Politics

Turkish protest over journalist murder trial

Protesters gathered outside an Istanbul court on Tuesday, protesting against the murder trial of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Duration: 01:06

Jan 8, 2014

Devyani Khobragade's father alleges US disrespects Vienna Convention

Mumbai, Jan 7 (ANI): Protesters in Mumbai sat in front of the US consulate on Tuesday to protest against the misbehavior with Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and asked the US to wave-off the charges against her. India is demanding that all charges against Khobragade should be dropped. Devyani's father, Uttam Khobragade, said it is absolutely clear that all the charges against his daughter were false.

Jan 7, 2014

Madhyagram rape victim's father demands death penalty for accused

New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Days after the death of the gangrape victim in Kolkata, her aggrieved parents have demanded CBI probe into the incident. The girl's parents met President Pranab Mukherjee to demand CBI probe and have demanded death penalty for their daughter's accused. The father had earlier said that he was threatened by the police and was asked to forget the case.

Jan 7, 2014

Sikh community observes Guru Gobind Singh's birth anniversary

Patna /Amritsar, Jan 7 (ANI): The Sikh community is celebrating the 348th birth anniversary of their tenth and final guru - Guru Gobind Singh across the country. Despite the bone chilling cold, devout Sikhs gathered at Takhat Patna Sahib in Patna to seek blessings from Guru Gobind Singh, where the tenth Sikh Guru was born in 1666.

Jan 7, 2014

Pakistan plans to usurp territory of Gilgit Baltistan, locals resist land grab by Pakistan

Gilgit Baltistan, January 7: Pakistan is hatching another conspiracy to usurp more land of Gilgit Baltistan to include it into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Islamabad is consistently snatching the land of the occupied Kashmir by force, but this time people of Gilgit will not accept Pakistan notorious designs of land grabbing sitting down.

Jan 7, 2014

Hong Kong toy fair has 'kidults' in its sights

At the Hong Kong Toy Fair, the biggest in Asia, toy makers are not only targeting 14-year olds but also grown ups who are stuck in adolescence, the so-called "kidults". Duration: 00:56

Jan 7, 2014

Sikhs celebrate holy day in India

To mark the 348th anniversary of the birth of the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, Indian Sikhs take part in a procession in Amritsar.

Jan 7, 2014

SP on LeT contacting Muzaffarnagar victims

New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Commenting on recent news reports of the Lashkar-e-Taiba approaching Muzaffarnagar riot victims, Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Aggarwal, said if there is any militant group’s involvement, then the Delhi police needs to act immediately and take strict against the culprits.

Jan 7, 2014

Aiyar defends possible Congress AAP tie up in LS polls

Mumbai, Jan 7 (ANI): Clearing his stance on his statement in which he had advocated a poll tie-up between the Congress and AAP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in order to put a break to the forward march of Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said that the Congress and AAP will work together to fight against the BJP. He further said that having two secular parties at power is good for the country.

Jan 7, 2014

We should fight against terrorism: Congress on LeT contacting Muzaffarnagar victims

New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Commenting on recent news reports of the Lashkar-e-Taiba approaching Muzaffarnagar riot victims, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said that whatever party vice president Rahul Gandhi had said three months ago has turned out to be correct.

Jan 7, 2014

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