Imran Qayoom's family believes he had nothing to do with the militancy. The police, however, claim he was a militant and have buried his body in a far-off graveyard.

The plea has also sought a probe by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court, to see how and to what extent government agencies in India may have used the spyware.

'We believe that the Supreme Court can only instil confidence in people’s, and particularly women’s minds by transparently demanding and making public all answers relating to the use of Pegasus in India.'

It accused BJP MPs of "collectively insulting" Parliament by their behaviour in the meeting of Standing Committee on Information and Technology which was postponed on Wednesday due to lack of quorum.

People from Assam’s Barak Valley have enforced an ‘economic blockade’ of the National Highway that connects Assam with Mizoram, thus affecting supply of essential goods to Mizoram, according to reports.

This comical competitiveness stretches beyond duelling each other on the regional and global strategic chessboard, conducting tit-for-tat underground nuclear tests, to ordinary, everyday matters.

The silence of top govt functionaries on an issue of such magnitude and contorted arguments made in Parliament by ministers are perplexing.

After multiple adjournments in both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, both the houses were adjourned till 11 am on Friday.

The Assam government on Thursday issued a travel advisory asking people not to travel to Mizoram and advised people from the state working or staying there to exercise utmost caution.

However, Banerjee categorically ruled out her prime ministerial ambitions, and made it clear that her effort since the Bengal polls has been to unite all opposition forces to defeat the BJP.