The PDA Panchang was released by Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav at the start of the new year.

The IMD says the cold spell will continue across Karnataka, with Bengaluru likely to feel the chill well into the coming weeks. Warmer conditions are expected only from February.

Controversial slogans directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi echoed on the campus of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday after the Supreme Court denied bail to student activists Umar Khalid and Sherjeel Imam.