Aland voter deletion: Karnataka CEO says all data handed over to police
Responding to allegations made by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over vote fraud in Aland Assembly constituency in 2023 and the probe into the case being “blocked” by the Election Commission of India (ECI) by not sharing key technical data with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Karnataka, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka has claimed that his office, based on the instructions of the ECI, has “handed over all the available information with the ECI to the Superintendent of Police, Kalaburagi district, on September 6, 2023, for completing the investigation”.
U.S. visas of Indian executives revoked over ‘drug trafficking’
Months after charging two Indian companies with “criminal conspiracies” to smuggle fentanyl precursors into the United States, the U.S. Embassy on Thursday (September 18, 2025) said that it has revoked and denied visas for “certain” Indian “business executives and corporate leadership”, accusing them of smuggling ingredients that are used in the illegal production of the drug. In a statement, the U.S. Embassy said that the “family members” of these business executives would also “face consequences” for the illegal production and trafficking of drugs to the United States.
