Sheikh Hasina Seeks Fresh Travel Documents Lawyers for ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have asked Bangladesh’s diplomatic mission in New Delhi to issue her a new passport and national identity card. The request comes as Hasina, who has been in India since August 2024, prepares for a possible return to Bangladesh in December. Reuters reviewed the letter sent by lawyers at London-based Matrix Chambers to Pre

Kharge’s Diwali Remark Draws BJP Criticism The Bharatiya Janata Party criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday after he used the phrase ‘Khushiyon Ka Eid’ while speaking to the media on Diwali. BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari seized on the wording of the greeting in a post on X, accusing the Congress of appealing to a vote bank during the Hindu festival. Bhandari also called the Congress ‘anti-S

On Diwali, November 8, 2026, two people died in a shop fire around 10 pm IST in Falna, Rajasthan, and a 10-year-old boy died in a firecracker accident in Narela, Delhi. Pune recorded 63 fires without injuries, while a separate Saturday-night blaze in Mumbai’s Lokhandwala claimed one life. Pali Fire Kills Two In Falna A fire at a firecracker shop near Swarn Mandir in Falna, in Rajasthan’s Pali district