Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of flooding 11 south Bengal districts by releasing water from reservoirs, prompting her to seal the border with Jharkhand. This move led to a retaliatory threat from Jharkhand’s JMM party to block goods trucks heading to Bengal, escalating tensions between the states.

A tragic accident occurred on Golf Course Road in Gurgaon where a 23-year-old biker named Akshat Garg died after colliding head-on with an SUV driven by Kuldeep Kumar Thakur on the wrong side of the road. Despite being detained initially, Thakur was released on bail. Eyewitnesses allege political connections influenced his quick release.

Professor James Hegarty heads the School of History, Archaeology, and Religion at Cardiff University