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Krishna and Gobinda contested Bangladesh elections, fundamentalist Jamaat also gave ticket, how many Hindu candidates in total?

The 13th Parliament (Ethnic Parliament) elections are to be held in Bangladesh tomorrow i.e. on 12 February 2026. The security and political participation of minority communities, especially Hindus, has become a big issue in this election. Incidents of attacks and violence on Hindus are happening daily in the country, but this time 80 minority candidates are contesting the elections. Two of these Hindu faces are much discussed, Krishna Nandi and Gobinda Chandra Pramanik. Both of them are contesting elections from different paths and are trying to strengthen the voice of the Hindu community.

10 women included among minority candidates

Of the total 80 minority candidates, 68 have been given tickets by 22 political parties, while 12 are independent. 10 women are also included in these. Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB) has fielded maximum 17 minority candidates. BNP has given 6 minority candidates, namely Gayeshwar Chandra Roy (Dhaka-3), Nitai Roy Chowdhury (Magura-2), Kapil Krishna Mandal (Bagerhat-1), Somnath De (Bagerhat-4), Dipen Dewan (Rangamati) and Sachin Pru (Bandarban). But most of the attention is on Krishna and Gobinda.

Who is Jamaat’s candidate Krishna Nandi?

Krishna Nandy is a Hindu businessman and has been associated with Jamaat-e-Islami since 2003. He is contesting from Khulna-1 seat on Jamaat ticket. This seat covers Hindu dominated areas of Dakop and Batiyaghata. Jamaat-e-Islami is a fundamentalist Islamic party. For the first time in its history, this party has given ticket to a minority. Krishna Nandi is also the president of the Hindu committee of the Jamaat in Dumuria upazila. He said at a rally that if his party came to power, Hindus would get treatment like ‘our brothers and sisters’. This statement is important because Jamaat has often been accused of being anti-Hindu. His candidature is being considered as Jamaat’s strategy to increase its reach to the minority community. There are a total of 8 minority candidates in Khulna-1, which also includes people from the Communist Party and other parties.

Who is independent candidate Gobinda?

Gobinda Chandra Pramanik is the general secretary of Bangladesh National Hindu Mahajot. He is an independent candidate from Gopalganj-3. This seat is close to the birthplace of Sheikh Hasina, which includes Kotalipara and Tungipara. The total voters here are about 3.08 lakh and about 80 percent are minorities. Gobinda’s nomination was initially rejected, but was reinstated after appealing to the Election Commission. He has been working for a long time for the safety and rights of the Hindu community. Gobinda said that security is the biggest challenge on the day of voting. His independent fight shows the strength of Hindu Mahajot, a Hindu political organisation.

Why are 2026 elections special for Bangladesh?

This election is special because former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League has been prevented from contesting the elections. His registration is suspended and his activities are restricted. A total of 60 parties are in the elections. The Hindu community, which constitutes 8-9 percent of the country’s population, is facing violence on a daily basis. In such a situation, these two candidates raise hopes for minority representation. Krishna Nandi’s association with the Jamaat and Gobinda’s independent fight both show different paths. One a compromise with a staunch party, the other an independent voice. Meanwhile, the election campaign has ended yesterday morning. Voting will take place tomorrow and the results will come on the same day. There is concern in the Hindu community that violence may increase, but these candidates show that minorities are becoming active in politics.

At the wedding, uncle Jaan was filled with youth, he danced to the tunes, people kept watching his delicacy.

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At the wedding, uncle Jaan was filled with youth, he danced to the tunes, people kept watching his delicacy.

A video captured during a Nikah is going viral on social media. In the video, an elderly man can be seen dancing on Aishwarya Rai’s famous song Kajrare-Kajrare. The carefree manner with which uncle danced at this stage of age won the hearts of people. The guests who came to the marriage ceremony also kept watching the man’s dance. A guest made a video of it and shared it on social media, from where it went viral. People are liking the energy of the person a lot. The video has been viewed millions of times.

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Payroll pirates conned the help desk, stole employee’s pay • The Register

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Payroll pirates conned the help desk, stole employee’s pay • The Register

Exclusive When fraudsters go after people’s paychecks, “every employee on earth becomes a target,” according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer.

In December 2025, managed detection and response outfit Binary Defense’s threat research group ARC Labs investigated a security incident in which a thief redirected a physician’s salary into their own account using a very simple attack that started with a help-desk call.

