Bengaluru: JD(S) likely to have new president soon as HD Kumaraswamy takes charge as Union minister
Bengaluru: Reports suggest that the Janata Dal (Secular) party is likely to appoint a new state president soon as the current State President HD Kumaraswamy has taken charge as the Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries after winning the Lok Sabha election from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
The possibility of a change in the JD(S) getting a new state head has risen as Kumaraswamy’s duties within the Central government are likely to make it challenging for him to focus on the party affairs at state-level.
Speculations abound regarding who will assume the position of state president.
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Among the names being considered are Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the son of H.D. Kumaraswamy.
Senior MLA HD Revanna is being considered for the position of JDS legislature party leader. Additionally, discussions also involve names of GT Deve Gowda and Venkatashivareddy for this position.
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Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in joint US-Nigerian mission
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump said US and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday.
Trump announced the joint operation in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was second in command of the Islamic State group globally and “thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing.”
The US viewed Al-Mainuki as the key figure in IS organising and finance, and believed he was plotting attacks against the United States and its interests, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to share sensitive information.
Born in Nigeria's Borno province in 1982, al-Mainuki took the helm of the IS branch in West Africa after the group's previous leader in the region, Mamman Nur, was killed in 2018, according to the Counter Extremism Project, which tracks militant groups.
Al-Mainuki was based in the Sahel area, the monitoring group said, adding that it is believed that he fought in Libya when IS was active in the North African nation more than a decade ago. He was sanctioned by the US in 2023.
Trump in December directed US forces to launch strikes against the Islamic State group in Nigeria, though he released little detail then about the impact.
Nigeria has been battling multiple armed groups, including at least two affiliated with IS.
The Friday night operation was the latest instance in a string of covert missions abroad that Trump has announced this year, starting with the stunning overnight raid in January to capture and remove Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro and whisk him to the US, followed nearly two months later by the launch of strikes that kicked off the war with Iran.
