political arrests

New Delhi, April 8 The BJP is arresting AAP workers in Gujarat because it is scared of the party's expanding reach in the state, a party leader said on Wednesday.Anurag Dhanda, Aam Aadmi Party's national media in-charge, said that BJP leaders have threatened the mother of Gopal Italia, an AAP...

Dhaka, April 7 Former Speaker of Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday, according to media reports.Chaudhury was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) in connection with a case filed at Lalbagh police station...

Dhaka, April 7 – Bangladeshi police arrested Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, a senior leader of the Awami League and the country's first female Speaker of Parliament, on Tuesday, according to local media reports.Confirming the development, Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Media)...

Kolkata, April 4 – Following the arrest of a Trinamool Congress leader in Berhampore, West Bengal, another Trinamool Congress leader was arrested on Saturday in the town of Canning in the South 24 Parganas district, acting on the orders of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The arrest was...

New Delhi, April 4: In the lead-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has welcomed recent action against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders accused of intimidating voters, calling it a sign that the elections will be "free and fair."Amit Malviya, Chief of the BJP's Information...

Kathmandu, March 2 – The arrest of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak over the suppression of Gen-Z protests in September last year was hotly debated during the first meeting of the federal parliament held on Thursday, following the March 5 parliamentary...

Kathmandu, March 31 The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) announced a two-week-long protest starting April 11 against the arrest of former prime minister and party chairman K P Sharma Oli.Former prime minister and then home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday for...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

Dhaka, March 30 – A leader of the Awami League was seriously injured after being shot by unidentified assailants in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia district, according to local media reports. This is the latest incident of political violence in Bangladesh.The victim, 52-year-old Shafiqul Islam Azam...

Dhaka, March 28 Former Bangladeshi minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Ali Arafat has called for the immediate lifting of the ban on his party, arguing that the move is essential to restore political pluralism and uphold democratic principles.He alleged that the February 12 parliamentary...

New Delhi, March 28 – Former Prime Minister of Nepal, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested early Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide case stemming from the violent suppression of anti-corruption protests in September 2025, which ultimately led to his removal from office.The crackdown...

Chandigarh, March 23 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded on Monday that the post-mortem of Warehousing Corporation officer Gagandeep Singh Randhawa be conducted either at the PGIMER here or by a panel of AIIMS doctors to ensure complete fairness, even as he demanded...

Dhaka, March 15 – As the number of deaths of Awami League members in custody continues to rise in Bangladesh, another party leader died in custody at Keraniganj Central Jail in Dhaka, local media reported on Sunday.The 55-year-old Shahnur Alam Shanto died on the night of March 13 while...

Guwahati, March 14 Four members of the Assam Congress have been arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing pamphlets containing "provocative and inflammatory" allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, with the opposition party questioning the charges and calling the action...

Mumbai, March 4 Chhagan Bhujbal, a former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has rejected the claim of former IPS officer K P Raghuvanshi that he had pressured him to arrest Bal Thackeray, stating that the "file" related to the case originated from the police themselves.Thackeray, the late...

Dhaka, March 3 – The Awami League of Bangladesh expressed grave concern on Tuesday over what it described as ongoing mass arrests and custodial killings of political leaders and activists across the country, saying that these actions violate fundamental rights and undermine justice and the rule...

Mumbai, February 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray demanded on Friday that the officials who arrested former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers in the excise policy case should now themselves face imprisonment.He congratulated Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, who were...

Paris, February 27 – A leading international human rights organization strongly condemned the "special directive" issued by the Rajshahi Range Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Bangladesh, Mohammad Shahjahan, instructing law enforcement authorities to re-arrest leaders and activists of...

Dhaka, February 25 According to reports in newspapers on Wednesday, the chief of the northwestern Rajshahi range of the Bangladesh police has ordered that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League, who were released on bail after court orders, be arrested again by "involving them in other...

Hyderabad, February 22 – Union Minister for Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, on Sunday termed the developments in Telangana as "deeply worrying" and accused the Congress government of murdering democracy.Reddy condemned the alleged attack on the camp office of BJP MLA in Kamareddy and the...