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<p> Dhaka, Oct 18 (PTI): A top adviser in Bangladesh’s interim government has said that his country would strongly protest if India tried to refuse extradition of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by citing any provision in the treaty, media reports said on Friday.</p><p> Law Adviser Asif Nazrul’s comment came hours after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued arrest warrants against Hasina, who fled to India after being ousted following massive anti-government protests.</p><p> The tribunal directed the authorities to produce Hasina and 45 others charged along with her before it by November 18.</p><p> Asif, while speaking to a news channel late on Thursday, said they will have many legal arrangements but “India is… Read More »Sheikh Hasina should be extradited if India obeys extradition treaty: Bangladesh’s law adviser

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Calling for real empowerment of women, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said women should not just accept token positions but fight for the rights they deserve.</p> <p>He said this while addressing a meeting here of the Congress’s “Shakti Abhiyan”, a movement launched by the Indira Fellowship for women’s empowerment in the country.</p> <p>Gandhi emphasised that the struggle in politics today is not just against political parties, but it is a broader “ideological battle”.</p> <p>”Our fight in politics today is not just for power, but also for representation and they are two sides of the same coin, not as different as some people think,” he said.</p> <p>Gandhi urged… Read More »‘Women Should Not Just Accept Token Amounts Or Positions But…’: Rahul Gandhi At Shakti Abhiyan Event

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday made a rare rebuke to Iran and said Tehran’s envoy should be summoned over reported comments by a senior Iranian official that it would be ready to help “negotiate” to implement a UN resolution on Lebanon. Lebanese PM Najib Mikati said in a statement the comments amounted to “a blatant interference in Lebanese affairs”. Criticism of Iran by top Lebanese officials is unusual, particularly given Tehran’s sponsorship of the powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which is currently locked in battles against Israeli troops along Lebanon’s southern border. In an interview published in France’s Le Figaro on Thursday, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf was quoted as saying his country… Read More »Lebanon Issues Rare Rebuke To Iran Over “Interference”

New Zealand saw off the danger of Deandra Dottin to book their place in the Women’s T20 World Cup final with a nail-biting eight-run win over West Indies in Sharjah on Friday. After Dottin’s 4-22 restricted the White Ferns to 128-9, the all-rounder clubbed a superb 33 from 22 balls with three sixes as West Indies finished just short on 120-8. New Zealand will face South Africa, who knocked out defending champions Australia on Thursday, in Sunday’s final at Dubai. New Zealand, who lost in the finals at the first two tournaments in 2009 and 2010, made a solid start as Suzie Bates (26) and Georgia Plimmer (33) added 48 for the first wicket. But the… Read More »New Zealand Edge West Indies To Reach Women’s T20 World Cup Final

Gujarat police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly performing some rituals inside a crematorium and sharing a video of it on social media claiming that he possessed supernatural powers, an official said on Friday. With this, the police have registered the first case under the new Gujarat Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil, and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, the official said. The police arrested the accused, Ashwin Makwana, on October 15 after a video of him performing rituals at a crematorium in Dhoraji town of Rajkot district went viral on social media. Inspector RJ Godham, a complainant in the first information report (FIR), confirmed that this was the… Read More »In 1st Case Under Gujarat Black Magic Law, Man Arrested For ‘Powers’ Claim