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Rights group to hold online discussion on political freedom in Tibet, East
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) has scheduled a panel discussion on February 28 to highlight the ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
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West Bengal election: Sex workers in Sonagachi express discontent, say no
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 25 (ANI): As the entire state is gearing up to brace for 2021 Assembly elections very soon, the sex workers residing in dingy lanes of Sonagachi -- Asia's oldest and largest red-light area -- are not very hopeful for some tectonic shift in their liv
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EU escalates condemnation of China's crackdown on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Union has escalated its condemnation of Beijing's political crackdown under the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong but stopped short of rolling out major sanctions on the city's officials for the continued repression of opposition
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Despite ban on political gatherings in Maharashtra, Congress holds Parliam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): After Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray banned political, religious, and social gatherings in wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases, the state Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of its Parliamentary Board to discuss issues related to state politics,
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No political motive behind investigation against TMC allies by CBI, ED: Di
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid a spate of corruption investigations on people associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Dilip Ghosh on Monday said the agencies proceed with evidence at hand and the
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PM Oli calls for Security Council meeting amid political crisis in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [India], February 23 (ANI): Nepal's acting Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called for a Security Council meeting on Tuesday morning amid rising political uncertainty following his decision to dissolve the parliament last year.
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UN envoy to Libya holds discussions with Libyan parties, reiterates commit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], February 23 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations (UN) envoy to Libya Jan Kubis held discussions with a wide range of interlocutors in various parts of the country and stressed the UN's commitment to the roadmap of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), the UN Support Mission in
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Priyanka Gandhi's Kisan Panchayats focus on farmers, aim at political revi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 23 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will address a Kisan panchayat in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The Congress Party is organising Kisan Panchayats in 28 districts of Western Uttar Pradesh to raise a voice against the far
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Puducherry political crisis: Narayanasamy faces floor test today
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], February 22 (ANI): Amid a political crisis in the Union Territory, a floor test in Puducherry Assembly is set to take place today as per directions of Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
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Trump to address Conservative Political Action Conference while Pence decl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): While former President Donald Trump is set to deliver a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former US Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to speak at the event.
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Amid political crisis, floor test in Puducherry Assembly today
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], February 22 (ANI): Amid a political crisis in the Union Territory, a floor test in Puducherry Assembly will talk place on Monday as per directions of Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
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BJP's politics of money and muscle power a threat to future: Kamal Nath
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Amid political turmoil in Puducherry, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) politics of money and muscle power are a threat to the future.
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