Thursday, October 15
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat linked to the court premises. In response, the Quick Reaction Team (QRT), bomb disposal squad, and local police swiftly arrived at the scene and began evacuating the building as a safety precaution.Court officials were instructed to clear all courtrooms immediately. Following the emergence of the threat, the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) also issued a formal alert to its members."We received a bomb threat. As we received the message, the lawyers and staff were asked to vacate the High Court. The court's work has been suspended until 2 pm..." said secretary of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association, Gagandeep Jammu.
Figures due on Thursday are likely to show Keir Starmer presiding over the biggest ever drop in net migration to the UK. For the prime minister, however, the hard part will be getting any credit from voters.Net migration soared after the pandemic, reaching a record 906,000 in the year to June 2023. The in-flux then slowed to a still-exceptional 728,000 last summer, shortly before Starmer’s Labour Party returned to power with a landslide victory over the Conservatives.The rise, alongside regular arrivals of undocumented migrants on small boats from across the English Channel, has stoked unrest among the electorate and is partly responsible for the astonishing popularity of Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party. As a result, twice-yearly migration numbers from the UK’s official sta
