The central government on Saturday called out a ‘fake’ social media post claiming that a new Union Territory comprising districts from Bihar and West Bengal is being developed near the Siliguri corridor.. Posts also cited Home Minister Amit Shah’s 3-day visit to Seemanchal, stating that the discussions have intensified. (PIB/X). In an X post, the Press Information Bureau said that social media posts are claiming that planning is underway for a new UT. Calling the claim fake, it said that there is no such proposal under consideration by the government of India.. It also urged users to always verify information from official sources before sharing on social media.. The posts that were going viral claimed that the proposed areas include Bihar’s Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Katiha and West Bengal’s Malda and Dinajpur.. Some posts also claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has issued a whip to all its MPs for March 9-11, indicating that an important bill or constitutional move could be tabled in the Parliament.. Posts also cited home minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to the Seemanchal region in Bihar, stating that the discussions have intensified. Last month, Amit Shah embarked on a three-day visit to Bihar’s Seemanchal districts with a focus on concluding the fight against insurgency led by the Left Wing Extremism by making the region and the country “Naxal-Mukt”.. India’s “chicken’s neck”, the Siliguri corridor, is a narrow strip of land measuring 22-35 km in width, that connects the northeast region with the rest of India.. Earlier, a similar “fake” claim was circulated stating that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting an investment project offering returns of ₹10 lakh per month on an investment of ₹22,000. PIB declared the advertisement as fake, stating that the union minister has not endorsed any such scheme. 

 The central government on Saturday called out a ‘fake’ social media post claiming that a new Union Territory comprising districts from Bihar and West Bengal is being developed near the Siliguri corridor.. Posts also cited Home Minister Amit Shah’s 3-day visit to Seemanchal, stating that the discussions have intensified. (PIB/X). In an X post, the Press Information Bureau said that social media posts are claiming that planning is underway for a new UT. Calling the claim fake, it said that there is no such proposal under consideration by the government of India.. It also urged users to always verify information from official sources before sharing on social media.. The posts that were going viral claimed that the proposed areas include Bihar’s Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Katiha and West Bengal’s Malda and Dinajpur.. Some posts also claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has issued a whip to all its MPs for March 9-11, indicating that an important bill or constitutional move could be tabled in the Parliament.. Posts also cited home minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to the Seemanchal region in Bihar, stating that the discussions have intensified. Last month, Amit Shah embarked on a three-day visit to Bihar’s Seemanchal districts with a focus on concluding the fight against insurgency led by the Left Wing Extremism by making the region and the country “Naxal-Mukt”.. India’s “chicken’s neck”, the Siliguri corridor, is a narrow strip of land measuring 22-35 km in width, that connects the northeast region with the rest of India.. Earlier, a similar “fake” claim was circulated stating that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting an investment project offering returns of ₹10 lakh per month on an investment of ₹22,000. PIB declared the advertisement as fake, stating that the union minister has not endorsed any such scheme. 

 The central government on Saturday called out a ‘fake’ social media post claiming that a new Union Territory comprising districts from Bihar and West Bengal is being developed near the Siliguri corridor.. Posts also cited Home Minister Amit Shah’s 3-day visit to Seemanchal, stating that the discussions have intensified. (PIB/X). In an X post, the Press Information Bureau said that social media posts are claiming that planning is underway for a new UT. Calling the claim fake, it said that there is no such proposal under consideration by the government of India.. It also urged users to always verify information from official sources before sharing on social media.. The posts that were going viral claimed that the proposed areas include Bihar’s Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Katiha and West Bengal’s Malda and Dinajpur.. Some posts also claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has issued a whip to all its MPs for March 9-11, indicating that an important bill or constitutional move could be tabled in the Parliament.. Posts also cited home minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to the Seemanchal region in Bihar, stating that the discussions have intensified. Last month, Amit Shah embarked on a three-day visit to Bihar’s Seemanchal districts with a focus on concluding the fight against insurgency led by the Left Wing Extremism by making the region and the country “Naxal-Mukt”.. India’s “chicken’s neck”, the Siliguri corridor, is a narrow strip of land measuring 22-35 km in width, that connects the northeast region with the rest of India.. Earlier, a similar “fake” claim was circulated stating that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting an investment project offering returns of ₹10 lakh per month on an investment of ₹22,000. PIB declared the advertisement as fake, stating that the union minister has not endorsed any such scheme. 

