The Savera Times Mid-day News Roundup: your daily update on key national and global headlines:
1. Punjab Secretariat, Religious sites including Jalandhar’s Devi Talab Mandir receives bomb threat, Police on high alert
Punjab: The Punjab Secretariat has received another bomb threat. The threatening email sent to the Secretariat has warned of a bomb blast. A similar email threatening to blow up the Secretariat was sent earlier. Threats have also been issued to famous religious sites across the state.
2. Miscreants open fire at BJP leader in Punjab’s Gurdaspur; CCTV captures narrow escape
Gurdaspur: A senior BJP leader narrowly escaped a deadly attack after two masked assailants riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire at his petrol station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, officials said on Thursday.
3. Trinamool Councillor Arrested in Kolkata After Woman Files Sexual Abuse Case
Kolkata: The Regent Park Police Station under Kolkata Police, on Thursday, arrested Biswajit Mondal, a Trinamool Congress Councillor from Ward No. 114 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), after a woman filed a sexual abuse case.
4. Malviya Nagar Blaze: Hunt to arrest hotel manager on, owner faces culpable homicide charges
New Delhi: The Delhi Police is conducting search operations across various parts of the national capital to apprehend the manager of the Malviya Nagar hotel, where 21 people lost their lives after a fire broke out on Wednesday.
5. US House Approves War Powers Resolution Against Trump’s ‘Illegal’ Iran Action
Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan War Powers Resolution seeking to end American hostilities against Iran, delivering a political setback to President Donald Trump as criticism grows over a conflict that has stretched into its fourth month.