BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde was caught in a huge row after Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) chief Hitendra Thakur on Tuesday accused him of distributing money to voters in Palghar on the eve of the Maharashtra assembly polls. The saffron party denied the claims, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) accused it of misusing government machinery and engaging in corrupt practices. Tawde, however, asserted that he was in Nalasopara to provide guidance regarding election procedures and challenged the opposition parties to verify his activities.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has penned a letter to President Draupadi Murmu, urging her intervention in the Manipur crisis. Kharge criticizes both the central and state governments for failing to restore peace, highlighting the escalating violence and displacement that has plagued the region for 18 months.

The CBI arrested ex-Chhattisgarh IAS officer Taman Singh Sonwani and steel company owner Shravan Kumar Goyal for allegedly arranging Rs 45 lakh in bribes to appoint Goyal’s son and daughter-in-law as Deputy Collectors