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Dhaka: Bangladesh Monday said that the trial of a former army major, an accused in the assassination case of the former president Ziaur Rahman 45 years ago, will be conducted under military law through a general court-martial. "Major (retd) Mozaffar Hossain has been arrested and...

New Delhi: Left parties Monday condemned the police action against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Chalo" march, accusing the BJP-led Centre of suppressing democratic dissent and reiterating their demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Senior CPI(M) leaders, including...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk announced Monday that he would continue his indefinite hunger strike, saying the police action against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Chalo" march has prompted him to extend the fast until youth leaders are allowed to meet parliamentarians...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) protest site was dismantled by the police Monday, hours after protesters' march to Parliament was thwarted with tear gas and baton charges. Protesters, however, regrouped at Jantar Mantar after the march. One of their leaders said they will stay...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the "most anti-youth" PM in the country's history as he accused the government of not just failing the youth but also pouncing on them. Gandhi's remarks came after security forces resorted to...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Monday asked the Safdarjung Hospital here to file Sonam Wangchuk's pathological reports and health bulletins and said that it would take a call Tuesday on the plea by the fasting activist's wife Gitanjali Angmo to shift him to a private...

New Delhi: With groups of protesters led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) involved in a stand-off at many places near Parliament, Delhi Police Monday appealed to them to maintain peace, exercise restraint and cooperate with security personnel in maintaining law and order. In a post...

London: Andy Burnham, newly elected leader of the Labour Party, on Monday took charge as the UK's new Prime Minister, pledging that his appointment will be a "circuit breaker" for Britain with a "new political model and a new economic model". In his inaugural speech...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it about the possibility of setting up an SIT to probe the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and cautioned the litigants not to politicise the issue. A bench...

New Delhi: Delhi Police Monday dismissed as false a viral social media post alleging that personnel assaulted a woman, purportedly activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Geetanjali Agmo, and injured 40-50 protesters, including a 12-year-old girl, during the 'Chalo Sansad' protest in the national capital and urged...