True companion of BJP: Cong as Owaisi declares alliance with Humayun Kabir for West Bengal polls

IANS | March 23, 2026 11:49 AM

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) As AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi declared that his party will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal in alliance with former Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir’s newly-formed Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP), the Congress on Monday launched a sharp attack and said that "thank you, Asaduddin Owaisi. You have removed your mask — the mask of secularism — and shown the world your true communal face”. It called the AIMIM leader the “true companion” of the BJP.

Dion Nash resigns as NZC board member after NZ20 decision

IANS | March 23, 2026 11:47 AM

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Shortly after New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced that it will pursue the proposed NZ20 franchise league as the preferred option for its domestic T20 competition, a new franchise-style Twenty20 league, board member Dion Nash resigned from his post.

Goa: Son of BJP councillor arrested in sexual abuse case involving 25-30 minor girls

IANS | March 23, 2026 11:32 AM

Panaji, March 23 (IANS) The South Goa Police arrested 20-year-old Soham Sushant Naik in the wee hours of Monday following an intense public outcry over an alleged sex scandal involving 25 to 30 minor girls. Naik, a resident of Madegal-Cacora and the son of a BJP Curchorem Municipal councillor, was taken into custody after a mob of concerned citizens and local leaders picketed the police station.