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.

With their own means and ways, the two drove India into a position of control. KL Rahul continued to be patient, calm and left the ball as well as anyone has in this part of the world. Rishabh Pant, meanwhile, entered a period of self-talking where he calmed himself to weather the early storm and then returned to maverick ways before making timely returns to sensibility.