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Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has kicked up a row by announcing a Rs 11 lakh reward to anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks on scrapping the reservation system. As the remarks triggered a political firestorm and raised calls for action, police on Monday night registered a case against the Buldhana MLA. “While he was abroad, Rahul Gandhi said that he wanted to finish off the reservation system in India. This has exposed the true face of the Congress,” Gaikwad told reporters, before announcing the bizarre reward. “During his recent US visit, Rahul Gandhi talked about ending reservations. It shows the mindset that is inherently opposed to reservations. I will… Read More »Case Against Shiv Sena MLA Over “Chop Rahul Gandhi’s Tongue” Remark

President Joe Biden said Monday that the US Secret Service needs more personnel to perform its duties after a second apparent assassination attempt against Republican election candidate Donald Trump. “One thing I want to make clear, the (secret) service needs more help, and I think the Congress should respond to their needs,” Biden told reporters at the White House. “I think we may need more personnel.” Biden added that “thank God the president’s OK” following Sunday’s incident in which the Secret Service opened fire on a gunman, who was later arrested, at Trump’s golf course in Florida.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer “bother” women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in police custody on September 16, 2022, days after the morality police arrested her in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. Her death triggered months-long protests across the country, with hundreds of people, including dozens of security personnel, killed in the unrest. Thousands of demonstrators were arrested. “The morality police were not supposed to confront (women). I will follow up so they don’t bother” them, Pezeshkian said during his first… Read More »Iran’s New President Vows To Ensure Morality Police Don’t “Bother” Women

A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards top commander Qassem Soleimani. Asif Merchant, 46, entered his plea to one count of attempting to commit terrorism across national boundaries and one count of murder for hire at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Levy in Brooklyn. The judge ordered that Merchant be detained pending trial. Federal prosecutors say Merchant spent time in Iran before traveling to the United States to recruit people for the plot. Merchant told a confidential informant he also planned to steal documents from one… Read More »Pak Man Pleads Not Guilty To US Assassination Plot Charges

A gym operator was allegedly beaten to death in a village here by youths late night on Sunday, police said. The man’s two nephews, who came to save him, were also seriously injured in the attack and are being treated in a hospital, they added. A monetary dispute is said to be the reason behind the attack. An FIR in this regard was registered at the Central police station in Faridabad, they added. According to police, the victim was identified as Raju Sharma alias Rajesh Sharma (44), a resident of the Ajraunda village in Sector 15A. As per the complaint filed by Shivam, his uncle had monetary transactions with Kallu Pandit of the same village.… Read More »Gym Operator Beaten To Death In Haryana, 2 Nephews Also Injured: Cops