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Bangladesh Foreign Ministry lodges formal protest over Assam CM’s comments | India News

Bangladesh Foreign Ministry lodges formal protest over Assam CM’s comments | India News

2 min readNew DelhiMay 2, 2026 01:07 AM IST Amid the heat and dust of the elections in Assam, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has summoned India’s acting High Commissioner Pawan Badhe and lodged a formal protest over comments made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Director General (South Asia) Ishrat Jahan conveyed Bangladesh’s position to the Indian diplomat on Thursday, an official was quoted by Bangladesh media reports. In a social media post last week, Sarma said 20 foreign nationals were apprehended in Assam and pushed back to Bangladesh. “Rude people don’t understand soft language. We continuously remind ourselves of this prophetic line when we expel infiltrators from Assam who don’t leave themselves. For instance, these 20 illegal Bangladeshis who were PUSHED BACK last night,” Sarma had said. Ishrat told the Indian diplomat that such comments undermine the spirit of friendly relations between the two countries, the reports said. The official described the remarks as “disparaging” to Bangladesh-India relations and expressed Dhaka’s displeasure. Ishrat highlighted the importance of exercising restraint when addressing sensitive bilateral issues. …

BRS lodges complaint against Jagga Reddy, Arvind

BRS lodges complaint against Jagga Reddy, Arvind

BRS leaders lodging a complaint against Congress, BJP leaders in Hyderabad on Thursday. HYDERABAD A delegation of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by its general secretary and former IPS officer R.S. Praveen Kumar on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Director General of Police requesting action against TPCC working president T. Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dharmapuri Arvind for abusing police officers on duty during the municipal elections. Submitting a representation/complaint to Additional DGP (Law & Order) Mahesh M. Bhagwat here on Thursday, Mr. Praveen Kumar demanded that Mr. Jagga Reddy and Mr. Arvind Kumar’s immediate arrest for using filthy language against the police officers on duty. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy who is also holding the portfolio of Home must also quit for his inability to protect the self esteem of the police, they said. Mr. Praveen Kumar stated that in Sangareddy, Mr. Jagga Reddy accompanied by some ‘rowdy sheeters’ used filthy language against police officer Shivakumar Yadav, who had played a key role in nabbing a …

Yash’s Toxic in trouble over teaser; AAP lodges complaint with Karnataka Women’s Commission | Regional News

Yash’s Toxic in trouble over teaser; AAP lodges complaint with Karnataka Women’s Commission | Regional News

The Aam Aadmi Party’s Women’s Wing submitted a formal complaint to the Karnataka State Women’s Commission over the obscene visuals in the latest teaser of Yash and Kiara Advani starrer Toxic. AAP state secretary Usha Mohan, in a letter to the Women’s Commission, statent that the teaser contains “obscene and explicit” content that could harm the “social well-being of women and children”. She claimed that the scenes were released in the public domain without any age-related warning, and said they “degrade the dignity of women” and “insult Kannada culture.” Citing the teaser’s adverse impact on society—particularly on minors—the party urged the commission to intervene immediately and direct state authorities to ban the teaser and have it removed from social media platforms. The letter, sent on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party’s women’s wing, further appealed to the commission to treat the matter seriously and take prompt action to “uphold the cultural and moral values of the state.” Also Read: Toxic teaser: Amid the Vanga-fication of the landscape, will the real Geetu Mohandas stand up? Ever since …

ED Lodges Money Laundering Case In Sabarimala Gold Theft Case, 11 Arrested So Far | India News

ED Lodges Money Laundering Case In Sabarimala Gold Theft Case, 11 Arrested So Far | India News

Last Updated:January 09, 2026, 18:29 IST ED filed a money laundering case in the Sabarimala gold theft probe. The SIT has arrested chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru for links with main accused Unnikrishnan Potty. The SIT is investigating two cases related to Sabarimala gold loss case. (PTI/File) In a major development in Kerala’s Sabarimala gold theft case, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a money laundering case. This comes after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case arrested chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru. As per a report by PTI, ED has registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), an ED equivalent of a police FIR, under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The SIT is probing two cases related to the gold loss incident and has arrested 11 people so far. SIT Arrests Chief Priest The Special Investigation Team probing the Sabarimala gold loss case on Friday arrested chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru, citing his close links with prime accused Unnikrishnan Potty and his role in recommending the controversial replating of the Dwarapalaka …

Sourav Ganguly’s wife Dona lodges complaint with Kolkata Police: ‘Obscene, body-shaming remarks on social media’ | Kolkata News

Sourav Ganguly’s wife Dona lodges complaint with Kolkata Police: ‘Obscene, body-shaming remarks on social media’ | Kolkata News

Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s wife and noted Odissi dancer Dona Ganguly has lodged a complaint with Kolkata Police, alleging that she has been subjected to obscene and body-shaming comments on social media. Dona approached the Thakurpukur police station on Wednesday night to file the complaint. The police have registered a formal case against unknown persons. She has alleged that a Facebook account has been repeatedly posting objectionable comments targeting her. According to the complaint, a Facebook page has been continuously uploading obscene remarks about her following her performance at the Kolkata International Film Festival. Dona and her troupe had performed at the KIFF inauguration on a song composed and written by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Kolkata Police said they have received the complaint and that the Cyber Cell is investigating the matter. Earlier in 2021, Dona had also alleged that a fake Facebook profile was being operated in her name, where several photographs of Sourav Ganguly, her daughter Sana, and herself had been posted without her knowledge. She was informed about the profile …

