Kolkata Police have arrested a second-year BCom student for posting inflammatory content on social media, calling for violence against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The student, who operated the Instagram account “ki***social,” allegedly encouraged an assassination attempt on Banerjee, referencing the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

A former Saudi official alleged in a report that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged the signature of his father on the royal decree that launched the kingdom's yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen's Houthi rebels.

A new murder case has been filed against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 62 others, including ex-ministers of her cabinet, over the death of a fish trader during the quota reform protests in the country, a media report said on Monday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday urged various banks to write off the loans availed by landslide victims and survivors in Kerala's Wayanad.

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday said police are taking action against only those people who are posting on social media wrong information, fake audio and disclosing the name of the doctor raped and murdered in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.

JMM leader Champai Soren on Sunday said he experienced "bitter humiliation" as chief minister and three options are open to him, including floating a new outfit.

The Trinamool Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "hijacking" the ongoing protests related to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

Former Chief of Army Staff General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, affectionately known as “Paddy” in army circles, passed away in Chennai due to old age, a source close to him said on Monday.