A young man was stabbed to death in Baraut area of Uttar Pradesh following an altercation while consuming alcohol on Holi, police said on Thursday.

According to Circle Officer Baraut Saviratna Gautam, the deceased, identified as 22-year-old Vicky got involved in an argument when he and some others were having drinks on Wednesday. The officer said that the scuffle soon turned violent and Vicky was stabbed during the incident.

The victim was a resident of Hilwadi village in Baraut area.

Police received information about the incident, reached the spot and took the body into custody, the officer said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.

A case has been registered and a search has been launched to nab the accused.

In a similar incident, two people were arrested for allegedly beating a CNG pump salesman to death in Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as 34-year-old Vikas Chandra, a resident of Swaroop Nagar, Daulatpur Samaypur, according to the police.

A senior police official said that the victim was heading home after finishing his shift at the CNG pump in Golden Park Jhuggi, New Rohtak Road, at around 4:00 pm on Wednesday. He stopped at a shop enroute to buy some articles where he got involved in an altercation with some local Jhuggi residents, identified as Karan and Arjun.

The inebriated men, reported thrashed Vikas to death, he said, adding that legal action is being initiated and an FIR under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered.

In another incident, A man was reportedly killed during a brawl in Mehrauli area of Delhi on Wednesday.

An official said that the victim, identified as 32-year-old Brajesh Kumar, died was killed in a scuffle between two groups in South Delhi’s Mehrauli. He said the police received information at around 1:30 pm on Wednesday about a fight at ward number 3.

A police team was rushed to the spot where they found the deceased, Brajesh Kumar (32), lying in a pool of blood at his rented place.

Kumar had sustained severe injuries on his head and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Thursday, accused BJP leaders from North India of spreading fake news and rumors about alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the South Indian state.

Responding to questions under the ‘Ungalil Oruvan’ programme, Stalin claimed that the BJP started spreading these rumors, day after he spoke about the need for a united national-level alliance against the saffron party.

Stalin pointed out that people from various Indian states who come here in search of employment have been living and working in Tamil Nadu for years and have never faced any discrimination or problems. The Tamil Nadu CM alleged that BJP members from North Indian States with “bad intentions “created “fake videos” and spread “false news” to defame Tamils, adding that plot of “fake news spreaders” is clearly visible if you notice that it was done the very next day after he called for a need for a united national-level alliance against the BJP.

Stalin said that he spoke to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after some videos of the alleged incidents surfaced and the state police chief clarified that no such incidents happened in Tamil Nadu, adding delegates from Bihar who visited the state to enquire about the attacks returned with full satisfaction.

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Over the past few months, several unverified videos and reports emerged on social media showing migrant workers, especially from North India, being assaulted and harassed in Tamil Nadu. Subsequently, a team from Bihar led by Balamurugan IAS visited the state to take stock of the matter.

The team visited Tiruppur on Sunday and met the district administration and police officials to know about the actions taken so far in the case. Officials of the Bihar government on Tuesday interacted with Bihar-based migrant workers in Chennai.

Stalin said Tamil Nadu is a state known for ‘Vandhorai Vala Vaikum Tamil Nadu’ (whoever Comes here, Tamil Nadu would make their life better). He said that Tamils love unity and brotherhood and are people who have high thoughts like ‘Pirapokkum Ella Vyirukkum’ (all men that live are one in circumstances of birth) – ‘Yadum Ure Yavaru Kalir’ (All the universe is our place and everyone in this universe is our people).

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Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA C.T. Ravi on Sunday distributed sarees as freebies to the people of Chikkamagaluru for the upcoming Ugadi festival. However, the incident went wrong as people thought he is distributing freebies in lieu of votes.

People burnt the sarees and condemned the idea of the BJP leader for distributing sarees to women in a bid to entice them to vote for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka. The incident has been captured on camera.

People set the sarees on fire and vented out their anger at the BJP. The residents of ​​the Chikkamagaluru district complained that the BJP MLA should listen to their issues instead of distributing freebies. They said the BJP didn’t listen to their issues in the last four years and now they are convincing voters to vote for saffron by distributing sarees.

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The locals recalled the Covid-19 lockdown time and said they didn’t have food to eat during the pandemic. Not only this, they even complained of poor sanitation facilities and a lack of proper education in the district.

They said that the BJP-led government, which is ruling the state for 4 years, has failed to fulfill the promises made to the public.

The Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 is scheduled to take place in May. Earlier, the elections were held in May 2018 in Karnataka when the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Indian National Congress formed the government with H. D. Kumaraswamy becoming Chief Minister, however, in July 2019, the coalition government collapsed due to resignations by several members of INC and JD(S) in the assembly.

Subsequently, BJP formed the state government, with BS Yediyurappa becoming Chief Minister. On 26 July 2021, Yediyurappa resigned from Chief Minister’s post and Basavaraj Bommai was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on 28 July 2021.

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