Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in an interview to NDTV said that increasing tax compliance shouldn't hit the economy for a six; Prime Minister Narendra Modi "has never blocked or unfollowed anyone on Twitter" and his following someone is "not a character certificate", his party BJP said today after accounts followed by Mr Modi posted vicious and abusive messages celebrating or justifying the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal said the BJP's explanation is transparent; Kavitha Lankesh said right-wing activism was likely responsible for Gauri Lankesh's murder. However, there has been no breakthrough yet; BJP chief in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa and other senior party leaders were detained in the coastal city of Mangaluru today as they attempted to march towards the office of the District Collector. The BJP was protesting against the murder of 12 workers in the communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.
