The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Babanrao Lonikar has triggered political uproar with remarks suggesting that those who criticise the party owe their material possessions and benefits to the BJP-led government. The comments, made during a public function in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, have drawn sharp rebuke from both opposition leaders and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
In a shocking incident, 34 people, including 22 children were on Wednesday killed in Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting. Several people have been taken hostages, local media reported. A gunman was holding an unknown number of student and teachers hostage in a school in southern Thailand’s Songkhla, the provincial administration said on social media.
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In Peeragarhi car death case, Delhi Police on Wednesday got five-day police custody of Kamaruddin Baba. Earlier in the day, Delhi Police arrested the self-styled ‘baba’ in connection with the deaths of three people whose bodies were found inside a locked car near the Peeragarhi flyover. The accused, identified as Kamaruddin, described by police as a ‘maulana’ and an occult practitioner, has been booked for murder, an official told PTI.
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