Author: Rahul M

As political exchanges intensify ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Minister and senior JD(U) leader Lalan Singh has reaffirmed that the next government in the state will be formed under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Speaking exclusively to ABP News in Mokama, Singh said, “Home Minister Amit Shah has already made it clear that the Bihar election is being fought under Nitish Kumar’s leadership. Amit Shah has stated who the Chief Minister will be, and the election is being contested under Nitish ji’s leadership. Later, as per procedure, the elected MLAs will formally decide the leader of…

Tight security and tense moments inside the courtroom as judge reads out detailed charges against actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda, and other accused; trial postponed to November 10.The Bengaluru 64th CCH Court on Friday officially framed charges against actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda, and 15 others in connection with the sensational Renukaswamy murder case. Judge I.P. Naik read out each of the charges in open court, marking a crucial step in the trial process.As directed earlier, all the accused were required to appear in person. Actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda, and five other accused were brought to the court from Parappana Agrahara Central…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, will be released from prison Monday, case prosecutor Vakhtang Tsalughelashvili told The Associated Press. Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi Airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12 kilograms (26.5 pounds) of marijuana and 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of hashish into the country. The verdict in her case is yet to be confirmed and is expected to be announced in court later Monday. Georgian prosecutors were considering a two-year sentence, but “decided to consider…

Chappra/Ballia: Jayaprakash Narayan’s Janata Party dethroned Indira Gandhi’s government in 1977, ushering in India’s first non-Congress power at the Centre. But in Sitabdiara, the Bihar village where he was born in 1902, not much has changed.Sandwiched between Ghaghara and Ganga rivers, Sitabdiara now presents a unique administrative puzzle. The village, as it existed in 1902, has since been split into five gram panchayats that straddle two states—UP and Bihar—across three districts: Saran, Bhojpur and Ballia. The house where JP, popularly called the ‘Lok Nayak’ or people’s leader, was born falls under Sitabdiara gram panchayat in Bihar. Born to Harsu Dayal, an…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and revealed that he may have stabbed two other people in the 24 hours before the attack.British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one of actual bodily harm and one of possession of a bladed article over the attack on Saturday.He is also charged with attempted murder over an earlier incident at Pontoon Dock light rail station in London just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, in which…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago has killed thousands of civilians. It has also targeted the energy supply to deny civilians heat and running water in winter, as well as disrupt industrial production of Ukraine’s newly developed drones and missiles.The sophisticated Patriot…

Karnataka’s forest department late on Sunday captured a 40-year-old tusker that is said to have trampled two people to death in the Kerekatte range of the Kudremukh wildlife division on October 31.Following the deaths of Umesh and Harish Shetty allegedly in the elephant attack, locals had protested against the department and sought an end to fatalities caused by man-animal conflict in the region. The Government then issued an order to capture the wild elephant. On Sunday morning, five trained elephants and more than 100 forest department officials launched an operation to capture the pachyderm. In the evening, the elephant was…

Aspire to enhance greater connectivity between India and our broader region: Bahrain FM New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani on Monday expressed his nation’s commitment to deepen cooperation with India, stating that he is looking forward to holding discussions that yield tangible outcomes with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar during his ongoing India visit. In his opening remarks at the 5th India-Bahrain High Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi on Monday, Alzayani stated that promoting regional peace will be a key priority for Bahrain during its upcoming two-year term on the United Nations…

India, Bahrain share centuries-old friendship, committed to peace, prosperity: EAM Jaishankar New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Highlighting the enduring partnership between India and Bahrain, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday addressed the 5th India–Bahrain High Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi alongside Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, stating that the two nations are bound by a centuries-old friendship rooted in trade linkages and strong people-to-people ties. He underscored that both countries share a common goal of promoting peace and prosperity for their people in the region. “India and Bahrain share centuries-old ties of friendship underpinned…

35 TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy for crossing maritime boundary Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) In yet another incident highlighting the continuing tensions over fishing rights in the Palk Bay, 35 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of Monday for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. According to official sources, the arrests took place near the northern coast of Sri Lanka when naval patrol vessels intercepted three mechanised boats belonging to Indian fishermen. All three boats were seized along with the fishing…