The tourist was led to the control room, where he expressed surprise at the prohibition on performing 'namaz' at the Taj Mahal. He was then allowed to continue his visit to Agra after submitting a written apology.
Notably, 987 new stubble-burning instances were reported in Punjab on the day of Diwali despite the Supreme Court's strict instructions to the Bhagwant Mann-led state government to stop stubble-burning at any cost.
The top court made it clear that it wants farm fires to stop. "We suggested a methodology; you do it however you want. But farm fires must be stopped. Some emergency measures are required to stop the farm fires," Supreme Court said.
Central government disputed the maintainability of the West Bengal government's petition accusing the CBI of registering FIRs after general consent was withdrawn
Punjab AG called for ban on paddy MSP, demanded MSP for alternate crops to encourage diversification. The AG represents the Mann government in court, but interestingly, AAP's politics on paddy MSPs has been totally contradictory over the years.