Opposition had raised questions over Maharashtra Assembly polls and ECI, alleging voter fraud in elections. However, the Bombay HC has rejected a plea challenging the poll results.

Shashi Tharoor, who is the chairperson of the parliamentary external affairs committee, travelled to Russia earlier this month prompting speculation in foreign policy circles

“Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn’t,” said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.