Rush Hour: Six Naga hostages found dead, Congress says Rajya Sabha candidate wrongly rejected & more
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The bodies of the six Naga men who had been abducted on May 13, allegedly by armed Kuki groups, have been recovered, the Manipur Police said. This came a day after 14 Kukis who had been abducted the same day were released.
The police stated that the bodies were recovered after “nearly 24 hours of sustained search operations”. An investigation into the deaths was underway, they added.
At least 48 civilians from the Kuki and Naga communities had been taken hostage by armed groups in the state’s Kangpokpi and Senapati districts after three church leaders were killed and five others injured. Read on.
The Congress told the Election Commission that the returning officer had wrongly rejected the nomination of party leader Meenakshi Natarajan for the Rajya Sabha elections. Natarajan was the Congress’ sole candidate for the June 18 polls.
Her candidature had been rejected after the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that she had withheld information in her affidavit about a criminal case pending against her.
After meeting the poll panel, the Congress stated that “there is no criminal case that she could have disclosed” as the court was yet to take cognisance of the matter flagged by the BJP. The Election Commission must use its constitutional powers to do “corrective justice” immediately, the Opposition party said. Read on.
Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP and quit the party, citing personal and political reasons. While she did not give more details, she said that everyone has the right to change their mind.
The resignation came after Dev met Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Delhi. Two days earlier, another Rajya Sabha MP of the TMC, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, resigned from the House and quit the party, citing the results of the recent West Bengal Assembly elections.
Since losing the state polls, the TMC has been facing several internal divisions. Read on.
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The Delhi High Court granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act more than four years after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency. However, he will remain in jail as he also faces charges under the anti-terror law in a another case filed in 2020, in which he had been arrested in 2023.
The case in which he was granted bail pertains to allegations that he supported the activities of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organisation through a network of overground workers. He is associated with the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, a union of nonprofit campaign and advocacy organisations in Srinagar. Read on.
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