Putin opponents expect to be ‘hunted at home and abroad’ after election

Allies of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Vladimir Putin could become vulnerable if re-elected, even as dissidents express concern that a crackdown on opponents could become More cruel. The president returned to power on Sunday with more than 87% of the vote in an election widely derided as a scam. Leonid Volkov, chief … Read more

Independents backed by Imran Khan’s party pose serious challenge to opponents

Voting starts at 8 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. (data map) In the key Punjab province, independents backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Thursday faced off against candidates from the party of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, according to early trends in the general election. poses a … Read more

‘Ram is not Agni but…’ PM Modi took a subtle dig at the temple opponents in his historic address after the consecration.

After the Pran Pratishtha (consecration) ritual at the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a subtle dig at those who opposed the temple and created obstacles for decades, when he said Lord Ram was “not fire but are energy”. The event at the temple, which has been at the … Read more