Explosions were heard in Doha on Monday with Iran attacking American military bases in Qatar and Iraq.

Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday made it clear only Marathi is mandatory in the state, and not Hindi, and said the ongoing controversy on teaching a third language in schools was “unreasonable and illogical”.

The Supreme Court on Monday took a strong exception to communal tweets by Wajahat Khan, the complainant in Sharmistha Panoli’s case, who is now himself under arrest over social media posts. The top court said that hate speech won’t take us anywhere.