Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra, considered a key loyalist of party chief Mamata Banerjee, resigned from her faction and joined the rebel group. This came a day after Mitra’s wife and two sons were issued summons by the Enforcement Directorate in a municipal recruitment scam case.

Mitra claimed that his decision was not related to the summons and said that his family would cooperate with the central agency in its investigation.

The Kamarhati MLA said he was resigning from Mamata Banerjee’s faction as he was “no longer able to work efficiently” in it. He alleged that the leadership was focused on promoting TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee rather than strengthening the organisation. Read on.

A mob attacked an Assam Rifles camp in Manipur’s Senapati district on Tuesday night after security forces launched an operation against suspected armed cadres earlier in the day. While the mob allegedly threw stones, damaged property and set vehicles on fire, no injuries were reported.

The Assam Rifles had launched a patrol and search operation near Makuilongdi based on intelligence inputs about the presence of cadres of the armed Naga group, NSCN(I-M), outside designated camps, the defence ministry said.

The NSCN(I-M), or the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, has been under a ceasefire agreement with the Union government since 1997. On Tuesday, intelligence reports and social media posts indicated that armed cadres of the group were moving outside designated camps while carrying weapons and wearing uniforms, in violation of the agreement, the ministry said. Read on.

An Indian sailor who went missing after a commercial vessel was attacked off the coast of Oman has died, his father-in-law said. The body of Heramb Karmarkar, a 30-year-old marine engineer from Pune, has been recovered. The Indian government has not yet confirmed the death.

On Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that one Indian seafarer was missing and 10 were rescued after the commercial vessel GFS Galaxy was attacked off the coast of Oman. The vessel had been disabled after a fire damaged its engine room. The United States had accused Iran of carrying out the attack.

The incident came amid a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions between the US and Iran escalated again. Read on

The Karnataka government closed disciplinary proceedings against three Indian Police Service officers in the Bengaluru stampede case that killed 11 people. The state government has cleared the officers of all the charges.

The stampede had taken place at a gate of the Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, 2025, leaving 11 dead and more than 50 injured. Fans had gathered at the stadium to celebrate the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s victory in the Indian Premier League.

The government said that the decision was taken after reviewing the officers’ written defence and the recommendations of the administrative department. Read on.

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