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Migrant workers being tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states, alleges Mamata

Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that migrant labourers were being tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states. Banerjee, who headed for north Bengal to attend administrative programmes, accused the BJP of “planning to incite riots in the state”, as “the party realised that it would not be able to win the 2026 assembly elections”. Referring to a protest in Murshidabad’s Beldanga over attacks on migrant workers outside West Bengal, she said the anger of the minority community was “legitimate”. The protest stemmed from repeated incidents of violence against migrant workers, she said.

Indelible ink issue in BMC polls another ‘troubling chapter’ of ‘Vote Chori’: CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru, Jan 16 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday flagged media reports claiming that indelible ink used to mark voters during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls could be wiped off easily, calling it another “troubling chapter” in what he described as ‘Vote Chori’ (vote theft). Stressing that democracy survives only when every vote is sacred, Siddaramaiah said the credibility of its eletoral safeguards should not be compromised. Elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were held after nine years on Thursday. The BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena were ahead in the high-stakes BMC polls as per early trends,

Air India, Singapore Airlines to deepen ties with ‘cooperation framework’

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Air India and Singapore Airlines on Friday announced an agreement to improve cooperation between the two flag carriers, a step towards offering more routes, coordinating schedules and broadening the scope of their collaboration outside their home markets. The pact, described by the two airlines as a “commercial cooperation framework agreement”, comes as Air India faces a financial hit from an airspace ban imposed by Pakistan, which has forced the airline to discontinue some routes to the U.S. from India. The airlines said the agreement could include expanding both carriers’ corporate travel programmes, a key

South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree

SEOUL, South Korea, January 16, 2026 (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations. Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster. The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, An independent counsel has requested the death sentence over that charge,

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