Rahul Gandhi had earlier claimed that the RSS and the government would shift their focus towards Christians and church land after the successful passage of the Waqf Act.

Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, a 28-year-old Indian Air Force fighter pilot, was laid to rest with full military honours in his native village after a Jaguar jet crash near Jamnagar. Grieving family and villagers attended the ceremony, which included a gun salute. An inquiry has been launched into the accident.

Siddharth Yadav, 28, lost his life when a Jaguar fighter jet crashed near Jamnagar, Gujarat, after suffering a technical glitch