judges observed, “God does not recognize any community and only recognizes a human being, who goes there to pray. We are constrained to note that a temple shall not be a place for perpetuating communal separation leading to discrimination. On the other hand, it should facilitate all those persons having common faith to come and worship.”

As the farmers’ stir against three new agriculture laws of the Centre inches towards the three-month mark, crowds at the major protest sites — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders — visibly appear to be thinning, but the leaders maintain that their movement is now stronger than ever.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International (India), the global human rights watchdog. ​​​​​The agency said in a statement that a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Accusing the opposition of “false propaganda” against the new agri-marketing legislation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday claimed that those who had made laws for bringing in foreign firms are now creating a scare among farmers over local companies.

Intensifying its probe in the toolkit case, the Delhi Police on Tuesday sought details from video conferencing platform Zoom on the participants of the January 11 meeting by a pro-Khalistan group, while investigators were also looking into the funding aspect, sources said.

Four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India in January, while one tested positive for the Brazil variant strain in the first week of February. In India, the South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees — one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January.