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A team of actor Kamal Haasan-led political party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Sunday joined the agitating farmers at Singhu border.

A six-day legislature session will start in Karnataka on Monday. One of the highlights will be the planned introduction by the ruling BJP of two bills on issues that have already stirred up debate not just in Karnataka but elsewhere in the country too. One of the bills is against so-called "love jihad" while the other is against cow slaughter.

Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas shared her take on the farmers' protests on Sunday, endorsing a tweet by singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh and calling for their concerns about the centre's new agricultural laws to be addressed urgently.

South Delhi councillor Manoj Mehlawat, arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking Rs 10 lakh bribe from a builder, was caught on tape telling the complainant that "ab hamari source of income salary nahi hai...aise hi hoga (now salary is not my source of income...it will be like this only", the agency has claimed.

Amid "Biplab Hatao, BJP Bachao (Remove Biplab Deb, save BJP)" slogans being raised by a crowd today believed to be consisting of the ruling party's supporters, BJP's newly appointed national secretary and its central observer for Tripura Vinod Kumar Sonkar said there are "no differences" within the party.

Describing rival political parties as family-centric, BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said the BJP is the only ideology-based party where the whole organisation is "one big family".

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya claimed on Sunday that the Mamata Banerjee dispensation, which is vehemently opposing the Centre's farm laws, has passed a similar legislation in Bengal to give farmers the right to sell produce independently.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday alleged that the Trinamool Congress government is distancing itself from rule of law and the governance in the state is "getting away" from the path of the Constitution.

Delhi recorded 2,706 fresh COVID-19 cases today with the positivity rate dipping to below 4 per cent, ities said.

The BJP hit back at protesting farmers and the opposition today with nuggets of the past, reminding them that allowing private players into the farm sector was their demand not so long ago. The BJP has been under attack over the new farm sector laws, where corporates have been given a big role, hugely upsetting the farmers.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Sunday expressed concern over the growing pollution and frothing in Yamuna and asked the agencies concerned in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ensure no sewage is discharged into the river.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure priority allocation of COVID-19 vaccine to Punjab on account of its higher mortality rate and high levels of co-morbidities in the state.

A terrorist of the Students' Islamic Movement of India who had been on the run for the last 19 years has been arrested, the Delhi Police said in a statement. The 58-year-old accused, Abdullah Danish, was "one of the most elusive members" of the terrorist group SIMI and was wanted for sedition in the national capital, said senior police officer of the special cell Pramod Singh Kushwah said in the statement.

The London police in UK were seen in full force giving protection to the Indian High Commission as demonstrators gathered there in support of farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws.

BJP's Avinash Kumar Singh on Sunday bagged the Lucknow graduates' constituency seat for Uttar Pradesh legislative council with his party emerging winner on total three seats and SP on two out of the five seats following a tough fight for them.