Gujarat: Convicted AAP MLA faces imminent disqualification, deepens party’s troubles

IANS | June 24, 2026 11:35 PM

Gandhinagar, June 24 (IANS) The conviction and seven-year jail sentence handed to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava has placed the party's Gujarat unit in a fresh political crisis, with legal experts and constitutional authorities indicating that the tribal leader now faces the prospect of losing his Assembly membership unless he secures timely relief from a higher court.

Kolkata Police detain three for questioning in fatal warehouse roof collapse case

IANS | June 24, 2026 11:19 PM

Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Wednesday night detained three persons for questioning in connection with the under-construction warehouse roof collapse incident here in the Taratala area on the southern outskirts of the city earlier in the day, which has claimed five lives and left several others critically injured.

Pakistani pleads guilty in Medicare fraud-linked case

IANS | June 24, 2026 11:15 PM

Washington, June 24 (IANS) A Pakistani citizen and lawful permanent resident of the US on Wednesday pleaded guilty to operating an unlawful money transmitting business that federal authorities said was used to move proceeds from a Medicare fraud scheme from the United States to Pakistan.