Your vote has made development possible in Manipur: PM Modi

A delegation of 20 MPs from 16 parties of the Opposition coalition - the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) - reached Manipur on July 29. The leaders will assess the situation on the ground in the violence-hit state. The delegation of 20 leaders will include Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi, Phulo Devi Netam, K Suresh; TMC's Sushmita Dev, Sushil Gupta from AAP, Arvind Sawant from Shiv Sena (UBT), Kanimozhi Karunanidhi from DMK, JD(U) leaders Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Aneel Prasad Hegde, Sandosh Kumar (CPI), AA Rahim (CPIM), Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD), Javed Ali Khan (Samajwadi Party), Mahua Maji (JMM), PP Mohammed Faizal (NCP), ET Mohammed Basheer (IUML), NK Premachandran (RSP), D Ravikumar (VCK), Thiru Thol Thirumavalavan (VCK) and Jayant Singh (RLD).

The three girl students of a medical college in Karnataka's Udupi, who were suspended after they filmed another student in the women's washroom, surrendered before a local court and were granted anticipatory bail on Friday. According to sources, the three girls had applied for anticipatory bail through a lawyer. Meanwhile, the BJP staged protest against the government over the case.

As INDIA alliance delegation visits Manipur, Union Minister Anurag Thakur asked them to visit violence-affected Bengal as well. Anurag Thakur visited Bengal's Hooghly to meet BJP workers who were alleged victims of panchayat poll violence. He took on the MP delegation that visited Manipur. Thakur said that the delegation could visit Manipur but not visit victims of poll violence in Bengal. "Does the souls of those 21 MPs cry for the women who have been brutalised over here in Bengal? They can go to Manipur but they can't come to Bengal, where women are being paraded after being disrobed. I ask the 21 MPs to come to Bengal or else the people will question where these leaders were when they were attacked. Are these MPs afraid of coming to Bengal? That they will be attacked?" said Thakur on Saturday.

Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, while hearing a case on illegal construction in Kolkata, remarked that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation could hire bulldozers from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government. Sources close to the judge said the remark was made in good humour and nothing was put on record. However, Gangopadhyay's remark did not sit well with the political parties in the state. Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh reacted to the judge's remark and said, "Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay wants publicity. He wants fame. The CPM has no role now. They are not in the race. That is why he is trying for the BJP. He doesn't have any trust in the West Bengal BJP. He doesn't believe in Sukanta Majumder or Suvendu Adhikari."