Palakkad (Kerala): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said on Monday it has no objection to collecting data on specific communities or castes, provided that the information is used for their welfare and not exploited as a political tool for electoral gains.

Ayodhya: The Army’s field firing range in Ayodhya, which falls in the flight path of the under-construction airport, has become “unsafe” for use, according to reports.

Kolkata: Amid ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress announced on Sunday that the party will boycott three TV channels. The party has accused these channels of promoting an "anti-Bengal" agenda and spreading biased propaganda.

Mumbai: Police in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district have booked BJP MLA Nitesh Rane for provocative speeches in which he threatened Muslims.

Bahraich/Sitapur (UP): A two-year-old girl was killed and a septuagenarian woman injured in separate wolf attack incidents in the Mahsi division of Bahraich district while reports of suspected animal attacks were also received from neighbouring Sitapur district.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal assault case.

Alleging that the NDA governments at the Centre and in Bihar were against caste census and  caste census, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday asserted that such an enumeration was "like an X-ray", ascertaining population of various caste groups and their socio-economic conditions.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the West Bengal government's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court's order granting bail to one of the organisers of the August 27 march to the state secretariat to protest against a trainee woman doctor's rape and murder.