An SUV lost control and crashed into a tire shop in Mau district on Wednesday, narrowly missing a worker stationed at the billing counter.

In a recent tweet, Saket Gokhale, Rajya Sabha MP representing TMC, criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his reference to "Kathua-Kolkata" in a tweet addressing the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata.

For the first time in a decade, the Leader of the Opposition attended the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi present at the event on Thursday. However, his seating arrangement, positioned in the second last row alongside Olympic medallists, sparked debate on social media.

The IMA Friday condemned the vandalism at the state-run medical college in Kolkata where doctors have been protesting the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic, and called for an emergency meeting with its state branches to decide on the future course of action.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made over 100 Islamophobic remarks during his electoral campaign this year, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday. The report, titled 'Hate Speech Fueled Modi’s Election Campaign,' analysed 173 speeches and found that in at least 110 of them, Modi repeatedly incited discrimination, hostility, and violence against marginalised groups.

The Kolkata Police has issued a warning to journalist Barkha Dutt, threatening legal action over a post she shared on X (formerly Twitter) regarding the recent rape and murder case at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Tensions continue to simmer at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, following an incident in which unidentified miscreants vandalized the premises. The vandalism occurred late Wednesday night, during ongoing protests against the alleged rape and murder of a female doctor at the hospital last week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued a call to bring one lakh youth who do not have any political lineage into politics as public representatives, saying the move will also help end casteism and dynasty politics.