In yet another incident of violence against minorities in Bangladesh, a Hindu leader in Dinajpur's Biral upazila was kidnapped and brutally assaulted to death, as confirmed by the local police and family members. The man, Bhabesh Chandra, was a prominent leader of the Hindu community in the area who also acted as the Vice-President of the Biral unit of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, local media reported.

A building collapsed in Mustafabad area of Delhi in the early hours of Saturday, with several people feared trapped under the debris, officials said.

Sandeep Lamba, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North East District, told ANI that the incident took place at 3 am.

Local search engine Just Dial has reported a 61 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit in FY25 to Rs 584.2 crore.

For the January-March quarter of FY25, Just Dial logged a profit of Rs 157.6 crore.

Revenue for FY25 was Rs 1,141.9 crore, reflecting a 9.5 per cent growth over FY24.

United States President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that the US may "take a pass" on its efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine if either side makes negotiations too difficult, CNN reported.

"If, for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say, 'You're foolish, you're foolish. You're horrible people,' and we're just going to take a pass," Trump said.

A 23-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, lost her life after a hit-and-run accident in Denton, Texas, just weeks before completing her master’s degree, reported The Times of India.

Vangavolu Deepthi, who was pursuing her MS in Computer and Information Science at the University of North Texas, had graduated from Narasaraopet Engineering College in Guntur in 2023.

The finance ministry on Friday issued a clarification rejecting rumours that it is considering levying GST on UPI transactions above ₹2,000, calling such claims "completely false, misleading and without any basis".

"Currently, there is no such proposal before the government," the finance ministry said.

At just 17 months old, Ekagrah Rohan Murty, the grandson of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, is already making headlines as one of India’s youngest millionaires. The toddler is set to receive ₹3.3 crore from Infosys’ final dividend payout for the financial year ending March 2025, reported Moneycontrol.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad has attached shares worth ₹27.5 crore belonging to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and land worth ₹377.2 crore owned by Dalmia Cements (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL), in a 14-year-old money laundering case. DCBL, however, claims the land is now worth ₹793.3 crore, according to a report by The Times of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently reconnected via a phone call, continuing a dialogue that began during their in-person meeting in Washington, DC earlier this year. In a post on X, PM Modi shared that the conversation focused on deepening collaboration in technology and innovation.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has criticised the Supreme Court’s recent verdict that set deadlines for the President and governors to clear Bills. The SC ruling also invoked Article 142 to bring into effect ten laws passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly without executive assent.

The use of Article 142, which gives the Supreme Court extraordinary powers to deliver “complete justice”, created a first for India – laws that came into effect without the signature of the President or a governor.

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