Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has dismissed allegations of a cover-up in the investigation into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. In a video message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Moitra defended the West Bengal government's actions and responded to BJP’s criticism of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other female representatives.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the dates for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections. The polls will be held in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1, with vote counting scheduled for October 4, 2024. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made the announcement during a press briefing in New Delhi.

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday hit out at the Centre, saying it did not honour the post of the Leader of Opposition by allotting Rahul Gandhi a seat in the last rows at the Independence Day event.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's citizenship status. Swamy has requested that the Union Government submit a status report on his 2019 complaint, in which he alleged that Gandhi voluntarily declared British nationality to the British government, potentially holding a British passport.

Amid widespread protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry on Friday said the heads of institutions will be responsible for filing an institutional FIR within six hours of an incident of violence against any healthcare worker on duty.

The Military Intelligence (MI) of the Indian Army busted a new case of fake recruitment, reported from Ahmednagar, with one person being arrested under charge of duping several people by promising them jobs in the Army like cooks and defence civilians and collecting a total of Rs 8.3 lakh.

In a controversial speech delivered in Sillod, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, on August 14, Suresh Chavhanke, the editor-in-chief of Sudarshan News, made several inflammatory remarks targeting the Muslim community. Chavhanke, known for his provocative rhetoric, urged an economic boycott of Muslims and called for the removal of what he described as "infiltrators" from the country.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said he will back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP) as Maha Vikas Aghadi’s chief ministerial face.