A public disagreement erupted within the Congress party after Rahul Gandhi supported Donald Trump’s assertion that the Indian economy is “dead.” Rajeev Shukla, a fellow Congress MP, countered, affirming the economy’s robustness and citing contributions from past governments. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also dismissed Trump’s statement, highlighting India’s position as a top-five global economy.

A day after Himanta Biswa Sarma hinted at transferring an ongoing state inquiry – into ‘links’ between Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife and a Pakistan-based non-governmental organisation – to the National Investigation Agency, he explained why.

A judge of the Delhi High Court on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea by UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari challenging a trial court’s order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender”.