Eight Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Assam’s Bongaigaon on suspicion of illegal border crossing and lack of valid documents on Tuesday.

A Delhi court on Tuesday granted to jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the monsoon session of Parliament.

Before Jagdeep Dhankhar announced his shock resignation as Vice President on Monday, citing health reasons, several moves were being made on the political chessboard behind the scenes that may have played a key role in the decision.