The officials of the NRC in Assam are likely to ask the centre to launch an independent probe into suspected cases of "wilful deletion" of data and important emails, people with direct knowledge of the matter have told NDTV. A top-official of the Assam NRC said they are unable to check data-security since the passwords of the key emails were not shared with them.

Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar accused PM Modi and Union-Home-Minister Amit Shah of trying to drive a wedge between the country's Hindu and Muslim communities by implementing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. Speaking at the event, Kanhaiya Kumar asked citizens to keep religious conflicts aside and instead confront the centre on issues such as rising unemployment and poor state of the economy.

After weeks of hedging its bets on the Delhi assembly polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal has finally come around to renewing its electoral alliance with the BJP with a declaration that certain "misunderstandings" between the two parties have been amicably resolved. BJP national president JP Nadda and Mr Badal later held a joint press conference to clarify their stand.