“This was a combination of exploiting people and processes rather than technology,” Dwyer, the deputy CTO and head of Arc Labs, told The Register in an exclusive interview. “It’s technology-adjacent. This was identity theft from pure-play social engineering into exploiting a weaker-than-advised process internally to gain access.”

The attacker used compromised credentials belonging to a shared mailbox at a healthcare facility. Binary Defenses’ incident responders can’t say for certain how the attacker obtained the credentials. Dwyer said his team found no evidence of phishing and assumes the miscreant obtained the email login info from an earlier breach.

Once the attackers gained access to the mailbox, they snooped around and determined whose identity to assume when calling the help desk to request a password and multi-factor authentication (MFA) reset.

In this case, the attacker pretended to be a physician locked out of their account and thus unable to treat patients.

“The call basically went that this person can’t log into their account, they have patients they need to see right now, they need to get immediate access,” Dwyer said. The fake physician’s name and access-level checked out, so the help desk employee reset the password and MFA token. This gave the attacker access to the account, which enabled the rest of the payroll scam to play out.

It’s technology-adjacent. This was identity theft from pure-play social engineering into exploiting a weaker-than-advised process internally to gain access

“And this is where things get very, very interesting,” Dwyer said. “Over the last year where we’ve seen these sort of incidents, it has followed traditional business email compromise attack flows.”

In one such attack targeting university employees and documented by Microsoft, the digital thieves compromised employee accounts to gain access to HR platforms like Workday and then diverted employees’ direct-deposit paychecks. The attackers gained initial access through phishing emails, stole MFA codes via an adversary-in-the-middle phishing link, and then accessed the victims’ Microsoft Exchange Online inboxes before hijacking their Workday profiles and sending paychecks to attacker-controlled accounts.

‘Identity is the new perimeter’

“Everything happens through that access, through that mailbox in that Microsoft account,” Dwyer said, adding that the attack targeting the physician looked different. After “recovering” the medico’s identity from the help desk social engineering call, the attacker authenticated from the healthcare organization’s own virtual desktop infrastructure, registered new authentication devices to the account, and logged into the Workday payroll system.

Once they had logged into Workday, the crook changed the banking and direct deposit details to re-route the physician’s paycheck into an attacker-controlled account.

This is about process exploitation and the hijacking of identities, which makes it extraordinarily hard to identify malicious versus normal identity behavior

Using the company’s own virtual infrastructure allowed the attacker to bypass security detections because the logins appeared to be a legitimate internal user with a trusted endpoint and internal IP address.

“With this one, the big thing that really stood out is that the attackers seem to be aware of the detection strategies against them,” Dwyer said. “This attack was carried out purely outside of email and leveraging the trusted access through the VDI infrastructure. By abusing the organization’s own virtual desktop infrastructure, so from a security tools point of view, everything looks normal and trusted.”

The organization wasn’t even aware that it had been compromised until the physician asked why they hadn’t been paid.

“It isn’t always about technology hacking,” Dwyer said. “This is about process exploitation and the hijacking of identities, which makes it extraordinarily hard to identify malicious versus normal identity behavior. Identity is the new perimeter, and this is a new threat vector in which your persona needs to be treated like a privileged asset, rather than just your computer or your phone.”

In addition to underscoring the security threats around using shared mailboxes, this incident shows how payroll and HR platforms should be viewed as a high-value target for attackers, Dwyer added. For defenders, this requires treating payroll information as a telemetry stream for threat detection and treating payroll changes as high-risk financial events.

“The good news is we already have a model around this – lessons learned from wire fraud and pay and accounts payable fraud applies here,” Dwyer said. “Changes that are made to direct deposit information should have to be confirmed in some mechanism, there should be a temporary holding period while it goes through some sort of fraud detection review, or something along those lines.”

While organizations have the technology to do this, they don’t necessarily have the processes in place to address this type of security and business risk, he added.

“Organizations need to consider direct deposit as a legitimate, viable threat vector,” Dwyer said. “If I was a business leader, I would want to get ahead of this, because I wouldn’t want to get into some sort of arbitration with an employee over a lost paycheck.” ®

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At the post-PMQs lobby briefing, No 10 ducked questions about whether Matthew Doyle could lose his peerage over allegations that he did not disclose having campaigned for someone charged with sex offences before his peerage was announced.

The government has said it will legislate to allow peerages to be removed in cases of misconduct – something which cannot happen under current rules. The bill is designed to ensure Peter Mandelson’s peerage can be taken away, but it is likely that it will set up a general mechanism to be apply in these cases.

