A 41-year-old man, Ranjit Pandov, was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Tuesday after he attacked his neighbours with a machete and later attempted to assault a police team called in by the locals to control the situation.

Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s mispronunciation of Kolkata football club Mohun Bagan drew sharp criticism from the ruling Trinamool Congress. The TMC accused the BJP of showing contempt for Bengal by mangling the names of revered football institutions, calling them symbols of identity and pride. The party slammed the BJP’s alleged “Bangla-Birodhi arrogance”.

Pakistan and Bangladesh air chiefs held talks on “potential procurement” of JF-Thunder fighter jets by Dhaka as a mark of deepening defence ties between the two countries, the Pakistani military has said.