The variation in pass percentages across districts has further highlighted systemic gaps. Mysuru district, where Kannada is widely spoken at home, recorded a 68% pass in Kannada.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged the “torture” and “atrocities” of Bengalis in the national capital, hours before she was scheduled to lead a Trinamool Congress delegation to meet Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Baloch rebel group Balochistan Liberation Army has released a video of a female ‘fidayeen’ (suicide attacker) involved in a large-scale assault across Pakistan’s Balochistan province over the weekend, one of the deadliest operations in recent years.