Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi, attended by union ministers and state chief ministers, including newly elected southern leaders. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay met the Prime Minister, requesting the release of over 3,000 crore rupees in Samagra Shiksha funds without National Education Policy conditions, while raising delimitation concerns. Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar also held his first meeting with the Prime Minister amid BJP allegations of a solid waste management scam. The central government assured states of financial support, including 16,000 crore rupees allocated to a southern state for urban revival. In other developments, the central government scrapped the excise duty on ethanol-blended petrol, and a protest was lodged after a commercial ship was struck. Meanwhile, a regional party faces internal conflict and resignations. Weather updates indicate delayed monsoons in Mumbai and Hyderabad, with an orange alert in central Kerala. Additionally, the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins in North America.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, senior Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha rejected claims of joining the rebel camp and said he was with Mamata Banerjee and will remain with her.
At 25, Maithili Thakur became Bihar's youngest MLA after defeating RJD's Binod Mishra in Alinagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru to become India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.
This edition of 5 live focusses on an investigation into Amritsar-based Jackson Laboratories, the pharmaceutical company that supplied fake oxytocin vials containing only water, causing the deaths of five mothers in Kota, Rajasthan.
