West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has urged the Centre to address the situation in Bangladesh by seeking UN intervention. She proposed deploying peacekeeping forces and offering shelter to persecuted Indians. Banerjee demanded clarity from the external affairs minister in Parliament and criticized the Centre’s inaction over the past ten days. BJP leader Amit Malviya responded to her comments.

According to a government order dated December 1, 1990-batch officer Sumita Misra will be the new Home Secretary.

The Supreme Court has summoned the Chief Secretaries of four states for failing to comply with its order to pay subsistence allowances to construction workers affected by air pollution.