Five persons were killed and three others critically injured when a speeding truck hit devotees and then a car in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Monday morning, police said.

Facing backlash over the rape and murder of a doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, principal Sandip Ghosh resigned from his post and government service on Monday morning, days after junior doctors demanded his removal for failing to provide security to the staff.

Stepping up its attack on the PM Narendra Modi government over the Hindenburg Research's allegations against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Congress on Monday threatened to launch a nationwide protest if its demand for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) probe into the matter is not accepted.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.

Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor praised the Indian government's decision to provide refuge to Sheikh Hasina after she stepped down as Bangladesh's Prime Minister following violent protests. Tharoor further said that the recent political shift in Bangladesh should not harm India-Bangladesh relations, highlighting India's longstanding commitment to the welfare of the Bangladeshi people since 1971.

All the ten Adani group stocks slumped in early trade on Monday, with Adani Energy tumbling 17 per cent, after the US short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged that SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband had undisclosed investments in obscure offshore funds in Bermuda and Mauritius, the same entities allegedly used by Vinod Adani to round-trip funds and inflate stock prices.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to summon Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, for further questioning in its ongoing money laundering investigation related to the National Herald newspaper. According to sources, the ED aims to conclude its probe, which has already led to the attachment of assets worth ₹751 crore.

Ten government hospitals in Delhi have begun an indefinite strike, halting all elective services on Monday, in response to the recent rape and murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata.