The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday raided the premises of former MLA P V Anvar and four others in this district in connection with the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) loan misappropriation case, officials said.

Manipur Congress president Keisham Meghachandra Singh on Friday said the involvement of the RSS will solve the crisis in the state, as it requires a government-led political solution and confidence-building measures.

For the first time in two decades, the Andaman and Nicobar administration’s Tribal Welfare Department has formally acknowledged the Nicobarese community’s long-standing demand to return to their ancestral lands on Great Nicobar Island. The recognition appears in the minutes of a Tribal Welfare Committee meeting held last month, as part of the environmental clearance process for the island’s multi-component mega-project.

Bankura (Bengal): A massive gathering of around 10,000 Adivasis in Bankura on November 18 renewed a strong demand for a statewide Special Intensive Revision — not of electoral rolls, but of Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificates issued over the past 12 years in West Bengal. The rally, held at Bankura Sammilani College and reported by The Wire, brought together members of the Santhal, Bhumij, Kora and Munda communities from across the Jangal Mahal region, who alleged rampant corruption in the granting of ST certificates under the state administration.

While multiple agencies are currently probing the car blast in Delhi and the recently busted white collar terror module spread across at least three states, Faridabad Police has formed a separate Special Investigation Team to look into the activities of Al Falah University, several of whose doctors were arrested in connection with the high profile case.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary MA Baby on Thursday said the Supreme Court's response to the Presidential Reference on timelines to grant assent to Bills was "deplorable and shocking".