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South Korean President Yoon is urged to resign or face impeachment over martial law

SEOUL, South Korea, December 4, 2024 (AP) — South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it. Yoon has publicly responded to the opposition’s demand. But his office said senior presidential advisers and secretaries for Yoon offered to resign collectively and the president also put off his official Wednesday morning schedule. In the capital, tourists and residents walked around, traffic and construction were heard, and other than crowds of police holding shields,

Man opens fire at Sukhbir Singh Badal outside Golden Temple, nabbed

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 4 (ANI): A man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday morning while he was serving his penance at the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The shooter who fired fired at SAD leaders, including Badal and identified as Narayan Singh Chaura by the Police was overpowered by people on the spot and caught. ADCP Harpal Singh said, “There were proper security arrangements here…Sukhbir ji was properly covered (given cover)…Narayan Singh Chaura (assailant) was here yesterday as well…Today too, he first paid obeisance

Rahul Gandhi to visit Sambhal on Wednesday

Lucknow, Dec 3 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Sambhal on Wednesday along with the five other party MPs from Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai said Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may also visit the Sambhal, where four people were killed on November 24. Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. Violence erupted during a second survey on November 24 as protesters gathered near Shahi Jama Masjid and clashed with security personnel.

Maharashtra CM Shinde taken to hospital for check-up

Eknath Shinde

Thane, Dec 3 (PTI) Caretaker Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde was taken to a private hospital in the city on Tuesday morning for a “routine check-up”, a close aide said. “I am fine, do not worry,” Shinde told reporters as he was driven to Jupiter Hospital. Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant said it was a “routine check-up”, and Shinde would return to his official residence `Varsha’ in Mumbai afterwards. “He has had throat infection, weakness and fever. He would be undergoing a blood test,” Samant added. Shinde, whose party is a constituent of the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition, has been

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