- New Delhi
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, now a BJP MP, saying that sage Kanad conducted a nuclear test “lakhs of years ago”
- Hyderabad
The sessions court withdrawing the charges of prostitution slapped on National award- winning Telugu actress Shweta Basu Prasad. She’s since written an ‘open letter to the media’ questioning its motives in the whole scandal
- Meerut
Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Lakshmikant Bajpayee saying that the Taj Mahal was part of the land of the ancient temple Tejo Mahalaya, and that “there were papers to prove it”
- Thiruvananthapuram
Total value of the treasures from the five open vaults of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple being valued at Rs 1,50,000 cr. The mysterious Vault B which has seen “transactions” some 10 years back is still to be opened.
- Ayodhya
Hashim Ansari, the 96-year-old litigant in the Babri masjid case, wanting to withdraw his petition in the Supreme Court
- Yorkshire
Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s son Rishi Sunak being declared Tory candidate from Richmond for next year’s general elections
- Kathmandu
Nepal stopping a TV show on its national channel for a satire built around Narendra Modi
Compiled by Uttam Sengupta and Alka Gupta
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