SC refuses urgent hearing of Joshimath case, Karnataka CM takes jibe at Siddaramaiah over decision to contest from Kolar

Here are the top developments of the hour. The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the matter pertaining to Uttarakhand's Joshimath land subsidence, saying that everything important in the country doesn't need to come up before the court as there are democratically elected governments. The petitioner had sought the top court's intervention to declare the crisis in Joshimath a national disaster. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Somappa Bommai has taken a jibe at Congress's Siddaramaiah over his decision to contest the assembly elections from Kolar and said people were watching his moves.