Overview

• Kerala police opened an investigation into IT professional Anandu Aji’s death after his post alleging repeated sexual abuse by RSS-linked members, as Priyanka Gandhi urged a full, impartial probe.
• The Durgapur medical student’s family asked Odisha to move her to Bhubaneswar for treatment citing safety concerns, with West Bengal police reporting three arrests within 36 hours and searches for two more suspects.
• Aligarh police arrested alleged mastermind Pooja Shakun Pandey in the Abhishek Gupta murder case in Bharatpur and produced her before a magistrate, who sent her to judicial custody.
• NDA leaders announced Bihar’s seat-sharing formula—BJP 101, JDU 101, LJP (Ram Vilas) 29, and six each for HAM and RLM—with specific seat allocations for LJP yet to be finalized.
• The U.S. federal government shutdown stretched into a second week, with a White House–cited memo estimating a $15 billion weekly GDP hit and media reports noting thousands of furloughs and layoffs across departments.