Home Minister Amit Shah warns of riots if SP wins: In an election rally, referring to the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, Home Minister Amit Shah said if you make a mistake in voting for Samajwadi Party, then this city will burn again; These riots resulted in at least 62 deaths including 42 Muslims and 20 Hindus

Assassination attempt on Owaisi: AIMIM chief and Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi got shot at in Uttar Pradesh while campaigning; His car was riddled with at least two bullet punctures, but he survived unhurt; Sachin Pandit, the man who was arrested for shooting, claims to be a member of the BJP and has photos with key senior BJP leaders on his social media

Ignoring green commitments: Weak political will, lack of a monitoring system; The Union Environment Ministry has fewer than 80 officials for field verification under green laws, who are expected to visit thousands of project sites at least once a year. At the same time, between 2014 and 2019 alone, the Ministry granted over 11,500 environment and forest clearances

String of suicides of young women in Kerala tribal community: The deaths of the young women in Palode and Vithura tribal settlements in Thiruvananthapuram district expose a deeper problem — that they needed assistance and intervention, but this was lacking

Coal India Limited to export coal, despite India importing coal: The state-run company plans to export to Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan even as India’s import dependence of coal has been growing