“Assumed charge as the Minister of External Affairs. Thank PM Narendra Modi for assigning me this responsibility,” Jaishankar said on X

Bengaluru police detained actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and nine associates on Tuesday in connection with the murder of Renukaswamy, an assistant at a Chitadurga medical shop. Recently married, Renukaswamy was kidnapped, killed in Kamakshipalya, and his body found with physical injuries in a drain, confirming it as murder.

“Pleased to speak with my friend, the Amir of Qatar H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. I thank him for his warm wishes and positive sentiments towards India,” Modi said in a post on X.