A Bangladeshi national who allegedly entered India illegally 10 years ago has been arrested by the Ajmer Police in Rajasthan, an official said on Tuesday.
The police are currently questioning the arrested individual.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Lok Sabha that a team will be sent to inquire into complaints of misuse of funds and violation of rules as pointed out by Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday attended a civic reception hosted in her honour by the government of Punjab in Mohali. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that with the blessings and inspiration of the Gurus, the land of Punjab has given birth to martyrs and revolutionaries. Important chapters of the country's freedom struggle have been written on the soil of Punjab.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held "productive talks" with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam, reviewing bilateral relations, ongoing collaborations while at the same time discussing ways to explore new avenues to elevate the special bond between the two countries to even greater heights, in Port Louis on Tuesday.
The accused is a resident of Mandiala village in the Batala district and had been residing in Brampton in Canada. He was wanted by the FBI in one of the largest drug seizures in the US on February 26. The FBI had arrested six of his associates in the US and seized 391 kg methamphetamine, 109 kg cocaine, four sophisticated weapons and vehicles from their possession.
After reports surfaced that an Air India flight, heading to Delhi from Chicago, circled back after most of the lavatories on the flight became clogged and inoperable, the airline said on Monday their teams found polythene bags, rags, and clothes that had been flushed down and stuck in the plumbing. This led the lavatories -- eight of the 12 -- to become unserviceable on AI126 flight operating from Chicago to Delhi on March 5, Air India said in a statement.
