The 63-year-old BJP minister had stopped by at the village near Bikaner yesterday to ask the people about their problems. When he could not get through the officer, a man brought a ladder and placed it along a tree. The minister climbed up the tree and the call went through, BJP leader Surendra Singh, who was present there, said. Racist remark • New York (PTI): A CNN anchor is being lashed out by netizens for allegedly making a "racist" remark against Indian-American national spelling champion Ananya Vinay, assuming that the 12-year-old is "used to using" Sanskrit because of her heritage. Kiran Bedi • Puducherry (PTI): The Puducherry government on Monday accused Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi of paralysing the administration by making derogatory remarks against the ministry through social media.

Source: The Telegraph June 05, 2017 21:31 UTC