blasphemy charges last year.
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Honour killings continue in Pakistan as man brutally killed after asking f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): So-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation, the latest victim being a man in Gujranwala, who was killed for expressing a desire to marry a woman and asking her family for her hand.
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Pak Army's role in deadly 2002 Karachi terrorist attack continues to haunt
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): Even after 19 years after the heinous killings of 11 French nationals in Karachi in May 2002, which exposed Pakistan's image as a terror sponsor, continues to haunt France as the families of the victims grieve year after year.
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Pakistan's minority communities overlooked by mainstream media
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in Pakistan's mainstream media due to reporting priorities in the industry being dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good.
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Punjab Police arrests 2 associates of gangster Jaipal Bhullar for killings
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 29 (ANI): The two main accused in the killing of Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs)-- Bhagwan Singh and Dalwinderjit Singh-- have been arrested by Punjab Police on Saturday.
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Germany recognises colonial-era massacres in Namibia, offers $1.3 billion
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Germany has officially recognized its killing of tens of thousands of people in colonial Namibia as a genocide.
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SC to hear petitions of political violence in West Bengal on May 25
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear the filed petitions seeking to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged incidents of political violence and targeted killings in the state of West Bengal on May 25.
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SIT probe sought into BJP workers' killing in Bengal, SC issues notice to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the West Bengal State Government after hearing the joint petition filed by the brother of the BJP worker, who was allegedly killed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists, seeking a direction for a Special Investiga
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Plea in SC seeks court-monitored independent inquiry by Central Agency for
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored independent inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) into alleged killings of inmates at Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh.
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WB Governor directs police to 'end senseless political violence, vandalism
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 4 (ANI): Hours after a BJP office in Asansol was allegedly vandalised by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday directed the police and the Kolkata Commissioner to end "senseless political violence, vandalism,
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Pakistan's obsession with blasphemy laws leads to extrajudicial killings,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in deeply conservative Pakistan where mere allegations have led to extrajudicial killings and mob violence.
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