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Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, had launched a scathing attack against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Ranaghat constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, Jagannath Sarkar, over his recent comments that there will be no barbed fencing at the India-Bangladesh borders if the BJP comes to power in the state after the 2026 Assembly elections.Banerjee, in a social media post, claiming that the comments by Sarkar prove that the hypocrisy of the BJP has fallen to new depths.According to the Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Sarkar's public declaration that if the BJP comes to power in West Bengal, there will be no borders between India and Bangladesh and both nations will be...

Jaipur, Nov 1 (IANS) A 12-year-old girl, Amaira, a sixth-grade student at a reputed private institution, fell from the fifth floor of her school building on Saturday.According to preliminary reports, Amaira’s head struck a wall before she fell into nearby bushes, leaving her critically injured.Hearing her screams, school staff rushed to the area and immediately took her to Metro Mass Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Following the tragedy, serious allegations have emerged against the school management, with claims that staff tampered with the scene and erased key evidence. Members of the Parents’ Association have questioned the school’s safety and security protocols, demanding a transparent inquiry. Sources allege that blood stains and other traces of the incident we...

Srinagar, Nov 1 (IANS) The J&K Police's State Investigation Agency said on Saturday that it has arrested the key handler in a narco-terror case in Srinagar city."SIA Kashmir today achieved a major breakthrough in a Narco-Terror case after a key handler was arrested from the Bemina area of Srinagar city. The accused named Basharat Ali, son of Mohd Sadeeq, a resident of Tad Karnah Kupwara, was evading arrest in case FIR No 19/2022 of SIA Kashmir for the last three years," the SIA said in a statement.The case pertains to a Pakistan-sponsored Narco-Terror module of Lashkar-e-Taiba involved in the smuggling of narcotics and weapons from across the border in the Karnah sector, with the proceeds from the sale of narcotic substances being pumped into sustaining terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir...

Bengaluru, Nov 1 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, commenting on the leadership row and possible power sharing, on Saturday, maintained that with unity between him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Congress won 136 Assembly constituencies in the state in the 2023 elections.Shivakumar's statement came as he interacted with media persons after paying a floral tribute to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari near Vidhana Soudha and receiving the parade salute at the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations organised for school students at Kanteerava Stadium here.Questioned about the ‘November Revolution’ and a possible leadership change, Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress President, said: "Only what the Chief Minister and I have spoken about matters; no one else’s words hold any value...

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Opposition parties in Maharashtra -- including Shiv Sena-UBT, Congress, NCP-SP, CPI, CPM, Peasants and Workers Party, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) -- on Saturday took out a morcha in south Mumbai, appealing to party cadres and voters to remain alert against vote theft, duplicate and bogus voters, and anomalies in electoral rolls, especially ahead of the upcoming local and civic body elections.Terming the rally as a "truth morcha", the opposition parties claimed they had come together to protect the Constitution of India and its sanctity, while making a strong pitch for free, fair, and transparent elections.Veteran leaders including NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, MNS chief Raj T...

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) In a major breakthrough amid the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with Bathinda Police, have apprehended a wanted criminal identified as Ranjit Singh, alias Sapp, of Bangi Nihal Singh village in Bathinda, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday. Police teams have also recovered one illegal .32 bore pistol along with four cartridges from his possession.DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused is a close associate of gangster Rammi Machana and was wanted in two criminal cases.He added that in September the police had recovered 130 grams of heroin, one 9 MM country-made pis...

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) A cyber crook involved in duping Japanese citizens through a fraudulent tech support was arrested by the CBI at Bhubaneswar Airport on his return to India, an official said on Saturday.Dwibendu Moharana, a key accused in a transnational cybercrime syndicate, was arrested on October 30 and subsequently sent to CBI custody by a court for interrogation, the official said in a statement.The federal probe agency said that following coordinated searches on May 28 at 19 locations across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, which led to the arrest of six operatives, Moharana absconded from Bhubaneswar to the UAE on May 29.He flew out of the country immediately after his call centre at Voip Connect Pvt Limited, Noida, was uncovered, the CBI said.Investigations revealed that he...

Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) Expelled AIADMK veteran K. A. Sengottaiyan on Saturday announced that he would initiate legal action against his removal from the party, calling it "unjust, unconstitutional and dictatorial". The former minister asserted that General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) was only a "temporary" leader without Election Commission recognition and therefore lacked the authority to expel members.Speaking to reporters in his hometown, Sengottaiyan said his ouster violated the party’s bylaws framed by founder M.G. Ramachandran in 1975."According to those rules, only a General Secretary elected by the members can take disciplinary action. I was removed without any notice or chance to explain. This is nothing but autocracy," he charged.The AIADMK veteran said he would consul...