Maha Kumbh Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Vaibhav Krishna said that thirteen FIRs have been filed against 140 social media handles that disseminated misleading content.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has clarified that it does not consider the Narendra Modi-led government or the Indian state as "fascist" or "neo-fascist," diverging from the positions of other Left parties like the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation [CPI(ML)L].

The Union Government has announced that it will not release additional funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2025. According to a report by Financial Express, officials stated that the allocated outlay of ₹86,000 crore should be sufficient for the year, with an additional ₹7,500 crore in unspent funds from previous allocations expected to cover remaining expenses.

In the town of Vijay Nagar, Beawar district, Rajasthan, tensions are rising after the arrest of ten Muslim men accused of sexually assaulting and blackmailing five minor Hindu girls. The arrests, made on February 17, followed three First Information Reports (FIRs) filed on February 16 by the victims' families. The accused include seven adults and three minors, all aged between 19 and 21.

Sunil N S alias 'Pulsar' Suni, the primary accused in 2017 actress assault case in Kerala, was taken into police custody for allegedly causing a ruckus at a hotel in Rayamangalam, Ernakulam district.

Amid the ongoing row over USAID funding, the Congress on Monday claimed that the Union finance ministry has "thoroughly exposed" the BJP's "lies" with its annual report for 2023-24 stating that the US agency is currently implementing seven projects in collaboration with the Government of India and none of them has anything to do with voter turnout.

BJP MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely was on Monday sworn in as the pro-tem speaker of the newly constituted Delhi Assembly.

The chances of survival of the eight persons who remain trapped in the SLBC tunnel after a partial collapse two days ago are "very remote," though every effort is being made to reach them, Telangana Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said on Monday.