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Violence reported in several parts of Kerala after civic poll results

Kozhikode(Kerala): (Dec 14) Violence erupted overnight at various places across Kerala, particularly in northern districts, following the announcement of local body election results, police said. In Eramala in Kozhikode district, tension prevailed throughout the night after the Indira Gandhi Bhavan, a Congress office, was allegedly attacked by CPI(M) workers. According to an FIR registered at…

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EC demands extra security as unrest grips Bangladesh afresh

Dhaka: The Election Commission (EC) has demanded extra security for its chief, other commissioners and officials as fresh unrest visibly gripped Bangladesh after gunmen shot an upcoming parliamentary polls candidate and frontline leader of last year’s violent street movement dubbed ‘July Uprising’. “The EC has written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) urging comprehensive…

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EU decision to indefinitely freeze Russian assets against Ukraine peace efforts: Russia

Moscow:  Russia on Saturday said the EU’s decision to indefinitely freeze Russian sovereign assets is a targeted attack on peace efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, adding that Moscow would shortly take retaliatory steps. On Friday, the European Union Council decided to “prohibit, temporarily, any transfers of Central Bank of Russia assets immobilised in the…

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BJP’s Suvendu urges Bengal Guv to order independent judicial inquiry into Messi event fiasco

Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday wrote to Governor C V Ananda Bose, seeking an independent judicial inquiry into “administrative incompetence” and “public humiliation of citizens” at the Salt Lake Stadium here during an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi. In his letter, Adhikari alleged that the stadium, built…

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