Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organizer of the North East India Festival and an accused in the case related to Assamese singer Zubeen Garg’s death, has approached the Supreme Court.
He is seeking a transfer of the ongoing Assam Police probe to a central agency.
The move aims to ensure a fair and impartial investigation into the matter. The Supreme Court’s decision on this plea is awaited.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/plea-for-fair-investigation-into-zubeen-garg-s-death/story
Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organizer of the North East India Festival and an accused in the case related to the death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, has approached the Supreme Court.
He is seeking the transfer of the ongoing Assam Police investigation to a central agency. Mahanta’s plea requests a more impartial and thorough probe into the matter, amid concerns over the current investigation’s progress.
The Supreme Court will now consider his request for the case to be handled by a federal investigative body.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/plea-for-fair-investigation-into-zubeen-garg-s-death/story
Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organizer of the North East India Festival and an accused in the case related to Assamese singer Zubeen Garg’s death, has approached the Supreme Court.
He is seeking a transfer of the ongoing Assam Police probe to a central agency.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/plea-for-fair-investigation-into-zubeen-garg-s-death/story
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The Trump administration informed Congress in a confidential notice this week that President Donald Trump has “determined” that the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels. According to the notice, members of these organizations can be targeted as unlawful combatants.
The President classified these cartels as non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States. The notice stated, “In response, based upon the cumulative effects of these hostile acts against the citizens and interests of the United States and friendly foreign nations, the President determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with these designated terrorist organizations.”
This designation essentially places drug cartels in the same legal category as terrorist groups like Al Qaeda or the Islamic State.
In recent weeks, the U.S. military reportedly struck at least three boats from Venezuela allegedly carrying narco-traffickers and drugs that could threaten Americans, President Trump said on Truth Social.
The notice to Congress included examples of actions the President could take in targeting the cartels and cited an attack on September 15 that killed approximately three unlawful combatants. The White House has defended these strikes, emphasizing their legality.
“As we have said many times, the President acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement Thursday. “He is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans.”
NBC News reported last month that the administration is considering strikes on drug cartels operating inside Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denied any role in drug trafficking and has repeatedly alleged that the United States is trying to force him from power.
However, many critics of the strikes, including congressional Democrats and some Republicans, argue that the administration does not have the legal authority to target drug cartels using the U.S. military. They maintain that drug trafficking remains a law enforcement matter best addressed through interdiction.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also serving as acting national security adviser, has declared interdiction efforts ineffective, underscoring the administration’s rationale for the military approach.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-determined-us-armed-conflict-cartels-congress-notice-rcna235294
The Trump administration informed Congress in a confidential notice this week that President Donald Trump has “determined” that the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels and that members of these organizations can be targeted as unlawful combatants.
According to the notice, the President classified these cartels as non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States.
“In response, based upon the cumulative effects of these hostile acts against the citizens and interests of the United States and friendly foreign nations, the President determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with these designated terrorist organizations,” the notice added.
This designation effectively places drug cartels in the same legal category as terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
In recent weeks, the U.S. military reportedly struck at least three boats originating from Venezuela that were allegedly carrying narco-traffickers and drugs posing a threat to Americans. President Trump mentioned these actions on Truth Social.
The notice to Congress outlined potential actions the President could take in targeting the cartels and cited an attack on September 15 that resulted in the deaths of approximately three unlawful combatants.
The White House has defended these strikes. “As we have said many times, the President acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores, and he is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly stated on Thursday.
NBC News reported last month that the administration is considering further strikes on drug cartels inside Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denied any involvement in drug trafficking and has repeatedly accused the United States of attempting to force him from power.
However, many critics of the strikes—including congressional Democrats and some Republicans—argue that the administration does not yet have the legal authority to target drug cartels using the U.S. military. They maintain that this issue remains primarily a law enforcement matter, best addressed through interdiction efforts.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also serving as acting national security adviser, has declared that interdiction efforts have been ineffective in combating the cartels.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-determined-us-armed-conflict-cartels-congress-notice-rcna235294
**New Mexico Lawmakers Act Swiftly to Support Food Assistance and Rural Health Care Amid Federal Cuts**
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers moved quickly Thursday during a special legislative session to bolster funding for food assistance and rural health care services. This comes in response to federal spending cuts on Medicaid and nutrition programs under President Donald Trump’s administration.
