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In a major action against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, the Islampur police nabbed 13 individuals, including 12 Bangladeshi nationals, from Char Gopalpur village under Hurshi Gram Panchayat in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal on 28th November. One Indian among the arrestees, identified as Saber Ali (31), had given shelter to the 12 Bangladeshi nationals, named Md Awal (25), Abdul Khaleque (38), Suman Ali (30), Sukuddin (26), Khabir (19), Sahidul (35), Md Sabbir (22), Md Jiarul Houque (38), Majdar Ali (36), Md Khairul (27), Md Roni (23), and Ruhul Amin (34). All the Bangladeshi nationals were found staying without any valid…

AGAM, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and floods, and authorities feared the confirmed death toll of 248 would rise further.The areas were largely cut off by damaged roads and downed communications lines, and relief aircraft were delivering aid and supplies to the hard-hit district of Central Tapanuli in North Sumatra province and elsewhere in the region. Rescue efforts were also hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment.The National Disaster Management Agency, or BNPB, said rescuers in West…

After a surge in counterfeit Nandini ghee, KMF prepares a digital traceability system to help consumers verify authenticity instantly.The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is taking major steps to protect its widely consumed Nandini ghee brand after a surge in counterfeit products surfaced across the state. A detailed digital traceability system is being put in place, with QR codes soon to be printed on every Nandini ghee pack to help customers confirm authenticity instantly.Also Read:India posts strong 8.2% GDP growth in Q2, fastest pace in six quartersThe move comes shortly after Central Crime Branch (CCB) officers busted a network involved in…

With Congress high command stepping in, the Karnataka leadership tussle intensifies ahead of back-to-back meetings in Bengaluru and Delhi.Karnataka’s ongoing power-sharing battle has entered its most decisive phase, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar set to hold a closely watched breakfast meeting at the CM’s Cauvery residence in Bengaluru. The meeting follows direct instructions from the Congress high command, marking a significant escalation in efforts to end the leadership stand-off within the state government.According to party sources, the Congress high command, led by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, has scheduled two key meetings in New Delhi…

The Karnataka High Court Friday rejected a set of pleas by five accused persons in a real estate-linked murder case in Bengaluru against an October 17 order of a special court for extension of their judicial custody for 45 days under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act, 2000. A BJP MLA is also accused in the case.Soon after the high court rejected the challenge of the five accused – Kiran K, Madan R, Vimal Raj, Pradeep K and V Samuel – a special court for KCOCA cases also passed an order for extension of the custody of the accused…

The Karnataka High Court Thursday reserved its judgment with regard to a petition by K N Shanth Kumar against the rejection of his nomination papers for the post of president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). The order was reserved by a bench consisting of Justice Suraj Govindaraj.Story continues below this ad Kumar, a former editor of the Deccan Herald and Prajavani, is a director of their holding company, The Printers (Mysore) Pvt Ltd. Among the other contestants for the post is former international cricketer B K Venkatesh Prasad. As previously reported by The Indian Express, the Karnataka High Court had on November 22…

The upcoming municipal council elections in Maharashtra have put a spotlight on the growing presence of political families in the fray, with several parties fielding multiple members of the same clan in the local body polls.One of the most notable examples in this regard is from the Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council in Thane district, where the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, a key constituent of the Mahayuti alliance, has given tickets to six members of Waman Mhatre’s family. Mhatre, the Sena’s Badlapur city chief, is contesting along with his wife Veena. He is running for the post of the…

The photograph was meant to convey that everything is fine in the ruling BJP.Two of the most consequential BJP figures in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district — cabinet minister Govind Singh Rajput and former minister Bhupendra Singh Thakur – crammed into the backseat of a vehicle, waving at crowds as they toured with the new state BJP president Hemant Khandelwal on Wednesday. “The BJP in Sagar stands united. There is no factionalism,” Khandelwal declared later in the evening. The occasion, Khandelwal’s inaugural tour of Sagar, was a careful political exercise to paper over factional fissures that have defined the region’s political…

Amid protests against the Election Commission (EC)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, a 10-member delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi Friday, and alleged that he has “blood on his hands”. In an interview with The Indian Express, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale, who was part of the delegation, speaks on a range of issues related to the SIR and its implementation. Excerpts:The TMC claims that West Bengal is being singled out through the SIR exercise. The same exercise is being undertaken by the EC in altogether 12 states…