Eleven militants arrested in Manipur
Imphal: Eleven militants have been arrested during combing operations in Manipur, police said on Wednesday. Five militants, including two women, were arrested by 24th Assam Rifles battalion personnel at Khudengtabi area in Chandel district after they had crossed the Indo-Myanmar border and were proceeding to Imphal on Tuesday, they said.
Surat By-poll: 54% voting registered
Gandhinagar: Nearly 54 per cent voting recorded in Surat (west) Assembly constituency by-election on Wednesday. By-polls to the Surat West Assembly seat was necessitated following the death of sitting BJP MlA Kisore Vankawala. Surat Collector Jayprakash Shivhare the voting in the constituency completed peacefully and there was no untoward incident throughout the day.
Akhilesh for action on UP memorials
lucknow: In a surprise move, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered initiation of legal proceedings in large-scale irregularities in construction of memorials and parks during the previous Mayawati regime in the State.
BJP opposes pension to UP riot victims
lucknow: Opposing the decision of the State Government to give pension to riot victims the Bharatiya Janata Party said that this decision proves Government was promoting violent incidents.
“The decision of the Government to provide Rani laxmi Bai pension to the family of the injured in the riots will in a way promote violent incidents,” UP BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said in a statement here on Wednesday.
‘TMC to oust CPM from Tripura in 2018 polls’
Agartala: Trinamool Congress would launch a strong movement in the State to emerge as the main Opposition party in Tripura with a target to capture power in the 2018 Assembly elections.
HC quashes detention under NSA against MlA
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the detention orders under the National Security Act (NSA) passed by the State Government against PMK MlA J Guru. A Division Bench, comprising Justice S Rajeswaran and Justice A Arumugaswamy, which quashed the detention orders passed by the Kancheepuram District Collector in May and modified order by the State Government on October 7, said the orders were passed by the Collector only after eruption of violence following the arrest of PMK leader Ramadoss and his supporters on April 30.
Mild earthquake
in north Bengal
Jalpaiguri: A mild earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale was felt in all north Bengal districts on Wedenesday evening. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property in the quake which occurred at 6.35pm, head of MeT department in Sikkim, Gopinath Raha said.