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Kerala Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has now reacted to fierce criticism over his remarks on the demise of late former Pakistan military dictator-turned-President Pervez Musharraf whom he described as “foe-turned-real force for peace” in his condolence message. "I was raised in an India where you are expected to speak kindly of people when they die. Musharraf was an implacable enemy and was responsible for Kargil War but he did work for peace with India, in his own interest, 2002-7. He was no friend but he saw strategic benefit in peace, as did we," Tharoor said in a tweet.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is known for speaking his mind be it controversial or political. Now in an exclusive interview with Zee News, CM Adiyanath spoke on a host of issues including doubling the GDP of Uttar Pradesh in the last 6 years and the law & order situation. He said that the image of Uttar Pradesh was very bad during the previous governments in terms of law and order. Attacking the Samajwadi Party, he said that they have nothing to do with the agenda of development. 

When he was asked about Bageshwar Dham priest, CM Yogi Adityanath said that it's up to people to believe or not as the same is not being imposed on anyone. He said that if someone believes in it, he should have faith and if someone doesn't believe, he should not worry about it. He said that Sanatan Dharma is eternal and one should maintain its values by avoiding artificiality or any ostentation.

Political analyst Prashant Kishor has said the Janata Dal (United) was offered 17 seats during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. 

Talking to reporters in Bihar's Gopalganj, Kishor said when the seats were allocated, it was decided the JD(U) would quit the NDA (National Democratic Alliance).

Further, Kishor slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said the latter refused to pull out of the NDA after Narendra Modi returned as the Prime Minister for the second term. 

Supreme Court on Friday (February 3) issued a notice to the central government on pleas challenging its decision to block the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots – “India: The Modi Question”. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh issued notices to the government and others on the pleas filed by veteran journalist N Ram, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. The government has been asked to file its response within three weeks, and the matter has been posted for hearing in April. 

Indian shares opened higher on Friday, aided by a rise in financials and optimism that the rate hike cycle may be near its end after global central banks hinted at inflation easing, while the ongoing rout in Adani group stock capped gains.

The Nifty 50 index rose 0.25% to 17,655, while the S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.47% to 60,208.89, as of 9:52 am.

High weightage financials rose over 1% ahead of earnings of the country's largest lender State Bank of India and after clarification from life insurers SBI Life and HDFC Life, addressing investor concerns regarding the latest budget proposals.