Not one or two but at least five leaders submitted their resignations as the bill was passed, first in Lok Sabha and then the Rajya Sabha on Thursday and Friday, respectively. ​The latest to resign from the party was Nadeem Akhtar, his resignation follows that of four other leaders, including JD(U) leader Raju Nayyar, Tabrez Siddiqui Alig, Mohammad Shahnawaz Malik, and Mohammed Kasim Ansari.

Vinay Somaiah was arrested for being the administrator of a WhatsApp group, ‘Kodagu Issues and Suggestions’, even though he maintained he was not directly involved in posting any defamatory content

On Thursday, the Supreme Court directed that “no activity of any sort,” except for the protection of trees, should be undertaken by the Telangana government.