Madhya Pradesh minister Gauri Shankar Bisen, who landed in a controversy after he was caught by television cameras getting his shoe laces tied by a tribal boy, on Sunday apologised for the incident and swore he would only wear shoes without laces from now onwards.
A Madhya Pradesh farmer has claimed that he lost his crop because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed rally in the state on February 18.
Behind its high-decibel campaign, powered by well-organised party machinery, the BJP also appears to have made a slight departure from its 'next generation' approach to stay ahead of an aggressive Congress and enhance its prospects of securing a majority of seats.
Singh said the court also gave a week's time to both Hindu and Muslim sides to file objections to the report of a court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises.