Several Opposition MPs, including Congress leaders, protested in Parliament premises over the National Herald case, alleging political vendetta by the BJP-led Centre. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also took part in a protest against the goverment doing vendetta Politics in the National Herald

The International Film Festival of Kerala will go ahead with screening all films as scheduled despite several titles not receiving central clearance. The Kerala government-backed academy said the decision was taken in defence of freedom of expression