Asked about Doyle possibly losing his peerage, a No 10 spokesperson said they would not comment because they did not want “to get ahead of” the internal Labour investigatiaton into this case.

Asked why the government did not block Doyle’s peerage after the Sunday Times story was published saying he had campaigned for a council candidate accused of possessing indecent images of children (this was after Doyle’s peerage was announced, but before he had taken his seat in the Lords), No 10 said:

There’s no established precedent for withdrawing a peerage nomination after the announcement stage.

That’s why we’re undertaking wider reform to both vetting and appointment processes.

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Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group

Jewish activists have heckled Nigel Farage at the launch of a Jewish members’ organisation for Reform UK and accused the party of planning to use the new group as cover for persecuting other minorities, Ben Quinn reports.

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin branded ‘snowflake’ after missing byelection hustings in Gorton and Denton

Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate in Gorton and Denton, has been criticised for refusing to take part in a hustings organised in the constituency last night. In a statement, he said that he would take part in other hustings, but that he did not think “a fair and level platform” would be offered to all candidates by Local Voices, the group organising last night’s.

As the Daily Mirror reports, Andrew Western, the MP running Labour’s campaign in the constituency, said:

Matthew Goodwin’s dramatic last minute withdrawal from last night’s hustings just shows what we already know. He is a snowflake.

And Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media.

Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.

But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.

Richard Tice pulled out.

Farage won’t face me.

Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.

Female Labour MPs urge Starmer to appoint woman as first secretary of state

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Female Labour MPs have told Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as first secretary of state – a de factor deputy PM serving alongside the actual deputy PM, David Lammy – to oversee a “complete culture change” in Downing Street, Alexandra Topping reports.

At the Tory post-PMQs briefing, a spokesperson for Kemi Badenoch said that Matthew Doyle should never have been offered a peerage in the first place. The spokesperson also said it would have been possible to withdraw Doyle’s peerage after it was announced but before he was sworn in (given that, by the time he took his seat, it was known that he had campaign for a friend facing paedophile charges, because the Sunday Times had published a story about that).

Asked why Doyle’s peerage was not withdrawn before he was sworn in, No 10 just said there was no precedent for this. (See 2.04pm.)

The Badenoch spokesperson would not say whether the party would like to Doyle to lose his peerage.

(Some senior Tories are worried about the proposed bill to deprive Peter Mandelson of his peerage because they are not comfortable with the principle for a government using legislation to punish individuals viewed as political opponents.)

No 10 ducks questions about whether Doyle controversy could result in his peerage being removed

At the post-PMQs lobby briefing, No 10 ducked questions about whether Matthew Doyle could lose his peerage over allegations that he did not disclose having campaigned for someone charged with sex offences before his peerage was announced.

The government has said it will legislate to allow peerages to be removed in cases of misconduct – something which cannot happen under current rules. The bill is designed to ensure Peter Mandelson’s peerage can be taken away, but it is likely that it will set up a general mechanism to be apply in these cases.

Asked about Doyle possibly losing his peerage, a No 10 spokesperson said they would not comment because they did not want “to get ahead of” the internal Labour investigatiaton into this case.

Asked why the government did not block Doyle’s peerage after the Sunday Times story was published saying he had campaigned for a council candidate accused of possessing indecent images of children (this was after Doyle’s peerage was announced, but before he had taken his seat in the Lords), No 10 said:

There’s no established precedent for withdrawing a peerage nomination after the announcement stage.

That’s why we’re undertaking wider reform to both vetting and appointment processes.

PMQs – snap verdict

After Keir Starmer’s political near-death experience on Monday, there have been suggestions that, with Morgan McSweeney out of the way, the public might get to see the “real”, more passionate and more persuasive Starmer that has been buried until now beneath a mound of McSweeney-inspired, missions-orientated verbiage. These ‘Let Barlet be Bartlet’ strategies never really work out quite was well as they did on the West Wing, but we did see a bit of that today. Starmer was definitely more angry and combative than he normally is. (You need to read the quotes in full, which is why I’ve fleshed them out – see 1.04pm.) He was a bit more ruthless; normally he is quite cordial with Ed Davey, but today he was in full Labour tribalism mode as he savaged the Lib Dems. (See 12.15pm.) And he a bit more egotistical too. “Only four people have ever led the Labour party to victory in a general election. I am one of them,” he told Badenoch (rightly). He sounded like a man who has spent a bit of time in recent days thinking about whether he is the right man to lead the country (and also someone who has concluded the answer is – yes).

