Politics

Abdul Kader Mollah's Execution Triggers Violence in Bangladesh, 4 Killed

The execution of Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mollah in Bangladesh has triggered a spate of violent attacks in the country, with Islamist activists venting their fury towards police and those who supported the leader's execution.

Dec 13, 2013

Tamil widows fear rape four years on from the end of the war

Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war may be over, but many Tamil women who lost their husbands in the fighting still fear for their safety in former conflict zones amid reports of rape and sexual violence.

Dec 13, 2013

Correctly amended Lokpal Bill has been tabled in RS: Kiran Bedi

Chandigarh, Dec 13 (ANI): After MoS PMO V Narayanasamy tabled the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that a correctly amended bill has been tabled and should be passed without nay obstruction now. Further, Bedi said that the bill has measures as desired by Anna Hazare and the bill envisions a change in the coming in the country. Bedi also appealed the people to not give the bill a political colour and make it possible for the bill to get passed soon.

Dec 13, 2013

Fodder scam: Rabri Devi welcomes bail to Lalu

Patna, Dec 13 (ANI): RJD chief Lalu Prasad's wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to her husband saying she had full faith in judiciary. The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case, in which he was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail. After the Patna High Court dismissed the former Bihar CM's plea, he moved the top court seeking bail till his appeal against conviction by a special CBI court was decided by the HC. The order was passed by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court.

Dec 13, 2013

Fodder scam: Congress welcomes bail to Lalu

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case, in which he was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail. After the Patna High Court dismissed the former Bihar CM's plea, he moved the top court seeking bail till his appeal against conviction by a special CBI court was decided by the HC. The order was passed by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, reacting over this Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that everything must be in accordance with law, and if the apex court has granted him bail then his party welcomes the decision.

Dec 13, 2013

Fodder scam: SC grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case, in which he was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail. After the Patna High Court dismissed the former Bihar CM's plea, he moved the top court seeking bail till his appeal against conviction by a special CBI court was decided by the HC. The order was passed by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court.

Dec 13, 2013

AAP should form govt in Delhi: Politicos

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): Politicos amidst speculations of who will form government in Delhi, wished that the AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal should form government in the constituency. BJD leader Jay Panda said that AAP should take support from other party and form government without further delay. Following the suit, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi also said that the party should form the government and other parties should support him in the proper functioning of the government.

Dec 13, 2013

Nation remembers martyrs of 2001 Parliament attack

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): Cutting across party lines, political leaders on Friday paid homage to those who had lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament House terrorist attack. Vice President M. Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley and several other leaders offered floral tributes to the martyrs at a solemn ceremony in New Delhi. It was on this day in 2001, heavily armed-terrorists infiltrated the Parliament House and began firing their weapons during the time of Parliament session. Eleven persons including five policemen were killed during the attack.

Dec 13, 2013

Lokpal Bill should have been passed earlier: JD (U)

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): As the Lokpal bill came back to the political centrestage with Anna Hazare's ongoing fast and the approaching Lok Sabha election, JD (U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said that the bill should have been passed way earlier. He said that both the BJP and Congress are trying to get credits for the same but the reasons for its delay will definitely be questioned.

Dec 13, 2013

Missing American in Iran, Robert Levinson was a CIA Agent on Unapproved Mission: Report

Robert Levinson, an American who had been missing in Iran for nearly seven years now, was reportedly working for a secretive and unapproved Central Intelligence Agency mission when he disappeared.

Dec 13, 2013

SP will oppose Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha: Naresh Agarwal

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): The stage is set for a fresh round of argument on the highly publicized Lokpal bill in Parliament on Friday. Union minister of state for parliamentary affairs V Narayanasamy will move the Bill in the Rajya Sabha for consideration today. The BJP has insisted that the Bill is not diluted and that the key recommendations of a select committee, while redrafting the Bill, be accepted. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi party has made it clear that it would oppose the Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Dec 13, 2013

BJP questions over AP & FAM in budget sheet of AgustaWestland deal

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): BJP is all set to stonewall any attempt by the government to curtail the Winter Session of Parliament taking the UPA government under pressure in connection with the alleged kickbacks paid in the AgustaWestland deal. BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that the use of initials, ‘AP’ and ‘FAM’ allegedly of Indian politicians in the budget sheet of the deal raises suspicions. He said that the party will nail the ruling Congress party and this will be supposedly the last nail in the coffin of the ‘corrupt government’.

Dec 13, 2013

Rahul Gandhi disapproves SCs ban on gay sex, says its matters of personal freedom

New Delhi/ Bangalore, Dec 13 (ANI): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi dismissed Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate a ban on gay sex and said that these were ‘matters of personal freedom.’ The ruling Congress party took an unexpectedly bold stance ahead of elections in the religiously conservative nation when it slammed the SC’s verdict on gay sex. Human Rights Activist, Anjali Gopalan, praised Gandhi’s support to basic human rights and said now the matter would gain weight as Gandhi’s voice was symbolic of the views of Indian youth.

Dec 13, 2013

Bangladesh hails death penalty against Jamaat leader

Dhaka, Dec 13 (ANI): Bangladesh activists rallied in Dhaka to hail the country’s apex court verdict of hanging to death an Islamist war criminal. Abdul Quader Mollah, found guilty of war crimes committed during the 1971 liberation war, was due to be hanged at Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday, but his lawyers earned a last-minute reprieve. After two days of legal argument following the reprieve, the Supreme Court finally rejected his application for a review of the death penalty. Activists of People's Resurgence Platform or Gonojagoron Mancha shouted slogans on the streets and later took out a huge rally, in which they marched with burning torches.

Dec 13, 2013

Hamid Karzai visits India, seek military support before NATO pullout from Afghanistan

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, arrived in India’s capital New Delhi on a four-day official visit, during which he is expected to seek the nation’s nod for greater military and civil support after the withdrawal of the NATO forces from his country. Karzai was received by MoS for Home Affairs, RPN Singh, and other protocol officials at the airport. Afghanistan is pressing India to supply military helicopters, tanks and artillery as it tries to shore up security through regional alliances before the withdrawal of most NATO-led foreign troops by the end of 2014.

Dec 13, 2013