The decision was prompted by a series of protests and internal assessments flagging risks to the CEO and other senior election officials.

By pinning Tulsi worship to Christmas Day, the architects of this movement aren’t trying to honour the plant or our culture; they are trying to colonise the calendar.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a two-day conference of senior police officers here on Saturday and launched an AI-based “YAKSH” app to strengthen policing and preventive law enforcement in the state.