The Narendra Modi government has targeted the Congress and its ally DMK accusing it of overlooking national interests in the ceding of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in the mid-1970s

The powerful earthquake, measuring 7.4 in magnitude, struck just south of Hualien County, the worst-affected area, resulting in at least 10 deaths and injuring over 1,000 people

PM Modi and CM Mamata engaged in a heated Lok Sabha campaign in Cooch Behar as they clashed over CAA, corruption, and central schemes. Hitting out at the opposition alliance INDIA, Modi said, “The opposition alliance is busy indulging in politics of lies and deceit.” Mamata, who also held a rally in the district, lashed out at the BJP and asserted that one can trust a poisonous snake but not the BJP.