| We have not banned online games. We have banned games that involve betting. Many people approached us and told us it is ruining our country, our youth: FM @nsitharaman n18oc_india

FM Nirmala Sitharaman to News18: “I may not be able to comment on a foreign head of state [calling India a dead economy]…It is the cynics and naysayers within India who worry me.”

Following a huge controversy over him “threatening” a woman police officer who was cracking down on illegal excavation in Maharashtra’s Solapur, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he was only trying to prevent an escalation in the situation.