All of this was enough to mean that, for Starmer, this was one of those PMQs where it could have been a lot worse.

At the very start, he was even ahead. He won the first exchange with Kemi Badenoch with his “what’s her great achievement? To make [the Tory party] even smaller” riposte. He was holding his own with the second one. But when Badenoch raised the Matthew Doyle case in her third question, Starmer was thrown fully on to the defensive. After a brief line about Doyle not giving a “full account”, Starmer reverted to distraction mode, which is where he stayed for the rest of these exchanges. As a display of whataboutery, it was fine – in fact, rather good. But Starmer could not conceal the fact that Badenoch was winning the argument; on Doyle, she was making points to which he didn’t have a good answer

She was effective. But Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, and Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, both raised the Doyle case too, and their soundbites (particularly Flynn’s – see 12.18pm) were probably better.

(But the prize for the best put-down of the day probably went to Ayoub Khan. See 12.38pm.)

I have beefed up the earlier posts, covering the Starmer/Badenoch and Starmer/Davey exchanges, with direct quotes (from PA Media). You may need to refresh the page to get them to appear.

Ayoub Khan (ind) says rubbish is building up “right beneath my very nose”. He is a Birmingham MP, and he is talking about the bin strike. But he has Nigel Farage and the other Reform UK MPs sitting in the row directly in front of him. His joke prompts loud laughted. Richard Tice seems to see the funny side too, but Sarah Pochin looks horribly offended.

Starmer says he hopes the strike gets resolved.

Bob Blackman (Con) asks about the school stabbing in Brent, and asks what the government is doing to remove knife crime.

Starmer thanks Blackman for raising this, and says the government agrees on the need to tackle this.

Tom Tugendhat (Con) says some civil servants are having to take out bridging loans to help them in their retirement.

Starmer says he will look at this.

Daniel Zeichner (Lab) says he agrees with the ambition to make Cambridge the most livable city in Europe. He asks what more the government will do to help this.

Starmer says the government has a growth plan for Cambridge.

James Wild (Con) asks about a foreign offender, sentenced to 10 years in jail for killing three people in a driving incident, who may be released after three years because he is being deported. He says it is wrong for the offender to be released this early.

Starmer says he will look into this.

Preet Kaur Gill (Lab) asks about the Pride in Place programme, and how politics can be a force for good.

Starmer says he has always thought “those with skin in the game make the best decisions about their community”.

Caroline Voaden (Lib Dem) asks if the government will help address the problem of coastal erosion in Devon.

Starmer says Voaden has a meeting with the floods minister on this. The government is investing in flood defences.

Starmer says government considering making CCTV mandatory for nurseries

Munira Wilson (Lib Dem) asks if the government will back mandatory CCTV in nurseries, and mandatory registers for staff.

Starmer says the government is considering whether CCTV should be mandatory in nursery settings.

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Sundar himself revealed the plan and told when he will enter the field – News18 Hindi

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VIDEO: Sundar himself revealed his plan and told when he will enter the field

New Delhi. When the Indian team came for practice in Delhi on Tuesday evening at around 6 pm, Jasprit Bumrah was seen on the field, who bowled for a long time in the nets. He was not available for the match played in Mumbai due to illness. Apart from this, Washington Sundar, who was out of the T20 series against New Zealand, also joined the team in Delhi. He did not play in the first match. There was a possibility of him joining the team in Delhi and he was seen with the team during the practice session.

Most welcoming US destinations named by Booking.com traveler reviews

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Most welcoming US destinations named by Booking.com traveler reviews

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Big cities may hold great allure, but smaller destinations are still the most welcoming, according to new rankings from Booking.com.

The online travel booking platform recently released its annual Traveler Review Awards, and one thing is clear.

Small-town charm is alive and well.

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Here are the top five most welcoming destinations in the United States, according to Booking.com.

1. Fredericksburg, Texas

Located in the Texas Hill Country, Fredericksburg received the most positive traveler reviews in the site’s 2026 Traveler Review Awards.

The city is known for its German heritage, its charming main street, its location in Texas Wine Country and its National Museum of the Pacific War.

Historic downtown storefronts with stone buildings and second-story balconies.

Fredericksburg was named the most welcoming U.S. destination in a new study. (iStock)

“The town mixes history, adventure and Southern hospitality,” the company said.

