A major shooting in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening left an NYPD officer and two civilians wounded. A lone gunman opened fire near a corporate building on Park Avenue before being neutralised. The shooter is believed to be dead. One civilian is in critical condition, while the officer and another civilian are expected to survive.

The minister made the comments just days after a Meghalaya High Court bench led by Justice HS Thangkhiew criticised the state’s handling of illegal coal operations.

A CRPF jawan was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Haryana’s Sonipat while he was on leave. Police suspect the killing is linked to an altercation during the Kanwar Yatra.