Politics

After the enduring backlash following recent police violence against student protesters in Delhi, BJP looks keen on painting Congress and JMM with a matching brush, portraying the two parties as insensitive to students rights.

While disapproving the use of tear gas shells and water cannons on student protesters in Ranchi, Rahul Gandhi demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah clarify if he had authorised the use of pellet guns on student protesters in Delhi.

Prohibitory orders have been imposed around Jharkhand's Assembly building, and most schools have been kept shut as precaution as CM Hemant Soren struggles to pacify student protesters.

Even as Mamata Banerjee levels allegations of an attack, BJP rejects her claims and says her visit to the house of a former councillor's husband, who died allegedly due to custodial torture by police, was intended to provoke tensions.

A passing description of Veer Savarkar as a patriot has led to criticisms against Kerala's Congress-led UDF government, with allegations that maybe "saffronisation of education" is underway