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NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government has informed the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plan to deport 72 Rohingyas living in Bengaluru while opposing a plea to identify and deport them.

“It is submitted that the Bengaluru City Police have not housed Rohingyas in any camp or detention centre within its jurisdiction. However, 72 Rohingyas identified in Bengaluru City are working in various fields and Bengaluru City Police have not taken any coercive action against them as of now and there is no immediate plan of deporting them,” the state government’s affidavit said.

The affidavit was filed in response to Upadhyay’s plea seeking directions to the Centre and state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal immigrants and infiltrators, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, within one year.

“The large-scale illegal migrants, particularly from Myanmar and Bangladesh, have not only threatened the demographic structure of bordering districts but seriously impaired security and national integration,” the plea had said.

Upadhyay’s plea alleged there was an organised influx of illegal migrants from Myanmar through agents and touts via West Bengal, Tripura, and Guwahati.

“This situation is seriously harming the national security of the country,” the plea had said.

The video shows over two dozen people belonging to a particular community celebrating the victory of Pakistan cricket team against India, and raising objectionable slogans on Sunday night.

JAMMU: Six people have been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police after a video purportedly showing objectionable slogans being raised by a group of persons in Samba district, following a T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, went viral on social media, officials said on Tuesday.

The video shows over two dozen people belonging to a particular community celebrating the victory of Pakistan cricket team against India, and raising objectionable slogans on Sunday night.

“Six people have been detained in this regard and investigation is going on,” Deputy Commissioner, Samba, Anuradha Gupta said.

A police officer said an FIR has been registered.

SSP Samba Rajesh Sharma said the detained people are being questioned regarding the incident.

More people may be called for questioning, he said.

Videos of medical students raising pro-Pakistan slogans at their hostels had also gone viral on social media recently.

PATNA: Ahead of the by-polls in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday called upon the Congress to become a ‘strong alternative’ to the BJP at the national level politics and said that his party has always supported the Congress in every situation. Yadav said, “I agree that my alliance is with the Congress on a national level. But at the state level, the situation is different. At the national level, we want a strong alternative to the BJP and therefore I have always supported Congress in every situation.”

“Prime role should be that of Congress. Has anyone helped Congress more than us? It is an old party, an all-India party, we still consider them so,” the RJD supremo said.

“Alliance is formed with like-minded people, secular forces. At the state level also, we formed an alliance with Congress, the Left and other parties…Let people say whatever they want to,” he said.

Earlier, the veteran leader had said that RJD’s candidates would lose their deposit in the elections if they remain in alliance with the Congress in the state ahead of the by-polls in two assembly constituencies.

RJD supremo further slammed the Centre over the inflation and said, “Fuel prices are soaring, and diesel is costing more than ghee. How will people cook without kadwa tel (mustard oil)?”

Lalu Prasad Yadav returned to Bihar after over three years.

The Jharkhand high court, earlier in April, granted bail to RJD leader Lalu Prasad.

The former Bihar chief minister, who was undergoing treatment at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences for two years, was shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi in January. 

He also has expressed confidence in his younger son Tejashwi’s leadership and lauded him for “handling the party pretty well in his absence”. The comments came amid a strained relationship being witnessed between his two sons Tej Pratap and Tejashwi over the leadership of the party.

Speaking to ANI, Yadav said that Tejashwi handled the party pretty well in his absence which was beyond his expectations and made RJD the largest party in the last Assembly polls in Bihar.

“The way Tejashwi handled the party in my absence, it was beyond my expectations. Along with my son, every party worker worked hard and made RJD the largest party in the previous Assembly election,” the RJD supremo said.

“The RJD would have been in power in the state but the present ruling NDA alliance in the state cheated to gain power,” he said.

“I know Tejashwi is campaigning in both constituencies going for by-polls and is doing really well, giving a strong fight to the NDA. I will ensure their ‘visarjan’ (immersion),” the veteran leader said.

Yadav further showed confidence in winning the Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur by-polls by a great margin.

The strained relationship between Tej Pratap and his younger brother Tejashwi has been evident after RJD students’ wing state president Akash Yadav, who is believed to be a close aide of Tej Pratap, was removed from his post.

Further Tej Pratap Yadav, earlier this month, had alleged that his father and veteran leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has been held “hostage” in New Delhi despite getting bail earlier this year.

Tej Pratap has also alleged that he has been stopped to meet his father Lalu Yadav.

Tej Pratap had also announced that he will announce a big step in the coming days while stating that he is no longer part of RJD.

