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The rise of IS and intolerant Wahhabism are the real dangers to Indian democracy and pluralism, not the RSS, says Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay. I nstead of taking on issues like poverty and economic deprivation, Congress leaders have started communalising the public discourse, keeping the Uttar Pradesh elections, due in 2017, in mind. Ghulam Nabi Azad, who otherwise is known to be a 'suave' and mature leader, may deny that he compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to Islamic State, but as per his explanation in the Rajya Sabha he still finds that both divide communities. It is a pity that they feel the IS can even be clubbed with a highly patriotic organisation that lives and dies for the tricolour and holds the Indian Constitution in high esteem. While they had no problem supporting the slogan-shouting student groups at Jawaharlal Nehru University who stood against soldiers and the Constitution and sympathised with those who support Kashmir's azaadi from India, the RSS, … [Read more...] about As ridiculous as comparing Nehru to Pol Pot

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc meets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Bình Dương Province yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất BÌNH DƯƠNG — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday hailed the brotherly support from the Vietnamese army and people in liberating Cambodia from Pol Pot’s barbaric regime. Samdech Techo Hun Sen told Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in a meeting in Bình Dương Province yesterday that he was grateful for the sacrifices Việt Nam made for Cambodia. “There would be no Cambodia now if not for Việt Nam [’s sacrifice],” he said. Yesterday’s meeting between the two leaders was the last leg of a trip to southern Việt Nam by the Cambodian PM and his cabinet. The trip was made on the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of Hun Sen leaving Cambodia to seek help from Việt Nam against the Pol Pot regime. This year also marks the 50 th year since the two neighbouring countries established diplomatic relations on June 24, 1967. Earlier in the day, Hun Sen … [Read more...] about Cambodian PM thanks VN for support against Pol Pot

Deputy Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Lê Chiêm (right, in front) welcomes the chairman of the Cambodian special task committee Pol Sa-ruon at a meeting of the Vietnamese and Cambodian special task committees in HCM City on Wednesday. — VNS Bồ Xuân Hiệp Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The remains of 758 Vietnamese experts and volunteers, only two of whom have been identified by name, were repatriated from Cambodia late last year and this year during the dry season, when searches for remains were conducted. Vietnamese and Cambodian special task force committees in HCM City yesterday announced the figure during a meeting to review the outcomes of collaboration between the two countries in search and repatriation efforts in Cambodia. The special task committee for Vietnamese has provided US$420,000 for a Cambodia special task force for the search and repatriation of Vietnamese martyrs’ remains during the 2017-18 dry season, according to Deputy Minister of Defence Lieutenant … [Read more...] about Cambodia helps search for VN martyrs

A delegation of high-ranking officials of the Commander of Military Zone 1 under the Royal Cambodian Armed Force led by General Houth Chheang offered incense at Đức Cơ District Martyrs’ Cemetery in Gia Lai Province yesterday on the 40th anniversary of victory over the genocidal Pol Pot regime. — VNA/VNS Photo Dư Toán Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A ceremony marking the 40 th anniversary of the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory of Việt Nam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime (January 07) was held yesterday in Hà Nội. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee (CPVCC), President Nguyễn Phú Trọng; former CPVCC General Secretary Lê Khả Phiêu; Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Party and State leaders of Việt Nam and Cambodia along with war veterans attended the event. Opening the ceremony, Prime Minister Phúc said the victory 40 years ago was a joint triumph of both countries as well as of the world. The victory … [Read more...] about Việt Nam-Cambodia joint victory commemorated

close Video Growing calls for investigation into Cuomo’s nursing home policy Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen and Democratic strategist Richard Goodstein weigh in on the controversy on ‘Fox News @ Night.’ A state senator from Queens is demanding the Legislature hold special hearings on the coronavirus nursing home scandal that has engulfed Gov. Andrew Cuomo — separate from a federal probe that is underway. Aside from accusations that the administration covered up the reporting of COVID-19 nursing home deaths, Sen. Leroy Comrie wants answers about allegations that COVID-19 positive residents at a veterans home in his southeast Queens district were given experimental drug cocktails without consent. "We need to get to the truth. Clearly mistakes were made. We want full disclosure on what the hell happened from A to Z," Comrie said. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. … [Read more...] about Queens pol: Albany must hold hearings on COVID nursing home scandal