Bodies recovered in Manipur’s Jiribam, triggers protests in Imphal ValleyThe recovery of three bodies from a river on the Assam-Manipur border on Friday (November 15, 2024) triggered protests across the Meitei-dominated Imphal valley on Saturday (November 16, 2024). The Opposition party’s dig came as Prime Minister Modi will travel to Brazil to attend the annual G20 Summit and to Nigeria and Guyana as part of a three-nation tour beginning Saturday (November 16). The EC wrote separate letters to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, asking them to comment on the complaint of the other. Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal presidentSukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared ‘tankhaiya’ (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, tendered his resignation as the Shiromani Akali Dal president, said senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden will be among the leaders attending the G20 Summit on November 18 and 19.

Source: The Hindu November 16, 2024 18:13 UTC