 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday decided to move the Delhi High Court hours after a Delhi court granted interim bail to Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of Faridabad-based Al-Falah University, in the agency’s money laundering probe linked to last year’s Delhi blast near Red Fort, people familiar with the development said.. The Enforcement Directorate plans to challenge the interim bail granted to Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in the Delhi High Court.. Additional sessions judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday granted interim bail to Siddiqui for two weeks on medical grounds, stating that his wife Usma Akhtar is a cancer patient and has to undergo chemotherapy at Apollo Hospital on March 12.. Granting relief, Pradhan observed that the medical documents placed on record clearly showed that his wife was undergoing chemotherapy and required care and support, particularly as she is living alone.. Also Read: ED files charge sheet against Al-Falah University chairman, attaches ₹139 cr assets. “The medical documents annexed with the application suggest that the wife of the accused is suffering from cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy at the aforesaid hospital, and is taking treatment as advised. Further, the ailments and medical condition of the wife of the accused/applicant is not disputed by the counsel for ED,” the court said.. Siddiqui’s lawyer Arshdeep Singh Khurana argued before the court that Siddiqui’s three children live in the UAE and cannot come to India to take care of their mother.. Opposing the bail plea, the ED argued that Siddiqui’s wife had been receiving treatment since 2024 and her condition was stable. The agency said that other family members, including Siddiqui’s brother, could assist her, and that Siddiqui’s children could travel from abroad to provide support.. The ED argued that the charges against Siddiqui were serious and involved the laundering of large sums.. Agreeing with the defence counsel, the judge noted: “Due to the prevailing condition of war, it cannot be expected from the children of the accused to visit India for the chemotherapy of the wife of the accused/applicant scheduled for March 12.”. Also Read: Al Falah university founder Javed Ahmed Siddiqui arrested by ED in money laundering case. Siddiqui was arrested on November 18 last year by the ED on money laundering charges linked to the alleged cheating of students at institutions run by the Al-Falah Trust. The case is linked to the November 10 Delhi Red Fort blast.. The federal agency filed a charge sheet against Siddiqui in January and attached assets worth ₹139 crore, including 54 acres of land inside the Al-Falah University campus.. Reacting to the developments on Saturday, an ED officer said, “We are going to file an appeal in the High Court challenging the interim bail.”. Also Read: Red Fort blast case: NIA arrests two more terror operatives. “Siddiqui has misdeclared before the court that h 

 President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday expressed displeasure over the venue chosen for the 9th International Santhal Conference, saying West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee might have been upset and that she did not attend the programme despite it being scheduled much earlier.. After President Murmu’s remarks, the TMC posted on X while listing some of the projects undertaken by the Mamata Banerjee government for the Scheduled Tribes (ANI/HT Photo). “Generally, it is seen that when the President comes, the chief minister and other ministers remain present. But the chief minister madam didn’t come. Even I am the daughter of Bengal. I am not allowed to visit Bengal. Mamata didi is like my younger sister. Maybe she is miffed with me and that’s why the program was held so far. But never mind,” President Murmu said.. Officials, requesting anonymity, said that even though the President’s programme was initially supposed to be held at Phansidewa, it was later shifted near Uttoran Township at Bidhannagar Majhi Than, a few kilometres away, citing security protocols.. Also read: Voter deletions are an attempt to divide Bengal: Mamata Banerjee on day 2 of dharna. Addressing a gathering at Phansidewa near Siliguri in north Bengal, the President said, “It would have been better had the programme been held at this place. It is such a huge field. I don’t know what the administration thought. They had stated that this area was congested, but I came here easily. But I feel that 5,00,000 people could gather here.”. “I don’t know what came to their mind that they shifted the venue where Santhal people couldn’t go. I didn’t like the ambience there, so I came here. I was disheartened. But I was happy when I came here. The venue (where the programme was arranged) was far and people couldn’t reach,” the President added.. “They must have thought that the President would leave soon after coming, as there won’t be any audience. Even if they had thought this way, then thank you. The Governor couldn’t come because there has been a change. The date for the programme was fixed much earlier and hence I came,” she said.. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Banerjee’s dharna outside Kolkata’s Esplanade metro station to protest the alleged arbitrary deletion of several million people during the SIR of electoral rolls entered its second day on Saturday.. Senior police officials of Darjeeling district refused to comment on the President’s remarks.. The President also questioned whether the area, which has a dominant tribal population, was witnessing any development. “I don’t think the Santhals and Adivasis in this area are witnessing any development,” Murmu said.. The TMC posted on X while listing some of the projects undertaken by the Mamata Banerjee government for the Scheduled Tribes: “It is extremely unfortunate that the Hon’ble President appears to be under the misinformed impression that there has been no developm