Assam’s government is intensifying efforts to deport individuals declared illegal foreigners by tribunals, leading to legal challenges. Recent pushbacks into the India-Bangladesh border have prompted petitions to the Supreme Court and Gauhati HC, seeking the whereabouts of family members.

The son of Gujarat minister Bachubhai Khabad was arrested immediately after he was granted bail in another case connected to MGNREGA works, a senior police official said on Friday.

Two cousin sisters, including a minor, drowned in a river in Jharkhand’s Dumka district on Friday, a police officer said.