Former MP Kesineni Srinivas alleges death threat, lodges complaint with Vijayawada Police Commissioner

Former MP Kesineni Srinivas alleges death threat, lodges complaint with Vijayawada Police Commissioner

YSRCP former MP Kesineni Srinivas | Photo Credit: File photo Former MP Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) has requested the Vijayawada Police Commissioner to register a case against Chakravarthy Kadiyala, whom he accused of being hand-in-glove with his brother and Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath in the liquor scam, for allegedly making a death threat on May 11.  In his complaint, Mr. Srinivas said that he received a missed call at 12.46 p.m. from an unknown number (8008969677) on May 11 and on returning the call at 1.55 p.m., the caller identified himself as Chakravarthy Kadiyala and abused him in vulgar language and threatening to murder him if he did not withdraw (Chakravarthy’s) name and that of Mr. Sivanath from the letter written to the Enforcement Directorate seeking a probe into the liquor scam. This threat which amounted to criminal intimidation could not be taken lightly, he said.   Mr. Srinivas said that an unidentified person resorted to vandalism outside his house in the early hours of May 9 and that, though the number plate of the vehicle …

India Lodges Protest With Canada Over “Unacceptable Imagery” At Parade

India Lodges Protest With Canada Over “Unacceptable Imagery” At Parade

New Delhi: India on Monday lodged a strong protest with Canada over the “threatening language” and “unacceptable imagery” targeting Indian leadership at a parade held in Toronto. The floats at the parade on Sunday reportedly featured pro-Khalistan propaganda and imagery attacking the Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India lodged a protest with the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi over the parade, official sources said. “We conveyed our concerns in the strongest terms to the Canadian High Commission regarding the parade held in Toronto, where unacceptable imagery and threatening language were used against our leadership and Indian citizens residing in Canada,” said one of the sources. The Indian side again called on Canadian authorities to act against “anti-India elements” who are spreading hatred and advocating extremism and a separatist agenda, the sources said. “We once again call on the Canadian authorities to act against anti-India elements who spread hatred and advocate extremism and separatist agenda,” the source said. The latest episode of strain in ties between the two countries came days after Canadian …

Ex-World Champion Indian Boxer Saweety Boora Alleges Dowry Harassment, Lodges FIR Against Husband

Ex-World Champion Indian Boxer Saweety Boora Alleges Dowry Harassment, Lodges FIR Against Husband

File picture of Saweety Boora© X (Twitter) Arjuna awardee and former world champion boxer Saweety Boora has lodged an FIR against her Asiad bronze-winning kabaddi player husband Deepak Hooda, accusing him and his family of assaulting her for dowry. The two got married in 2022. Boora has lodged the FIR against Hooda, also an Arjuna awardee, in Haryana’s Hisar. “An FIR dated February 25 has been lodged based on the complaint given by Saweety Boora against her husband Deepak Hooda,” Seema, SHO of women police station, Hisar, said on Thursday. When asked if Hooda has been asked to present his side, the SHO said, “We gave him notice 2-3 times, but he did not turn up.” When PTI reached out to Hooda, he defended his absence by citing his health that has “taken a beating due to the trauma.” “I have submitted a medical certificate and requested a later date. I will certainly go there (to the police station) but I won’t make a negative comment against my wife. I have not been …

India calls Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks ‘unacceptable’, lodges ‘strong protest’

India calls Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks ‘unacceptable’, lodges ‘strong protest’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, right, during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly a week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the issue of Kashmir during his visit to Pakistan, New Delhi on Friday (February 21, 2025) said such “unwarranted” statements on India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty were “unacceptable”, adding that it has lodged a “strong protest” on the matter with the Turkish ambassador here. “We reject such objectionable comments on matters which are internal to India,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in response to a query on Mr. Erdogan’s remarks. Mr. Jaiswal also reiterated India’s position that Jammu and Kashmir “is an integral part of India, it always has been, and it will remain so”. There should be no doubt or confusion on this, the MEA spokesperson said. “Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. No other country has any locus standi to comment on it. Instead of commenting on internal affairs of …

MEA summons Bangladesh envoy after Dhaka lodges protest over Hasina’s speech, says ‘India has no involvement’ – India TV

MEA summons Bangladesh envoy after Dhaka lodges protest over Hasina’s speech, says ‘India has no involvement’ – India TV

Image Source : BANGLADESH MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday summoned Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to India, Md Nural Islam, expressing concerns over continued negative remarks by Bangladeshi authorities towards India. Bangladesh has formally lodged a “strong protest” with India regarding deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech. However, India has replied to the statement and said ‘India has no role in Hasina’s statement.’ MEA issues statement MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, issued a statement, and said, “The Bangladesh Acting High Commissioner to India, Mr. Md. Nural Islam, was summoned by MEA to the South Block today, February 7, 2025, at 5:00 pm. It was conveyed that India desires a positive, constructive, and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh, which has been reiterated several times in recent high-level meetings. It is, however, regrettable that regular statements made by Bangladesh authorities continue to portray India negatively, holding us responsible for internal governance issues. These statements by Bangladesh are, in fact, responsible for the persistent negativity.” The statement further added, “Comments attributed to former Prime Minister …