Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap says Deepika Padukone's presence at JNU was anything but a publicity stunt, adding that she has given courage to everybody with Union Minister Prakash Javadekar saying she is free to go anywhere; Delhi University and St Stephens students protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, NRC and in solidarity with students and faculty of JNU who were assaulted by masked goons; Major gains for the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress in Maharashtra after BJP loses in district elections including in Nagpur; Rain and snow in several parts of North India caused by a western disturbance with heavy snowfall shutting roads in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla and Manali.
