The Supreme Court has ordered the CBI to investigate the stampede at a rally in Tamil Nadu, appointing a retired judge to supervise the probe. The court emphasized that a fair investigation is a citizen’s right, despite claims from the state government about the petition’s origin. An NDA fact-finding team deemed the tragedy preventable due to negligence.

Linguists note that terms like ‘Handuman’ and ‘Andaman’ appear in old Malay, Sanskrit, Tamil and Sinhalese texts, highlighting India-Southeast Asia cultural ties spanning millennia

Priyanka Gandhi said that the leadership of the RSS must take immediate action on these allegations.