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Local restaurants and music venues are also central to the city’s appeal, according to multiple reviews.

2. Palm Desert, California

Palm Desert ranked second on Booking.com’s list, with traveler reviews emphasizing its appeal as a short getaway destination.

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The city is known for its luxury resorts, golf courses, shopping and desert landscapes in the Coachella Valley.

Group of people riding a pedal-powered party bike along a palm-lined city street on a sunny day.

Palm Desert placed second as an ideal destination for short getaways. (iStock)

“It has a little bit for all ages, and [is] a good source for adventure,” one review said.

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Guests valued the area’s outdoor activities and nearby parks, including hiking trails and excursions to Joshua Tree National Park.

3. Cape May, New Jersey

Historic charm played a major role in Cape May’s ranking on the new list.

Visitors mentioned Cape May’s Victorian-era architecture and its walkable beaches, describing the town as picturesque and well-maintained.

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The Washington Street Mall, Cape May Lighthouse and nearby wildlife areas were hailed as top attractions.

Walks along the beach, sunset views and guided tours were praised for their charm.

Victorian-style seaside homes with American flags along a sunny coastal street where people ride bicycles.

Cape May was praised for its historic charm, walkable streets, scenic beaches and dining options. (iStock)

4. Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Broken Bow stood out for its outdoor appeal, with reviews spotlighting the area’s hiking, fishing and scenic views.

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Broken Bow ranked fourth for its hiking, fishing and scenic views. (iStock)

The city is known for Beavers Bend State Park, luxurious wooded cabins, Broken Bow Lake recreation, and a forested mountain landscape in the Ouachita National Forest.

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“The central feature is Broken Bow Lake, but there are several small towns in the area,” one reviewer wrote. “The lake and the surrounding streams are excellent for fishing, including trout.”

5. Waikoloa, Hawaii

Waikoloa rounded out the top five, with reviews noting its location, quiet atmosphere and scenic views.

The village is known for its luxury resorts, championship golf courses, beaches and striking lava-rock landscapes along the Kohala Coast.

Two men walking barefoot along a sandy beach with mountains and ocean waves at sunset.

Waikoloa completed the top five, with travelers highlighting its setting and scenic surroundings. (iStock)

Guests highlighted walking paths, comfortable accommodations and nearby shops and restaurants.

One review said, “You can walk to everything, but if you feel the need to drive, there are plenty of parking spots available in shopping centers or dining venues.”

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Ben Harrell of Booking.com told Fox News Digital, “Recognition [of] our partners in destinations like Fredericksburg, Palm Desert, and Cape May highlights the dedication they bring to delivering great places to stay across the country.”

Kelly McGreal is a production assistant with the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.

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Tilak Varma reactions IND vs PAK Match: Plan is already ready against Pakistan… High voltage match will be held on 15th, Tilak said – have come in the mood for the match

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The match between India and Pakistan will be played on 15 February in Colombo. Regarding this match, Tilak Verma says that Team India has a plan ready to deal with them. Tilak said that we are now in the mood for the match and are ready to face them. The Indian team will face Namibia on Thursday before facing Pakistan.

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New Delhi. Tilak Verma says that Team India is very excited for the match against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup on 15th February. After pressure from ICC and other countries, Pakistan has decided to play the match against India in Colombo. Tilak said, to tell you the truth, we are very excited about this match. We came to know only yesterday that the match will take place. We are completely ready to play. We are keeping an eye on all the teams. We are looking at the bowlers and batsmen. He said, all the players and team members are ready to play. Now we are in match mood. Now our planning will start.

India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate had said that Pakistan may have a slight advantage because they have been in Sri Lanka for some time and will play all their matches there. Tilak further said, we are focusing on one match at a time. We have video analysis and technology, so we will see how we are playing. How is the wicket, we are ready. Players of each team play different shots. We know which shots are to be played on this wicket and which bowlers are to be played and it is already planned.

Tilak said that if needed in the ongoing T20 World Cup, he can play the role of innings anchor along with Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. After recovering from injury, Tilak Verma has made a successful comeback in the Indian team before the ICC tournament. India lost six wickets early in its first match of the tournament against America on February 7 but later made a comeback and won comfortably.

On the eve of the match against Namibia, Tilak said, ‘The head coach (Gautam Gambhir) has told us that if wickets fall quickly like in the match against America, then we should play carefully. If needed, Suryakumar Bhai and I can play the role of facilitator.

