Opposition MLAs in Kerala disrupted Assembly proceedings for a second day on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of state Devaswom minister over alleged irregularities linked to the gold-clad copper plates at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.

The Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has strongly criticised Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, describing it as an “ongoing massacre” of a defenceless population. His remarks, published on Monday, mark one of the Catholic Church’s most severe condemnations of Israel’s actions since the war began.

The ongoing Social and Educational Survey, widely referred to as the caste census, that was scheduled to end on Tuesday has been extended, as per the memo issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy.

The Congress on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Dalit man in Raebareli as murder of humanity and the Constitution, and said it poses a serious question mark on collective morality as violence cannot be a hallmark of any civilised society.

In preparation for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, the BJP state unit organised a workshop for its leaders in Bengaluru on Monday. The program focused on increasing awareness regarding the nationwide revision process being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

 Hours after an advocate hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai inside the Supreme Court, senior Congress leader and Karnataka MLC B.K. Hariprasad issued a strong statement, linking the act to what he described as the “Godse ideology” and the divisive politics propagated by the RSS.

The Congress on Tuesday said much was made of the need of the SIR exercise to remove non-citizens from the electoral roll but the Election Commission has not had the integrity or the courage to enlighten the country on how many such non-citizens in Bihar were removed from the voter list.

A man has approached the Sitapur district magistrate with an unusual complaint – claiming he can’t sleep at night out of fear as his wife “turns into a nagin".