Amid the latest controversy over Rahul Gandhi's "I am not Rahul Savarkar" remark, Ranjit Savarkar, grandson of the Hindutva icon, on Sunday said that he will file a defamation case against the Gandhi scion. Ranjit Savarkar will also be meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to discuss Rahul Gandhi's remark on Veer Savarkar during a rally.

At least 14 people were killed and dozens of others suffered injuries in a bus accident in Sindhupalchowk district on Sunday. The accident took place on Sunday morning when the bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge along the Dolakha Khadichaur-Jiri road section. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.

The curfew imposed in the wake of protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, has been relaxed from 9-am to 6-pm on Sunday by the administration. "Curfew being relaxed today in Guwahati from 9-am to 6-pm," said GP Singh, Additional DGP Law and Order, Assam. As many as 26 army columns have been deployed in Assam to assist the CAPF to handle the situation.