Veteran journalist R Rajagopal, former editor of The Telegraph, said he feels "voteless, passportless, kicked around like a football" after his name was deleted in West Bengal SIR. "If your name's not in the SIR, don't come to us for passport," the authorities allegedly told him when he applied for renewal. Rajagopal has reportedly been living in Kolkata for decades.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, raised concerns over Delhi's new EV Policy, which aims to promote electric vehicles in the city to curb pollution. "What will happen to the disposal of the batteries which are coming out...It should not happen that we spoil the future while trying to solve today's problems," he said.

Kerala’s PM SHRI debate has entered a new phase as UDF government, once a vocal critic of scheme, now argues that a previously signed MoU leaves state with little choice but to proceed. The reversal has sparked a fierce political confrontation on whether the state can honour its agreement with the Centre while safeguarding its autonomy over education and curriculum.

TMC leader and ex-councillor Shams Iqbal has been arrested by Kolkata Police over allegations of extorting ₹70 lakh from a businessman. Iqbal allegedly demanded and collected money through threats and intimidation. He has often been in news over his lavish lifestyle, and once arrived at Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters in a Ferrari worth around ₹5 crore to attend a session.

Haryana and Rajasthan have ended a decades-long stalemate over the sharing of Yamuna waters after signing an MoU to implement water allocation under the 1994 Upper Yamuna River Board agreement. Rajasthan will now get its due water through an underground pipeline from Hathni Kund barrage during monsoon months. The MoU was signed in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah.

After an old clip from 'India's Got Latent' season 1 featuring Samay Raina went viral on social media, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi reacted to it. "No lessons learnt. But now backed by @NetflixIndia & @YouTube for broadcasting this trash misogynistic content masked as humour," she wrote. "Now waiting for his GenZ fans to begin their rant," Chaturvedi added.

A video shows BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi giving a small water bottle to women protesting over water and electricity shortage in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri. One of the women reportedly told Lodhi, "We have been living in darkness for nearly two months. We are suffering." They also reportedly asked Lodhi to ensure electricity and water supply before asking for votes.

DMK chief MK Stalin called Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay's TVK-led government a "shaky setup" and claimed that it may not complete its full five-year term. He further said, "Elections can come at any time...It could happen in three...or six months." Stalin added TVK lacks public mandate to govern independently, having secured only 108 seats against majority mark of 118.

The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed two Bills by voice vote to scrap OBC list prepared during previous Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government for reservations in state government jobs. With the passage of the Bills, the OBC reservation structure has been revised from 17% to 7% in line with Calcutta High Court directives, along with a reorganisation of OBC categories.

A man was caught on Sunday removing BJP flags placed in Telangana's Hanamkonda for BJP chief Nitin Nabin's visit. When confronted by BJP supporters, he said, "I don’t like the divisive, Hindu-Muslim politics of the BJP. [PM] Modi is coming to Telangana since they want to win the state...I don't want that to happen." Police later detained the man.