Speculation grows over a potential split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha unit. Sanjay Raut claims some MPs are being offered ₹50 crore.  

 Ranjit Das’s family claimed that they received a call from a person telling them the abduction was allegedly carried out in retaliation for a Bangladeshi’s killing 

 The discovery extends the known range of the lynx spider genus ‘Hamataliwa’, which had previously been documented in parts of southern India, China and Southeast Asia. 

 The NCPI announced the merger decision on its Facebook page, saying that with 20 MPs, it is now the “largest parliamentary force from West Bengal”. 

 Belagavi’s farmers are shifting from tobacco to sugarcane and turmeric, boosting profitability, while tobacco cultivation declines due to health awareness.