For the first time, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government has decided to observe the death anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Saturday, triggering a political storm in the state.

There are no instances of naming the Hajj Bhavans after any personalities in the state. It is against the Islam. So, if the state government named Hajj Bhavan after Tippu, the BJP would not accept it and protest against it, said Lok Sabha Member and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje.

Cattle trader Qasim, who was lynched in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur earlier this week, was "brutally killed by BJP goons as he belonged to the Muslim community" and dragged like dead animal in presence of police, his younger brother said on Friday.

Veteran Congress leader Martin Danggo, who quit as member of the Meghalaya assembly on Thursday night, resigned from the primary membership of the Congress on Friday to join the ruling National People's Party (NPP).

Bantwala court on Friday handed over Surendra Bhandari accused in the assault and murder attempt to BJP workers, to police custody for five days.

Coimbatore's Whistling Cookers of Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women bagged a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh by winning the Smart India Hackathon 2018 - Hardware Edition on Friday.

The Congress on Friday defended its leader Ghulam Nabi Azad over his remarks on Kashmir which drew fire from the BJP, saying he only expressed concern over increasing civilian deaths and there was nothing wrong in it.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved a special court to declare the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines' chief Vijay Mallya a "fugitive economic offender" and confiscate all his properties.