TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee vows to continue fighting non-secular forces after losing his temper and injuring his hand during a heated Waqf Board JPC meeting. He was suspended for a day after an altercation with BJP MPs, where he broke a glass bottle and sustained injuries. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 aims to implement reforms by introducing digitization, stricter audits, transparency, and legal measures to reclaim illegally occupied properties.

The ‘yellow’ alert by IMD indicates potentially bad weather conditions due to heavy rainfall. The Karnataka government said the advisory was for the safety of all those working in the IT, BT and private companies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral summit in Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS leadership summit.