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Congress is likely to release its first list of candidates for the Uttarakhand assembly polls within a week as the partys screening committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to finalize the names, said a party source.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Citizen News has said that its decision to shut down was prompted by the crackdown on fellow independent media outlet Stand News.

The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News has announced that it will shut down to ensure the safety of everyone, days after the citys national security police raided another independent online news outlet over allegations of sedition.

The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News has announced that it will shut down to ensure the safety of everyone, days after the citys national security police raided another independent online news outlet over allegations of sedition.

The two editors of now-defunct Hong Kongs non-profit news outlet Stand News have been denied bail by the court here and ordered to remain in custody after they were officially charged with allegedly conspiring to publish seditious publications, a media report said.

China controlled governments implementation of the National Security Law has upended Hong Kongs political environment in the past year, according to several media reports.

Amid low voting turnout under amended electoral laws, pro- Beijing candidates have swept to victory in Hong Kongs Legislative Council election.

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that the aspirants of the Civil Service Examination and other central exams in 2020 and 2021 be granted two compensatory attempts and corresponding age relaxation in light of COVID-19 induced disruptions.

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A day after Special Investigation Team (SIT) found that the Lakhimpur Kheri killings were a planned attack, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday demanded the resignation of MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son is allegedly involved in mowing down four protesting farmers.