In a statement on X, Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday said its elected Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency members were allegedly stopped on the road, attacked, and prevented from exercising their right to vote.
Addressing a public rally in Pune's Katraj ahead of the elections, the CM said, "The Pune election is slowly heating up. One 'Dada' (Ajit Pawar) is making statements (allegations), another 'Dada' is speaking, and 'Anna' is speaking as well. Now the election is beginning to gain momentum."
"This is to clarify that the reports circulating regarding Typhoid casualties in Gandhinagar are incorrect and misleading," the civic body said on Monday on X.
"All women Police personnel are happy because the accused has been caught and punished. We trust the law that he will be given the strictest punishment. Be it a woman officer or a common woman, they are all women. Those who wrong them should definitely be punished," she said on Monday.
In another troubling incident at a private university in Lahore, a female student attempted suicide on Monday by jumping from the fourth floor of the campus building, police and university sources said, ARY News reported.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday said that the conditions for a free, fair, and impartial election have not yet been established in the country, accusing the government of showing bias toward a particular political party, Dhaka Tribune reported.
WWF-Pakistan has cautioned that an invasive fish species has been detected in water bodies across Sindh and Lower Punjab, warning that its spread poses a serious threat to aquatic biodiversity and the fisheries economy, Geo TV reported.
"Venezuela: With immediate effect, Switzerland is freezing any Swiss-based assets linked to Nicolas Maduro. If any assets turn out to be of illicit origin, Switzerland will do its best to ensure that these benefit the Venezuelan population," the Swiss government said in the post on X.
The Congress on Monday expressed grave concern "at the unilateral actions taken" by the United States in Venezuela over the past 48 hours, which it said "transgress the settled principles of international law", as enshrined in the United Nations Charter and numerous international treaties
A seven-year-old boy was killed on Monday after being hit by a water tanker in Karachi's Manghopir area, police and rescue officials said, marking yet another fatal incident involving a heavy vehicle, Dawn reported.
"Because of Tariffs, our Country is financially, AND FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, FAR STRONGER AND MORE RESPECTED THAN EVER BEFORE. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.