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  • Bengal CM Suvendhu asks policemen to note down names of those immersing Durga idols as he said only Sanatanis can touch the idol
  • CJP leaders made a promise in court that they will not call for protests at the Jantar Mantar from now onwards
  • The Supreme Court stayed for one week the investigation into the alleged CMRL-Exalogic payments case involving former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members. The court allowed them to challenge the order directing registration of an FIR before a Kerala High Court division bench; the temporary stay does not quash the FIR
  • Fresh violence intensified in Manipur on Wednesday as police used tear gas against Meitei protesters in Imphal, while a Kuki civil-society group alleged that several houses had been torched in Khoikai village, Kamjong district. Police said three Kuki-Zo men arrested over Monday's killing of three Meitei firewood collectors were active members of the Kuki National Front (N), a claim disputed by local Kuki groups
  • A Special Executive Magistrate in Delhi ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after accepting their sureties. The order followed their detention over a protest at Jantar Mantar; the Delhi High Court had declined to entertain their separate challenge to the extension of their custody
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Jamnagar on Wednesday to focus on energy cooperation involving the giant refinery operated by Reliance Industries. Discussions included the possibility of Indian refiners processing more Venezuelan crude as Washington seeks to diversify energy supplies and address global supply disruptions
  • The Reserve Bank of India rejected all bids in its planned ₹23,000-crore Treasury bill auction on Wednesday, signalling reluctance to accept the higher yields demanded by investors amid tightening banking-system liquidity. The surplus had fallen to ₹48,304 crore on Tuesday, its lowest level in three months, prompting continued liquidity-management operations
  • Heavy overnight rainfall led district administrations to close schools on Wednesday in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. Meenambakkam recorded 12 cm of rain and Nungambakkam 11 cm by 6 am, while meteorological officials warned of further heavy rainfall in parts of the state
  • India's infrastructure output grew 7.9% year-on-year in September, the strongest increase under the current data series, driven by electricity generation, refinery products, iron ore and coal. Cumulative growth during April-September reached 5.1%, compared with 2.5% in the corresponding period last year.
  • The ₹3.2-billion-dollar-equivalent public offering of Jio Platforms was subscribed 3.16 times by the end of its first day on Wednesday, making it India's largest IPO. The offering is the first public share sale from the Reliance conglomerate in two decades, and institutional investors filled their reserved portion within minutes of bidding opening.
  • The Indian rupee closed 0.5% stronger at ₹94.46 against the US dollar on Wednesday, its strongest closing level since early September. Foreign inflows linked to the Jio Platforms IPO and Reserve Bank intervention supported the currency, although higher oil prices and falling share prices limited its gains
  • Indian equity markets ended lower on Wednesday, with the BSE Sensex falling 143.21 points, or 0.19%, to 73,709.69, and the Nifty 50 declining 77.60 points, or 0.34%, to 22,811.35. Rising crude prices, which moved above $110 a barrel, weighed on investor sentiment despite the strong initial demand for Jio Platforms' IPO
  • The Finance Ministry's nationwide financial-inclusion campaign began on Wednesday and is scheduled to run until December 31, covering 2.70 lakh gram panchayats and urban local bodies. Banks are to organise enrolment camps, facilitate Aadhaar seeding for the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana, and help customers update nominations in savings accounts
  • Indian athletes won five gold medals at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday, with Sachin Khilari winning the men's F46 shot put, Simran Sharma the women's 100m T12, Dilip Gavit the men's 100m T45, Praveen Kumar the men's T64 high jump and Ayush Verma the men's F53 shot put. India's medal tally reached 62 by Wednesday evening, including 14 gold medals, leaving the country fifth in the standings
  • Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav join calls for release of CJP leaders. The two opposition leaders joined demands for the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who are challenging their continued custody
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Bangladesh In Turmoil: India Shows Restraint

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2025-12-27 05:37:51

About the Author

Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator. Author of Cyber Scams in India, Digital Arrest, The Money Trap and The Human Hack

With the lynching of another Hindu man in Mymensingh in Bangladesh, it is now clear that mob rule has taken over and the administration is a mute spectator. Before this, there were systematic attacks on Hindu temples and property of Hindus. Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das was lynched and his body set on fire in the same district by a mob that accused him of blasphemy. But that was just an excuse to murder an innocent man by mobs that have been instigated by anti-India and anti Hindu inflammatory speeches by the current protest leaders in the neighbouring nation. The Bangladesh government deplores these incidents but does little else to dissuade the mobs from carrying out such heinous acts.

 

This is absolutely not acceptable and if it becomes a pattern, like renowned author Tasleema Nasreen has said it is becoming, it will be a dangerous thing that will riase temperatures in India. Although India has shown commendable restraint, it will have to act if the situation gets worse. The Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh has lost all control over the Islamists, who have turned into frenzied mobs that not only attack Hindus but are also against un-Islamic practices like musics and concerts. On Friday, a mob stormed a school where renowned Bangladeshi singer James was to perform and forced the cancellation of the concert.

 

Although elections have been announced, India has said they have to be fair to have any meaning. With Sk Hasina's Awami League banned, this is not likely to be the case. Despite popular uprising against her government in 2024 and her subsequent flight to India, Hasina retains a good degree of support in Bangladesh. Even US lawmakers have raised their voice against the ban on Awami League.

 

Meanwhile, Khaelda Zia's son, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh from self-imposed exile in London. He immedately got into campaign mode and said that the country was liberated twice, once in 1971 from Pakistan's oppresive rule and then again in 2024 from Sk Hasina's corrupt government. It is clear that in the absence of Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Rahman is the frontrunner in the elections.

 

Although Rahman talks about an inclusive society with equal rights for all minorities, it is difficult to say if that will be acceptable to the Islamists. Without their support, his government, if he is able to form it, is unlikely to last long. Given the BNPs past antagonism towards India, it is also unlikely that relations between the two countries will improve. India will have to keep a keen eye on developments in the country and act to protect the life and property of the persecuted minorities there. 

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