"Since some of them [the injured] are in a critical condition, the death toll may go up," Jalpaiguri district magistrate Moumita Godara Basu said.
“Why are you speaking against the government? Why are you so against the chief minister? These were the questions they kept asking,” recalls a detained reporter from a Telugu digital news channel.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate accused the BJP of using the app to amplify its messages and agenda on social media, and for targeting those against the saffron party, including women journalists.
With every passing hour since the hold up on the flyover in Punjab, it is becoming more and more apparent that Modi intends to use it as an excuse for avoiding an election in Punjab that the BJP is bound to lose.
Assembly elections in the states of Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand will be held on February 14, while elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. In Manipur, the election will be held in two phases, on February 27 and March 3.