An encounter between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district resulted in a gunfight in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area. The joint team of security forces, including personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), launched the anti-Naxalite operation based on intelligence about Maoist presence. An intermittent exchange of fire is ongoing, with further details awaited.
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Abbas Ansari disqualified as UP MLA after conviction in hate speech case
The Uttar Pradesh assembly disqualified Mau MLA Abbas Ansari after his conviction in a hate speech case, which has rendered his constituency vacant. A special MP-MLA court sentenced Ansari, a member of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, to two years in prison for threatening the district administration during a public meeting in 2022, along with additional sentences under various IPC sections. His conviction follows provisions under the Representation of the People Act, which mandates termination...
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