Opposition Leaders Punished

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday condemned the killing of Jitan Sahani, father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani and asked the Bihar government to give severe punishment to the murderers, and provide j

West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that Partha Chatterjee and his close associate should be punished "severely" in response to their extended judicial custody.

A petition has been filed in Pakistan's Supreme Court seeking the immediate execution of Indian prisoner on death row Kulbhushan Jadhav if he failed to get his capital punishment overturned. Muzamil Ali, a lawyer, filed the petition yesterday through Advocate Farooq Naek a leader of opposition Pakistan People's Party and former Senate chairman.

At a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, opposition parties raised their objections over the arrest of a JNU student leader on charges of sedition. The controversy escalated sharply yesterday with lawyers attacking reporters and students and faculty of JNU at a Delhi court.

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday sentenced to death a senior Islamist opposition official for murder during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression.

After losing an important election in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today that his party, "being humble," accepts the victory of Opposition leader Lalu Yadav, whose candidate won the Lok Sabha seat from Maharajganj by a huge margin.

A day after YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to Tirumala temple kicked up a row, leaders of the ruling Congress and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday demanded action against him for flouting temple rules.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed anti-govt protests in his country saying they are "going nowhere".Ahmadinejad blamed the opposition and said they are undermining Iran. He also vowed to punish the protest leaders and told the state television that "enemies" were trying to "tarnish Iran's brilliance".Hardline Iranian lawmak...

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday condemned the killing of Jitan Sahani, father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani and asked the Bihar government to give severe punishment to the murderers, and provide j

West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that Partha Chatterjee and his close associate should be punished "severely" in response to their extended judicial custody.

A petition has been filed in Pakistan's Supreme Court seeking the immediate execution of Indian prisoner on death row Kulbhushan Jadhav if he failed to get his capital punishment overturned. Muzamil Ali, a lawyer, filed the petition yesterday through Advocate Farooq Naek a leader of opposition Pakistan People's Party and former Senate chairman.

At a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, opposition parties raised their objections over the arrest of a JNU student leader on charges of sedition. The controversy escalated sharply yesterday with lawyers attacking reporters and students and faculty of JNU at a Delhi court.

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday sentenced to death a senior Islamist opposition official for murder during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression.

After losing an important election in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today that his party, "being humble," accepts the victory of Opposition leader Lalu Yadav, whose candidate won the Lok Sabha seat from Maharajganj by a huge margin.

A day after YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to Tirumala temple kicked up a row, leaders of the ruling Congress and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday demanded action against him for flouting temple rules.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed anti-govt protests in his country saying they are "going nowhere".Ahmadinejad blamed the opposition and said they are undermining Iran. He also vowed to punish the protest leaders and told the state television that "enemies" were trying to "tarnish Iran's brilliance".Hardline Iranian lawmak...