BJP targets Bengal government over blockades, stone pelting in Beldanga

Beldanga tension

Kolkata: The BJP Friday claimed that the continuing tension, blockades and stone-pelting in West Bengal's Beldanga since the body of the migrant worker, allegedly killed in Jharkhand, arrived, proved that the rule of law has collapsed in the state. With protesters blocking the National Highways and the railway tracks, normal life there has come to a standstill since Friday morning. There had been reports of rampant stone-pelting on the vehicles on...

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South Korea jails Yoon for five years over martial law decree

Yoon Suk Yeol

Seoul: A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations. Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster. The most significant criminal charge against...

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BMC results: BJP-led alliance crosses majority; Thackeray cousins trail

New Delhi: The BJP-led alliance has surged past the majority mark in the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, according to counting trends, dealing a setback to the Thackeray cousins’ efforts to retain control of India’s richest civic body. As votes were counted for elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest force in Mumbai’s civic polls, with its alliance gaining a decisive...

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Hindu teacher’s home set ablaze in Bangladesh amid rising attacks on minorities

Dhaka: As a disturbing pattern of violence against minorities continues to escalate in Bangladesh, a Hindu home was set ablaze in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district. The incident took place at the house of a school teacher, Birendra Kumar Dey, sparking fear and panic among his family and nearby residents. A video of the attack circulated widely on social media, showing flames rapidly engulfing the house as family members struggled to...

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BJP targets Bengal government over blockades, stone pelting in Beldanga

Kolkata: The BJP Friday claimed that the continuing tension, blockades and stone-pelting in West Bengal's Beldanga since the body of the migrant worker, allegedly killed in Jharkhand, arrived, proved that the rule of law has collapsed in the state. With protesters blocking the National Highways and the railway tracks, normal life there has come to a standstill...

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BMC results: BJP-led alliance crosses majority; Thackeray cousins trail

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