The Democratic-led Legislature sent a bill to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that allocates over $16 million to sustain food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and to strengthen food banks. This action addresses federal changes that end SNAP eligibility for many noncitizens and alter benefit calculations for others.
“We need to act to make sure that New Mexicans don’t go hungry with SNAP changes at the federal level,” said Democratic state Sen. George Muñoz of Gallup.
An additional $50 million is designated to support medical services at rural health clinics and hospitals, which often rely heavily on Medicaid funding.
### Opposition from Republicans
Republicans in the legislative minority unanimously opposed the spending provisions. They argued that significant federal changes to Medicaid are still a few years away and emphasized the need for New Mexico to focus on reducing errors in benefit distribution instead.
However, both Democrats and some Republican legislators voted in favor of backfilling subsidies for health insurance on New Mexico’s Affordable Health Care Exchange if federal credits were allowed to expire. These federal subsidies have been a major sticking point in the ongoing budget standoff in Washington, which led to a government shutdown Wednesday.
### Temporary Measures Amid Long-Term Cuts
Many federal health care changes under Trump’s major bill will not take effect until 2027 or beyond. Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico acknowledged that their recent bills serve only as temporary measures.
“Some of the most significant federal cuts are delayed a few years, and these are deeply significant,” said state Rep. Nathan Small of Las Cruces, the lead sponsor of the spending bill. “I want to make sure that we’re all thinking of, not hundreds of millions, but billions of dollars of reduced Medicaid support to our state.”
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, supports key provisions of the bills and holds the authority to veto any spending measures.
Trump’s bill has prompted urgent responses in several Democratic-led states, including New Mexico, while Republican-led states have so far taken a different approach.
### Funding for Food Assistance
New Mexico lawmakers approved a swift infusion of state funds to support food assistance for elderly SNAP recipients. Nearly one in four residents in New Mexico receive food assistance through SNAP, making it a critical resource to combat hunger.
Under the bill, food banks across the state will receive an $8 million increase in direct state support. Additionally, $2 million is allocated to replenishing food pantries in universities and public schools.
The federal bill expands work and reporting requirements for SNAP participants, terminates eligibility for many noncitizens, and changes how benefits are calculated.
### Rural Health Care Concerns
Trump’s bill sets aside $50 billion over five years for rural hospitals, providers, and clinics but these funds may not fully offset significant cuts.
The situation is particularly pressing in New Mexico, where approximately 38% of residents rely on Medicaid. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers warn of a looming rural health care crisis as the state struggles to retain medical professionals and keep clinics and hospitals operational.
State Sen. Pat Woods, a Republican from New Mexico’s sparsely populated eastern plains, co-sponsored changes to rural health care grants aimed at sustaining existing services at rural clinics and hospitals.
“We’re trying to figure out a way to fund and keep some of these clinics open. What’s going to happen in the future? Who the hell knows,” Woods told a panel of lawmakers. “What I worry about is keeping these clinics and hospitals open until the dust settles.”
The bill passed the House with a vote of 64-3 and was sent to the governor for consideration.
### Insurance Subsidies and Public Broadcasting Funding
Legislators also approved setting aside $17 million to ensure that health insurance subsidies on New Mexico’s Affordable Care Act exchange do not lapse. This effort extends insurance subsidies to middle-income residents whose earnings equal or exceed 400% of the federal poverty level — roughly $128,000 annually for a family of four.
Democratic state Sen. Carrie Hamblen of Las Cruces emphasized that these subsidies are crucial to prevent a “perfect storm” of unaffordability. She warned that rising insurance rates could reduce participation in the exchange and exacerbate coverage gaps.
State health officials have indicated that tens of thousands of residents could drop their insurance coverage if exchange rates increase in 2026.
