Several BJP leaders in West Bengal, including Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, were detained today when they were on their way to the state secretariat, as part of a protest march against the Trinamool Congress government. The police had to resort to lathicharge and use water cannons to disperse protesters as they clashed with security officials and set a vehicle on fire. Hitting out at the TMC government, BJP's Adhikari said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is “emulating North Korea's dictatorship.”
Indian and Chinese troops have completed the disengagement process at Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs region of eastern Ladakh, sources in the military establishment said on Tuesday. With the disengagement at PP-15 completed, forces of the two countries, locked in a face-off ever since May 2020, have disengaged at all friction points in the region which included the north and south banks of the Pangong Tso, PP-14, PP-15 and PP-17A. However, other contentious issues related to the boundary still remain between the two countries and Chinese forces continue to block Indian access to traditional patrolling areas along the LAC in the Depsang Plains and Charding Nala region.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, speaking in Gujarat today, said the Congress party is “finished”. Kejriwal's remark came when he was asked about the Congress's allegation that the AAP was not paying salaries in Punjab and is instead using the money for electioneering…
