Hate speeches in preparation for elections: Indian Home Minister Amit Shah delivered a communal speech in Uttarakhand, where he targeted Muslims for offering Friday prayers; Uttarakhand is due for elections in 2022

MGNREGA acted as social security during the migrant crisis: Rise in NREGS demand shows migrant return to cities delayed; Between April and October this year, more than 60.1 million households have worked in the manual jobs scheme, widely regarded as the last resort of the rural poor

No money left in MGNREGA coffers, 21 States in the red: The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year, and supplementary budgetary allocations will not come to the rescue for at least another month when the next Parliamentary session begins

Lawyers go against professional ethics, refuse to represent accused: Agra lawyers refuse legal help to sedition-charged Kashmir students; The students were booked by the Yogi government for allegedly for posting a WhatsApp status praising Pakistan players after the team’s victory against India in a T20 cricket match

Harassment of people over citizenship: A Foreigners' Tribunal (FT) in lower Assam's Bongaigaon district has summoned a 60-year-old woman Bharati Sarkar to prove her citizenship all over again after already having done so two years ago