Separately, the legislature approved $6 million in state funding for public broadcasting stations, including $430,000 for five tribal stations severely impacted by Congress and President Trump’s defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Approved federal grants for these stations for the current federal budget year were rescinded under a bill signed by President Trump in July.
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*This legislative session underscores New Mexico’s proactive approach to safeguarding vulnerable populations amid federal funding uncertainties.*
https://mymotherlode.com/news/national/10024690/new-mexico-legislature-approves-bills-to-prop-up-rural-health-care-underwrite-food-assistance.html
**Donald Trump May Be Losing Allies as Speaker Mike Johnson Caught Agreeing President Is ‘Unwell’**
*Published: October 2, 2025, 3:45 p.m. ET*
Donald Trump may be slowly losing some of his closest allies after Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was caught seemingly agreeing that the president is not mentally well, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The hot mic moment happened when Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Johnson at Capitol Hill, pressing him to respond to a “racist” AI-generated video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries that Trump posted on Truth Social.
### What Did Mike Johnson Say?
In new footage aired by MSNBC’s *All In with Chris Hayes* on Wednesday, October 1, Dean cornered Johnson and declared, “The president is unhinged. He is unwell.”
Johnson responded, “A lot of folks on your side are too, I don’t control him…,” appearing to agree with Dean’s remarks.
Dean then referenced Trump’s recent bizarre military speech, where he rambled about using the “N word” and claimed America is “under invasion from within.”
“Oh my God, please. That performance in front of the generals?” she said. Johnson quickly replied, “I didn’t see it.”
Dean continued, “It’s so dangerous! You know, I serve on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations; it’s a collision of those two things. Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a president who is unwell.”
While Johnson didn’t respond much to Dean on the spot, he spoke more about the exchange later that evening in an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN.
“I’m the Speaker of the House, so I represent Republicans and Democrats in that capacity, and I always hear complaints and concerns from members, and I always stop and hear that. I did that for Madeleine Dean; I respect her as an individual,” Johnson said.
He added, “We disagree on every policy matter, and she was concerned about a social media post of the president, which he meant as a joke, and we talked about that.”
“I told her I disagreed with her perspective on it, but I tried to bring her back to the real issue. The fight tonight is not about social media posts. The fight is about where they’re going to keep the government open for the American people,” Johnson explained.
### ‘Is That Really Racist?’
The episode began after Trump posted an unusual AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries, which portrayed Jeffries with a mustache and wearing a sombrero. In the clip, an AI-dubbed Schumer spoke to reporters while mariachi music played in the background.
Dean revealed Johnson’s puzzled response when asked about the “racist” video.
“He asked me, like, rhetorically, ‘Is that really racist?’” Dean told CNN’s Manu Raju. “It’s really racist, it’s despicable, and he should have called it out.”
### Johnson Speaks Out on the Meme
On Thursday, October 2, Johnson was more vocal about the meme during a House Republican leadership press conference outside his office.
Addressing the controversy, Johnson said, “Many of you asked me this morning about sombreros and memes and why Hakeem Jeffries is all alarmed by that.”
“These are games. These are sideshows. People are getting caught up in battles over social media memes,” he added.
“This is not a game. We’ve got to keep the government open for the people. I don’t know why this is so complicated.”
Johnson then offered advice to Jeffries, saying, “To my friend, Hakeem. Man, just ignore it.”
### Hakeem Jeffries Responds
Jeffries, however, was not interested in ignoring Trump’s post. He called it “racist” and fired back at the former president.
“Mr. President, the next time you have something to say about me, don’t cop out with a racist and fake AI video,” Jeffries said. “The next time I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”
https://radaronline.com/p/mike-johnson-betrays-trump-unhinged-hot-mic-not-a-game-racist-meme/
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced the resumption of direct air services connecting designated points in India and China later this month, in accordance with the winter schedule. This agreement marks a significant step towards normalising air connectivity between the two countries.
