The killing of Madvi Hidma, a Central Committee member and formidable head of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion No. 1, is a severe operational and ideological blow to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

As the Election Commission rolled out ‘Special Revision’ of electoral rolls of Assam from Tuesday, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel stressed that existing voters will not face any problem under the exercise.

A widespread internet disruption is affecting popular platforms like X and ChatGPT due to issues with Cloudflare, a major content delivery network provider. Users are encountering error messages and are unable to access various websites and online services. The problems began this morning and are directly linked to Cloudflare’s system malfunctions.