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WB post-poll violence: BJP welcomes Calcutta HC order, says party only wan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Welcoming the decision of Calcutta High Court of court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that only aim of the party was to bring justice to t
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Calcutta HC order exposed state government, says BJP
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 19 (ANI): Welcoming the Calcutta High Court order on post-poll violence in West Bengal, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said that the order had exposed the state government.
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Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe in West Bengal's post-poll vi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 19 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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Over threefold rise in trauma cases in Afghanistan: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 19 (ANI): There has been more than a threefold rise in the number of trauma cases in Afghanistan in recent weeks, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, urging that delivery of lifesaving aid and medical supplies to millions of Afghans must not
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UN adopts resolution to hold peacemakers' killers accountable
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on member states to hold the killers and perpetrators of violence against the world body's peacekeepers around the world accountable, the global body announced o
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Twitter to review content on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Amid the rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, social media giant Twitter on Tuesday said that they will continue to enforce their rules on content concerning the war-torn country and review posts that glorifies violence and violate their reg
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Meghalaya ex-militant shooting: BJP national vice president demands judici
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], August 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Meghalaya in-charge and National Vice President M Chuba Ao has demanded a judicial probe into the alleged shooting of a former militant in Shillong, adding that the state government needs to engage with people and the bann
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Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed: Ghani as Taliban seizes control of pr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], August 16 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said he left the country in order to avoid "bloodshed" as Kabul fell to the Taliban and terrorists entered the Afghanistan presidential palace.
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Blinken speaks with Abdullah Abdullah, discusses need to reduce violence i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday spoke with top Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah and discussed ongoing developments in Afghanistan and the urgency to reduce violence in the war-torn country.
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US top diplomat Blinken speaks to Ashraf Ghani, discusses efforts to reduc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed the urgency of ongoing diplomatic and political efforts to reduce the violence.
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'Won't allow imposed war to bring further killings,' says Afghanistan Pres
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday reassured citizens that his government will prevent further violence and displacement of the people and ensure that stability is maintained.
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August 14 to be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day', says PM M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): A day before Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that August 14 will be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' in memory of those who had lost their lives due to "mindless hate and violence".
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