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The Human Rights Watch has called the detention by the Indian government of civil rights and Dalit rights activist, Anand Teltumbde as “wrongful” and “politically motivated”.

Democratic polity in Pakistan is endangered once again as the Prime Minister Imran Khan suddenly talks of the infamous National Reconciliation Ordinance, introduced by the last dictator-President Pervez Musharaf on 7 October 2007, granting amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, money laundering, murders and terrorism between 1 January 1986 and 12 October 1999 — the phase between two Martial Law stints in Pakistan.

THIRUVANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s political waters have been muddied further with the Opposition accusing Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan of helping the gold smuggling case accused and corruption in running the Assembly.

In the context of the on-going country-wide kisan movement for repealing Modi’s three agriculture bills, while an overwhelming majority of commentators have stood with the position taken by the kisans, a few, though not necessarily agreeing with Modi, have raised the question: why shouldn’t agriculture operate within a free market? It is worth recapitulating here the answer to this question which is well-known but can bear repetition.

The internal rebellion in the ruling party of Tripura is refusing to die down. Just two months ago, around 7-8 MLAs from the ruling party flew to Delhi to register their complaint against chief minister Biplab Deb to the party high command. These MLAs included Sudip Roy Barman, the former health minister of the state who was removed from the post due to his differences with Biplab.

The big success of the Bharat bandh called by the farmers’ organisations on December 8 was a display of people’s support and sympathy for the cause of the farmers.

Gurugram: Amandeep Drall carded two-under 70 for the second straight day to increase her lead to five shots at the end of the penultimate round of the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf & Country Club.

Fatorda, Goa: When Mohun Bagan host Hyderabad at the Fatorda Stadium in the Hero Indian Super League Season 7 on Friday, it will be a battle of two teams with many similarities.

New Delhi: Sardar Patel Motera Stadium (Ahmedabad), the largest cricket stadium in the world, will host seven matches - Two tests (including a Day and night) and five T20s- in a row, against visiting England in February - March next year.

Goa: East Bengal held Jamshedpur to a goalless draw and earned their first point of the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, here on Thursday.