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NCP flop show in Gopalganj: Advantage Awami League amid massive chaos in Bangladesh

Baidya Bikash Basu | July 18, 2025 9:13 PM

New Delhi: The 'Desh Gorte July Padayatra’, or the 'July Walkathon for Nation Building', organised by Bangladesh's unregistered National Citizen Party (NCP) on the first anniversary of the violent July uprising that ultimately led to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's unceremonious exit from power in August 2024, was a desperate attempt to gain public sympathy and restore efforts to make inroads into Gopalganj, long considered as a 'fortress' of the Awami League (AL).

'Victory of truth, Indian diplomacy', says former J&K DGP, hails US decision to designate TRF 'terror outfit'

IANS | July 18, 2025 8:03 PM

Jammu, July 18 (IANS) As the US designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a global terrorist organisation, former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) S.P. Vaid, on Friday, hailed the move as a "victory of truth" and a blow to Pakistan's long-standing disinformation campaign.

MoS Margherita meets Eswatini PM during visit to landlocked African nation

IANS | July 18, 2025 7:26 PM

Mbabane, July 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Friday met Prime Minister of Eswatini, Russell Mmiso Dlamini, during his official visit to the African Kingdom.

India and Russia reaffirm commitment to strengthen cultural ties

IANS | July 18, 2025 6:08 PM

Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India and Russia on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral cultural and tourism ties during a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Denis Alipov, the Ambassador of Russia to India.

Russia dismisses EU's latest sanctions package as 'illegal'

IANS | July 18, 2025 5:29 PM

Moscow, July 18 (IANS) Hours after the 27-member European Union on Friday agreed upon an 18th round of sanctions on Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow described the move as unlawful and emphasised that it will assess the latest package in order to minimise its impact.

Iranian President takes taxi after convoy breaks down due to contaminated fuel

IANS | July 18, 2025 4:45 PM

Tehran, July 18 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was compelled to take a local taxi to complete a part of his recent trip to Tarbiz city in Iran after all three official vehicles of his convoy broke down due to water-contaminated fuel, the country's media reported on Friday.

Pakistan: Rain emergency declared in Punjab province after 63 people killed in past 24 hours

IANS | July 18, 2025 3:09 PM

Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) At least 63 more people have died in the last 24 hours in Pakistan's Punjab province, marking the deadliest day of the current monsoon season in the province to date, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) detailed on Friday.

B'desh: Ink thrown on Bangabandhu’s image in Independence Memorial Mural

IANS | July 18, 2025 1:51 PM

Dhaka, July 18 (IANS) In yet another incident of vandalism targeting historical representations of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, the image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the Independence Memorial Mural 'Arjon' has been defaced with ink.

HRCP holds national roundtable on alarming curbs to freedom of expression in Pakistan

IANS | July 18, 2025 12:49 PM

Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over the erosion of civil liberties, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in collaboration with the European Union, convened a national roundtable in Islamabad to address the escalating restrictions on freedom of expression and the rapidly shrinking digital space in Pakistan.

America is concerned about its own interests: Defence experts on TRF terror tag

IANS | July 18, 2025 12:22 PM

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The United States' recent decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed proxy of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) has drawn sharp reactions from Indian Defence experts, who view the move as delayed and diplomatically motivated.

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NCP flop show in Gopalganj: Advantage Awami League amid massive chaos in Bangladesh

'Victory of truth, Indian diplomacy', says former J&K DGP, hails US decision to designate TRF 'terror outfit'

MoS Margherita meets Eswatini PM during visit to landlocked African nation

India and Russia reaffirm commitment to strengthen cultural ties

Russia dismisses EU's latest sanctions package as 'illegal'

Iranian President takes taxi after convoy breaks down due to contaminated fuel

Pakistan: Rain emergency declared in Punjab province after 63 people killed in past 24 hours

B'desh: Ink thrown on Bangabandhu’s image in Independence Memorial Mural

HRCP holds national roundtable on alarming curbs to freedom of expression in Pakistan

America is concerned about its own interests: Defence experts on TRF terror tag

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