Amid violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal that continued for the second day, the country’s ex-Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, Arzu Rana Deuba, the foreign minister, were assaulted by protesters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to review the situation in the wake of recent floods and landslides in several parts of north India.

The finance minister of Punjab and Jharkhand and the industries minister of Delhi ensured a spirited start to the NDTV GST Conclave on Tuesday, with their panel discussion on ‘Matters of States’ witnessing a heated debate on the GST reforms.