DMK a dishonest party, neither loyal to Dravidian nor to Tamil: S Gurumurthy

In a major escalation in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee physically entered the IPAC office in Kolkata during an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid. India Today’s Editor Indrajeet Kundu reports that the ED has accused the CM and her team of obstructing the agency and 'snatching' evidence, specifically a folder of documents. Both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the ED have moved the Calcutta High Court, with the matter listed for hearing tomorrow before the single bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh. The TMC has alleged trespassing by the central agency, while the ED claims obstruction of a legal investigation.

Convicted of rape and murder and serving a 20 year jail sentence, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has walked out of prison yet again on a 40 day parole.

In a high-voltage political showdown in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee physically intervened during an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of Pratik Jain, head of the political consultancy group I-PAC. With the state assembly elections just two months away, the ED conducted simultaneous searches at the I-PAC office and Jain’s home in connection with an alleged coal scam and money laundering case. A furious Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of weaponising central agencies to steal her party’s election strategy and candidate lists. Addressing the media, she remarked, ‘The naughty Home Minister, who cannot protect the country, and he is taking away all my party documents.’ The Chief Minister was seen leaving the premises with files she claimed were Trinamool Congress property. The BJP has condemned her actions as an unconstitutional obstruction of a legal investigation.

A little girl with an arrow beside President Murmu has gone viral.