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BJP wins in J&K’s first BDC elections

Shawdesh Desk: Two months after abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, the BJP won only 81 of 280 blocks that went to the polls in the Block Development Council

India runs Kashmir council vote despite lockdown and boycott

Shawdesh Desk: Village council elections are being conducted Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, but the absence of mainstream local politicians leaves worry the polls will install puppets of the central Hindu-nationalist

Thai king dismisses 6 palace officials for misconduct

Shawdesh Desk: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has dismissed six palace staffers, just days after stripping his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for what he termed disloyalty. The

Hasina, Modi, Mamata likely to pad up at Eden Gardens for Teesta Test

Shawdesh Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina bonding over cricket next month in Kolkata at Eden Gardens in the presence of West Bengal chief

Pakistan will achieve all FATF targets in time: Qureshi

Shawdesh Desk: The Pakistan government will achieve all targets sets by the Financial Action Task Force in time to get the country out of the anti-money laundering watchdog’s grey list,

Indonesia’s President Jokowi kicks off fresh term after wave of crises

Shawdesh Desk: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will kick off a fresh term Sunday, facing a wave of crises. Sunday’s inauguration also comes a little over a week after his chief

Twenty dead in DR Congo bus accident

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty people were killed early Sunday when a packed bus came off the road on a highway west of the DR Congo capital Kinshasa and burst into flames,

Ahead of assembly polls, another BJP leader, wife shot dead in India’s Jharkhand

Shawdesh Desk: Ahead of assembly elections in Jharkhnd, a local BJP leader who was a deputy village headman was shot dead along with his wife in front their children by