Journalist and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair on Monday criticised Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over what he described as a delayed response to the killing of Tripura student Anjel Chakma in Dehradun, calling the chief minister’s outreach a “PR call” after days of public outrage.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday instructed police officers to take strict action to prevent any untoward incidents during New Year celebrations here.

An American businessman has drawn global attention after distributing nearly ₹2,155 crore (about $240 million) in bonuses among his employees following the sale of his company, in a rare instance of wealth-sharing in corporate America.

 Officials said a train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, halting traffic along a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico.

Nearly 5,000 patients in Karnataka are currently on the waiting list for kidney transplants, highlighting a widening gap between demand and availability of donor organs in the state. According to data from the Health and Family Welfare Department, 4,922 patients were registered for kidney transplants as of December 2025, even as only about 300 such procedures were carried out during the year.

Ahead of New Year celebrations, two persons have been arrested in separate cases, and narcotics and cash worth about Rs 2.50 crore seized from them, police said on Monday.

A 27-year-old delivery executive was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman at a shopping mall in Bengaluru during Christmas celebrations, police said on Monday.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the killing of a Tripura student in Uttarakhand's Dehradun a "horrific hate crime", as he accused the ruling BJP of "normalising" hate.