Huge car rally planned in US to celebrate Ram Mandir consecration
The Indian-American diaspora is gearing up to commemorate the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, with plans to hold car rallies in the US to celebrate the occasion. The group ‘California Indians’ is organising a special car rally on January 20 to celebrate “Bhagwan Shri Ram Ji’s homecoming”. The...
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Israeli strike kills elite Hezbollah commander
An Israeli airstrike killed an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Monday, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. The strike on an SUV killed...
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader regional conflict. Blinken was meeting Monday with United Arab Emirates leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed before travelling to Saudi...
US designates China, Pakistan as ‘Countries of Particular Concern’
The US has designated China, North Korea and Pakistan as “Countries of Particular Concern” for engaging in and tolerating “particularly severe violations of religious freedom.” Announcing the Religious Freedom Designations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that advancing the freedom of religion or belief has been a core objective of...
B’desh main opp rejects ‘dummy polls’, demands fresh elections
Bangladesh’s main opposition BNP, which boycotted Sunday’s general elections swept by Sheikh Hasina’s party, on Monday demanded the cancellation of the “dummy election” and the prime minister’s resignation, questioning the accuracy of the voter turnout. To mobilise public support for their demands, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced a two-day mass contact...
Only 41.8% turnout in Bangladesh, least since 1991
Bangladesh’s opposition-boycotted general election on Sunday that re-elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Awami League for the fourth consecutive term registered a voter turnout of only 41.8 per cent, almost half compared to 2018 polls and the lowest since 1991. “According to the final count, the figure stands at 41.8 per...
PTI says candidates to be announced within 24 hrs
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s beleaguered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday said it would announce its candidates for the upcoming February 8 election within the next 24 hours. Senator Ali Zafar from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party told Geo News that the party had issued the confirmation to 98-99 per...
‘I look after my people with motherly affection’
Newly-elected fifth-term Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she looks after her people with motherly affection but did not think her gender is any impediment to her work. Refusing to be bracketed as a woman running the top office in Bangladesh, she said, “Actually when you run the country,...
