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South India: AIADMK General Council sacks Sasikala, cancels actions by Dinakaran!0
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- September 12, 2017
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to sack VK Sasikala from interim General Secretary post. “Late J Jayalalithaa will be the permanent GS of the party,” the resolution said. It also abolished the GS posts. In a bid to end confusion over
Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways0
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- September 12, 2017
Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where at least 400 people have been killed and 270,000 Rohingyas have fled their homes, the country’s de facto leader, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, finally spoke up to acknowledge the crisis. But to the disappointment of several international
India-Pakistan relations: Does New Delhi need to tweak its Pakistan policy?0
- Blog, Issue 22 - Fall 2017
- September 12, 2017
There is absolutely no doubt that in recent years some countries have begun to take serious note of terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil. Even erstwhile allies of Pakistan cannot ignore the role of Pakistan’s deep state in promoting terrorism in India US warnings to Pakistan If one were, to begin with, the instance of the
NE India forum debates over electrocution deaths0
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- September 12, 2017
By Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Understanding the gravity of the situation where India loses nearly 10,000 people to electrocution deaths annually, a civil society group based in Northeast has raised voices for a total rearrangement of the power supply system in the country. Endorsed by Gandhian Natwar Thakkar, civil liberties campaigner Dr. Gopal Krishna, senior advocate
Finding Hope for the Rohingya in Unexpected Places0
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- September 12, 2017
By Shah Alam Khan on 11/09/2017 Maybe there is a solution out there – and if not a solution, at least some hope for the Rohingya. Rohingya refugees wait to enter the Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 30, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain We all know what is happening in Myanmar. Rohingya
Rohingya crisis: UN sees ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar0
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- September 11, 2017
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August 20, 2019 Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Monday criticised the Narendra Modi-led administration’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and split the region into two Union Territories, NDTV reported. “I don’t think ultimately you will have any resolution in Kashmir without democracy,” the 85-year-old economist said, adding that the Centre’s decision
Was India Behind 2009 Border Guards Massacre in Bangladesh?
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