The question is not about actor Shah Rukh Khan or his son, but it is about the character and honesty of the central investigation agencies.

Who is going to find out where Kiran Gosavi, one of the (NCB’s) witness in the case, is hiding? it said.

Gosavi, who is facing a cheating in Pune, was untraceable after his photos and videos with Aryan Khan went viral on social media following the NCB’s raid on the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month.

On Monday, Gosavi refuted the extortion claims made by his aide and another witness in the case, Prabhakar Sail, and said he will surrender shortly before the Lucknow police.

The NCB has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by Sail about of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials, including its Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, and others for letting off Aryan Khan.

The three ruling parties in Maharashtra – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress- have repeatedly claimed that central agencies were being used to target the opposition parties.

The editorial in ‘Saamana’ said, “The BJP acts like it owns the central investigation agencies. It should not forget that in a democracy owners do change. There are proofs for it in history. The party (BJP) should not forget that it is like any other political party. It should also remember that political power comes and goes.”

“The BJP was once a party of some principles, sacrifice and nationalism, but we cannot expect the same thing from it in its current form. Even the veterans in the BJP are uncomfortable,” the Sena claimed.

It said people have been wondering about the claim of Rs 25 crore demand made in the Aryan Khan case for a few grams of drugs.

“How much bribe amount was sought to settle the case of 3,500 kg heroin found at the Adani group-controlled Mundra port in Gujarat? Nobody knew when that case was closed, but the Aryan Khan case is still going on,” the Marathi daily said.

It said the law related to drugs use says consumers of such substances should be rehabilitated.

They should be punished for their acts, but ensure they do not fall into the same trap again and again.

But, in reality, it is not happening, the Sena said.

The present NCB officials were also involved in probing a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput case where a transaction of Rs 4,000 was made from a bank account of actor Rhea Chakraborty, it said.

It is not the duty of the NCB to probe a case of Rs 4,000, the editorial said.

There is a similar department of the Maharashtra police which deals with drugs cases, but never goes for publicity, i

BEIJING: China placed Lanzhou, a northwestern city of four million, under lockdown Tuesday in a bid to stamp out a domestic coronavirus spike, with residents told not to leave home except in emergencies.

“All types of residential communities are to implement closed management,” said the local government in a statement, as China reported 29 new domestic infections.

On Monday, Gansu, a northwestern province heavily dependent on tourism, closed all tourist sites Monday after finding new COVID-19 cases.

Residents in parts of Inner Mongolia have been ordered to stay indoors due to an outbreak there.

The National Health Commission reported 35 new cases of local transmission had been detected over the past 24 hours, four of them in Gansu.

Another 19 cases were found in the Inner Mongolia region, with others scattered around the country.

Meanwhile, the Beijing marathon has also been postponed until further notice, organizers said, shortly after the Wuhan Marathon too was deferred amid concerns of a domestic outbreak as the country seeks to stamp out coronavirus infections and return to zero cases ahead of the Winter Olympics.

China has in the past, employed lockdowns, quarantines, and compulsory testing for the virus throughout the pandemic and has largely stamped out cases of local infection while fully vaccinating 1.07 billion people in its population of 1.4 billion.

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A 25-year-old youth was killed and two others injured when the speeding car knocked the motorcycle they were riding triple in Yelahanka on Saturday night .

The deceased has been identified as Zubair Mansoori,native of UP and working as mehandi artiste .

Senior officer said,that the Zubair along with his two friends Aamir,24,and Rohinth,24,were returning to their rented house in Byatarayanapura area on bike after work .

While they were heading towards home on BB road,a speeding SUV going in the same direction knocked them down.

Aamir,who was riding the bike,lost control and the trio crashed on the road sustaining severe injuries.

Passers-by rushed to their help and shifted them to a near-by hospital where the doctor declared Zubair dead on arrival .

The Yelahanka traffic police registered a case against the driver of the SUV and seized the vehicle.

The driver was subjected to medical examination to ascertain whether he was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Parmesh Jain

A 30-year-old construction labourer drowned while he slipped into a lake in Anneshwara village in Devanahalli while fishing on Friday.

The deceased Nandeshwar from West Bengal, had gone to the lake with his friends for fishing . He ventured into the lake and lost balance and drowned since he did not know how to swim.

His friends raised the alarm and later the fire and emergency service personnel rushed to the spot and after six hours of search operation recovered his body.

The Airport police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are investigating further said a senior officer.