The operations will depend on commercial decisions made by the designated carriers and the fulfilment of all operational requirements. The resumption of flights is expected to enhance people-to-people contact, strengthen business ties, and support the gradual normalisation of bilateral exchanges between the neighbouring nations. This development will particularly benefit students, tourists, and professionals travelling between India and China.
Flight services between the two countries had been suspended following the 2017 Doklam standoff and were further impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which severely restricted international travel. Relations between India and China deteriorated further after the Galwan standoff in May-June 2020.
The current agreement signals a thaw in ties and reflects renewed efforts to normalise relations after an extended period of disruption. In August, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India and held talks with his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar. Both sides agreed to resume direct flight connectivity at the earliest and to finalise an updated Air Services Agreement during the meeting.
In addition to flight connectivity, discussions included facilitating visa processes for tourists, business travellers, media personnel, and other visitors travelling in both directions. During his visit, the Chinese Foreign Minister also co-chaired the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ dialogue on the Boundary Question with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Modi emphasized that stable, predictable, and constructive ties between India and China are crucial for regional and global peace and prosperity. He also highlighted the importance of strong people-to-people and economic exchanges for long-term bilateral stability.
Oct. 2, 2025, Published 3:45 p.m. ET
Donald Trump may be slowly losing some of his closest allies, as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was caught seemingly agreeing that the president is not mentally well, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The hot mic moment occurred when Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Johnson at Capitol Hill, forcing him to respond to a “racist” AI-generated video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries that Trump posted on Truth Social.
In new footage aired by MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes on Wednesday, October 1, Dean cornered Johnson and said, “The president is unhinged. He is unwell.”
Johnson responded, “A lot of folks on your side are too, I don’t control him…” appearing to agree with Dean’s comments.
Dean then referenced Trump’s recent bizarre military speech, where he rambled on about using the “N word,” and claimed America is “under invasion from within.”
“Oh my God, please. That performance in front of the generals?” Dean exclaimed, to which Johnson quickly replied, “I didn’t see it.”
Dean continued, “It’s so dangerous! You know, I serve on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations; it’s a collision of those two things. Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a president who is unwell.”
While Johnson didn’t have much to say back to Dean at the moment, he spoke at length later that evening during an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN.
Johnson said, “I’m the Speaker of the House, so I represent Republicans and Democrats in that capacity, and I always hear complaints and concerns from members, and I always stop and hear that. I did that for Madeleine Dean; I respect her as an individual.”
He continued, “We disagree on every policy matter, and she was concerned about a social media post of the president, which he meant as a joke, and we talked about that. I told her I disagreed with her perspective on it, but I tried to bring her back to the real issue. The fight tonight is not about social media posts. The fight is about where they‘re going to keep the government open for the American people.”
The chaos kicked off after Trump posted an odd AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries, which showed Jeffries with a mustache and wearing a sombrero. In the clip, an AI-dubbed Schumer spoke to reporters as mariachi music played in the background.
According to Dean, she also revealed Johnson’s baffled response when asked about the “racist” video.
“He asked me, like, rhetorically, ‘Is that really racist?'” Dean recalled while speaking to CNN’s Manu Raju. “It’s really racist, it’s despicable, and he should have called it out.”
Johnson, 53, was more vocal about the meme on Thursday, October 2, during a House Republican leadership press conference outside his office.
Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Trump
“Many of you asked me this morning about sombreros and memes and why Hakeem Jeffries is all alarmed by that,” Johnson said. “These are games. These are sideshows. People are getting caught up in battles over social media memes.”
“This is not a game. We’ve got to keep the government open for the people. I don’t know why this is so complicated.”
Johnson then offered some advice to Jeffries: “To my friend, Hakeem. Man, just ignore it.”
However, Jeffries was not interested in “ignoring” Trump’s post, calling it “racist” and adding, “Mr. President, the next time you have something to say about me, don’t cop out with a racist and fake AI video. The next time I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”
https://radaronline.com/p/mike-johnson-betrays-trump-unhinged-hot-mic-not-a-game-racist-meme/