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Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group | Nigel Farage

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Jewish activists have heckled Nigel Farage at the launch of a Jewish members’ organisation for Reform UK and accused the party of planning to use the new group as cover for persecuting other minorities.

Farage spoke at the inaugural event on Tuesday night of the Reform Jewish Alliance (RJA), which he said would help the party target up to 15 parliamentary seats.

Activists stood up in the middle of Farage’s speech and accused him of advocating policies under which past Jewish refugees would have been barred from the UK.

They included Carla Bloom, who recalled her own family’s history of facing persecution and of fighting the far right in the 1930s. She said: “My mother didn’t fight the Mosley fascists in Cable Street for this.”

Farage told the event, held in a function room of the Central synagogue in London and attended by about 200 people, that “Judeo-Christian principles” were the foundation of everything Britain had achieved.

He said he decided to set up the organisation after meeting the family of Emily Damari, a British woman taken hostage by Hamas during its attack on Israel in October 2023, because there had been no effective campaign seeking her release.

The hecklers, from the group Na’amod, questioned Farage’s credibility and said they believed the allegations of the MP’s former schoolmates from Dulwich college who have accused him of making antisemitic comments. Farage has rejected allegations of antisemitism and racism.

Josh Cohen, 32, said he had been disgusted to hear talk at the event of Jews as “model immigrants”, because it was aimed at paving the way for persecution of other minorities.

“We are disgusted by antisemitism but we believe Reform are an active threat to the Muslim community and to immigrants and asylum-seeker communities in the UK,” he told the Guardian.

“Our own family experience of escaping persecution and our knowledge of Jewish history is instructive, so when they attack immigrants we feel a moral duty to stand up. We know our history and as a Jewish group we refuse to be pitted against other minorities.”

Na’amod describes itself as a movement of British Jews seeking to end the community’s support for Israel’s occupation.

Outside the event, activists from another group, the Jewish Bloc for Palestine, held placards bearing comments that Farage is alleged to have made to Jewish students with whom he attended Dulwich college.

Amy Kershenbaum, 58, who was among those inside the event, said: “Many of us would not be here if Reform policies were in place when our ancestors sought refuge.”

Referring to the allegations against Farage from Dulwich alumni, she said: “I believe the reports and the victims and I am profoundly offended that he ridiculed them. I am offended that parts of the Jewish community could want to launder and whitewash his politics.”

Farage has called allegations of racist and antisemitic bullying during his time at Dulwich college “complete made-up fantasies”, saying his accusers are “people with very obvious political motivation”.

Those involved in heading up the RJA include Gary Mond, a former senior vice-president at the Board of Deputies, the largest body representing British Jews, who resigned from the organisation in 2022.

A political divide is emerging among British Jews, according to research, with support rising fast for the Greens and for Reform. Support for Reform among British Jews rose from 3% in August 2024 to 11% in June 2025, though this was below Reform’s ratings increase among the wider electorate.

Farage was introduced at the event by Alan Mendoza, the executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, a thinktank, and a councillor who defected from the Conservatives to become Reform’s adviser on global affairs.

“There is an absolute smear campaign against this man in the press,” he said of the allegations against Farage. “I can tell you, and all of you know this, there is not an antisemitic bone in this man’s body.”

Mendoza said in his speech: “More recent immigrants have not taken on the lesson of British values and try to import their values into the UK.”

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NIIF exits from Ather Energy through block deals

Electric two-wheeler maker a few days back reported a sharp improvement in its financial performance for the December quarter. Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) on Wednesday exited from Ather Energy by offloading its entire 1.92 per cent stake in Ather Energy through block deals on the BSE and the National Stock Exchange.

It sold nearly 32.79 lakh shares of EV auto maker on the NSE and 40.54 lakh shares on the BSE at ₹710 each.

At the end of the December quarter, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund II had held 1.92 per cent stake in the company.

NIIF is a sovereign-linked alternative asset manager anchored by the Government of India.

However, both the exchanges did not disclose the buyer details.

The stock on Wednesday closed at ₹715.95, down 1.53 per cent on the BSE.

Electric two-wheeler maker a few days back reported a sharp improvement in its financial performance for the December quarter. The company’s loss for Q3 FY26 fell 57 per cent year-on-year to ₹84.6 crore from ₹197.5 crore in the year-ago period, and narrowed sequentially from ₹154.1 crore in the September quarter, reflecting improving operating leverage on higher volumes, stronger pricing and rising software-led revenues.

Published on February 11, 2026