Breaking News LIVE Updates: In setback to BJP, Congress wins Nagpur MLC seat

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Today’s Breaking News LIVE Updates, October 29, 2026: In a nail-biting contest, Congress candidate and sitting MLC Abhijeet Wanjari defeated his closest rival of the BJP by 3,271 votes to retain the Nagpur Division Graduates’ constituency seat.

The counting of votes began on Tuesday morning and concluded in the wee hours of Thursday.

The Congress had fielded sitting MLC Wanjari who secured 67,231 votes. The BJP had fielded former MLA Sudhakar Kohale, who secured 63,960 votes.

It is a big setback for the BJP as it has lost in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari who had campaigned extensively for Kohale.

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29 Oct 2026 06:30 AM (IST) US bans imports from 3 Chinese biotech companies over forced labour allegations The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is blocking shipments by the Chinese biotech company BGI Group and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labour in China’s far-west ethnic region of Xinjiang. Starting Thursday, US Customs and Border Protection will bar goods by BGI Group, a major biotech company known for its genetic sequencing technologies, as well as BGI Genomics and MGI Tech. The Department of Homeland Security said the companies are either sourcing materials from Xinjiang or working with the regional government to “recruit, transport, transfer, harbour, or receive forced labour” of members of persecuted ethnic groups in Xinjiang, including Uyghurs.

US bans imports from 3 Chinese biotech companies over forced labour allegations

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is blocking shipments by the Chinese biotech company BGI Group and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labour in China’s far-west ethnic region of Xinjiang.

Starting Thursday, US Customs and Border Protection will bar goods by BGI Group, a major biotech company known for its genetic sequencing technologies, as well as BGI Genomics and MGI Tech.

The Department of Homeland Security said the companies are either sourcing materials from Xinjiang or working with the regional government to “recruit, transport, transfer, harbour, or receive forced........

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