Language war: BBMP sends notices to shops to remove non-Kannada boards

The civic body had conducted a similar drive in 2017; after the initial few raids and warnings, however, the drive had fizzled out

A divided party
 
The passing away of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Monday brought to the fore, yet again, the divisions within the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It took over five hours for the CPI (M) polit bureau to issue a press statement mourning his death but the statement had no mention of Chatterjee's four-decade-long association with the party. In Kolkata, a section of CPI (M) leaders "expressed regret" at not being able to re-induct the 89-year-old into the party. Senior leaders Nepaldeb Bhattacharya and Sujan Chakraborty said that was their lifelong regret. CPI (M) Bengal