All schools and colleges in Karnataka will be shut for the next three days amid the row over wearing hijab by students. Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai tweeted he has ordered all high schools and colleges to remain shut "to maintain peace and harmony"; for a second day, PM Modi continued his attack on the Congress party in parliament as he hit out at the Congress for being a dynastic party; the BJP released its manifesto for UP promising of free electricity (for irrigation purposes) for all farmers and employment to at least one member of each family, free LPG cylinders for women on the occasion of Holi and Diwali – the Samajwadi Party also promised two free cylinders for the poor each year; and other top stories.
