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The Opposition condemned the arrest of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde for trespassing on Jantar Mantar. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that “waving the tricolour” at Jantar Mantar during a peaceful protest “is not a crime” and jailing young persons for it is an “act of cowardice”.

Ranka and Das have been sent to judicial custody for five days by a magistrate court, while Shinde was released on a personal bond.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said that the Union government was “arresting Indians for unfurling and waving the tricolour in their own country” and wrongfully constituting the act as a “breach of peace”. Read on.

Delhi Police arrested thousands far away from Jantar Mantar. Was this legal, explains Anant Gupta

The Indian government said that it would sell 60.7% stake in IDBI Bank for Rs 52,878 crore to Canadian financial holding company Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. The divestment would bring the “largest foreign direct investment in the financial sector of our economy so far”, said the Union Ministry of Finance.

The decision was taken in view of the repeated infusion of capital, initially provided by the Union government and later by Life Insurance Corporation. After the transaction is complete,...

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