In Kanpur, a man named Rahul Kumar falsely claimed he received extortion threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to cover up a dispute with his in-laws. The police discovered the truth, revealing the real source of threats was his wife’s family, not the gang.

Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be present during the filing of nomination papers by Priyanka Gandhi

The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre for not formulating strict rules to tackle the issue of stubble burning across North India and said the Environment Protection Act had become “toothless”.