The X account of satirical political campaign Cockroach Janta Party was blocked in India “in response to a legal demand”. The social media campaign, which began on Saturday in response to comments made by Chief Justice Surya Kant, describes itself as a “political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth”.It was created by Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old political communications strategist from Pune. Dipke was part of the Aam Aadmi Party’s social media team. The campaign had garnered 15.5 million followers on Instagram as of Thursday evening, ahead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s 8.8 million.On Thursday, Dipke asked if the page had been withheld because the campaign had sought the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for medical college admissions being cancelled following a paper leak. He described the blocking order as an “own goal” by the authorities. Read on.The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal Police not to take coercive action against Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee till July 31 for his allegedly provocative remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah at political rallies during the Assembly election campaign.The bench said that Banerjee did not need to be interrogated in custody and that the police can send a notice requiring his presence during the investigation.However, the bench verbally objected to Banerjee’s remark from a rally in which he had asked “which godfather” from Delhi would “come to their rescue” after the election results, in apparent references to Shah. “...These statements were uncalled for,” the judge said. Read on.At 31.9 degrees Celsius, Delhi recorded its highest night temperature for May in nearly 14 years on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for heatwave conditions in the national capital region for the next five days. The orange alert requires the authorities to “be prepared to take action”.The maximum temperature is expected to reach 46 degrees Celsius during the week, it said. Read on.The West Bengal government made singing Vande Mataram mandatory in all madrasas under the state’s Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department. The directive will apply to “government model madrasas, recognised government-aided and unaided madrasas” with immediate effect.The order came five days after the new Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal directed all state-run and state-aided schools to mandatorily sing Vande Mataram during morning assemblies. Read on.Two Congress MLAs were among the 23 legislators sworn into the Tamil Nadu Cabinet. While the Congress had been part of the ruling alliances in Tamil Nadu, this is the first time in 59 years that it is part of the state government.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam leader and Chief Minister Vijay’s 10-member Cabinet had been sworn-in on May 10. Read on.If you haven’t already, sign up for our Daily Brief newsletter.