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#13031738

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#13021726

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi inspects the guard of honour during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13021727

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi inspects the guard of honour during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13021728

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi inspects the guard of honour during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13021811

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi inspects the guard of honour during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13021825

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, third from right in the first row, poses for a picture with other officers during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13021832

24 November 2025

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi walks down the gangway during the commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on November 24, 2025.

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#13006377

20 November 2025

DEBA, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Brigadier General Chris Gent, Deputy Chief of Staff for Transformation and Integration - NATO LANDCOM, speaks to the media at the end of a live-fire demonstration of the MEROPS counter-drone system at the Deba training grounds in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Poland, on November 18, 2025. The drill is part of NATO's Eastern Sentry initiative to enhance vigilance and strengthen defenses against drone threats along the alliance's eastern border.

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#13006378

20 November 2025

DEBA, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Brigadier General Chris Gent, Deputy Chief of Staff for Transformation and Integration - NATO LANDCOM, speaks to the media at the end of a live-fire demonstration of the MEROPS counter-drone system at the Deba training grounds in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Poland, on November 18, 2025. The drill is part of NATO's Eastern Sentry initiative to enhance vigilance and strengthen defenses against drone threats along the alliance's eastern border.

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#13006308

20 November 2025

DEBA, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Brigadier General Curtis W. King, Commanding General of the U.S. 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, and Brigadier General Chris Gent, Deputy Chief of Staff for Transformation and Integration - NATO LANDCOM, speak to the media ahead of a live-fire demonstration of the MEROPS counter-drone system at the Deba training grounds in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Poland, on November 18, 2025. The drill is part of NATO's Eastern Sentry initiative to enhance vigilance and strengthen defenses against drone threats along the alliance's eastern border.

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#13006267

20 November 2025

DEBA, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Brigadier General Chris Gent, Deputy Chief of Staff for Transformation and Integration - NATO LANDCOM, speaks to the media ahead of a live-fire demonstration of the MEROPS counter-drone system at the Deba training grounds in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Poland, on November 18, 2025. The drill is part of NATO's Eastern Sentry initiative to enhance vigilance and strengthen defenses against drone threats along the alliance's eastern border.

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#13006268

20 November 2025

DEBA, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Brigadier General Chris Gent, Deputy Chief of Staff for Transformation and Integration - NATO LANDCOM, speaks to the media ahead of a live-fire demonstration of the MEROPS counter-drone system at the Deba training grounds in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Poland, on November 18, 2025. The drill is part of NATO's Eastern Sentry initiative to enhance vigilance and strengthen defenses against drone threats along the alliance's eastern border.

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#13005535

19 November 2025

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula, is followed by Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz as they arrive at a press conference following the past weekend's railway sabotage, in Warsaw, Poland, on November 19, 2025. Polish Defence Minister, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with the Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and the General of the Polish Armed Forces, Wieslaw Kukula, announce that the army is working on a plan, ''Operacja Horyzont'' (Operation Horizon), to deploy 10,000 soldiers to protect critical infrastructure across the country to counteract acts of diversion following the past weekend's railway sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin train line.

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#13005542

19 November 2025

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski address the media during a press conference following the past weekend's railway sabotage in Warsaw, Poland, on November 19, 2025. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and General of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula, announce that the army works on a plan, ''Operacja Horyzont'' (Operation Horizon), to deploy 10,000 soldiers to protect critical infrastructure across the country to counteract acts of diversion following the past weekend's railway sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin train line.

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#13005544

19 November 2025

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula, looks on during a press conference following the past weekend's railway sabotage in Warsaw, Poland, on November 19, 2025. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and General Wieslaw Kukula of the Polish Armed Forces, announces that the army works on a plan, ''Operacja Horyzont'' (Operation Horizon), to deploy 10,000 soldiers to protect critical infrastructure across the country to counteract acts of diversion following the past weekend's railway sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin train line.

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#13005546

19 November 2025

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula, addresses the media during a press conference following the weekend's railway sabotage in Warsaw, Poland, on November 19, 2025. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and General Wieslaw Kukula of the Polish Armed Forces, announce that the army works on a plan, ''Operacja Horyzont'' (Operation Horizon), to deploy 10,000 soldiers to protect critical infrastructure across the country to counteract acts of diversion following the past weekend's railway sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin train line.

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