Congress worker Manik Roy was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by a group of people in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, police said. Five people have been arrested in connection with the case. Meanwhile, Roy's family members and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that some of the assailants belonged to the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Vishal Batra, the twin brother of Kargil hero Captain Vikram Batra, broke down while remembering his funeral. "My dad told me I have to light the pyre...I didn't have the courage...Then I thought my brother deserved that last respect from my end," Vishal added. Captain Batra was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his heroics in 1999 Kargil War.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mumbai and Pune, issuing an orange alert in both the cities. Further, the weather department has also issued a red alert for Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara and warned of extremely heavy rainfall in these cities. Notably, four persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Pune.

In an incident reported from Mumbai, a woman claimed she found a dead insect inside a burger after ordering it from Burger King. The woman also shared a video on Instagram and wrote, "If big brands like Burger King can't take care of their hygiene then I don't know what to rely on anymore." "I demand an apology," she added.

Half-burnt question papers of NEET-UG 2024 exam assisted CBI in solving the paper leak case. In its first statement regarding the case, CBI revealed the question paper was illicitly accessed from Oasis School in Hazaribagh on May 5 morning. It was then solved in Hazaribagh by a set of solvers and shared with some students who paid money.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh demanded the Budget for jails be increased by the Central government. While addressing the Rajya Sabha, Singh said, "The jail budget is ₹300 crore. I was sent to jail. Tomorrow you will be jailed. Increase the jail Budget, fix the jails. You are next," Singh stated. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar was seen laughing at his remark.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday demanded that parts of Jharkhand and West Bengal be declared a Union Territory. He said the areas are facing challenges posed by illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. He added that if some measures aren't taken to stop "this illegal migration", Hindus would disappear from these places.

Congress leader and former Punjab CM Charanjit Channi on Thursday triggered a row after equating elected MP Amritpal Singh's arrest with an Emergency-like situation. Amid criticism by the BJP over his remark, Congress' Jairam Ramesh said that Channi's remarks don't reflect the views of the party. BJP's Ravneet Bittu called Channi a "traitor" for his Emergency remark.

An American woman has filed a complaint in Rajasthan, accusing a man from Ajmer of raping her in a hotel on pretext of marriage, police said. The woman said that the man married her in a temple this month without disclosing that he was already married. The man has a 10-year-old child with his wife, who's pregnant with another child.

Congress leader Karti Chidambaram has criticised the Centre over the renaming of Rashtrapati Bhavan's 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' as 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively. "This government has a fetish for changing names, and they are obsessed with it," he said. "They think...they are bringing back some past glories which in my opinion is completely unnecessary," Karti added.