Three women journalists were attacked in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district on Wednesday as protesters continued to demand that women of menstruation age must not enter the Sabarimala temple.

Rajasthan BJP MLA Manvendra Singh, who is the son of former Union minister Jaswant Singh, joined the Congress on Wednesday ahead of assembly elections in the state.

Wearing of helmet by Sikh women in Chandigarh has been made optional, the Home Ministry said Wednesday, a week after it had completely exempted them from wearing the protective head gear.

An Indian Army personnel has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut in connection with the BrahMos spying case. The soldier, part of the Signal Regiment, was picked up days after an engineer at the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in Maharashtra was arrested by the UP police.

Swine flu has led to five deaths in Hyderabad in the last two weeks. Cases of swine flu are increasing in the city, said Ramesh Reddy, Director of Medical Education of Telangana.

A man here in Maharashtra has filed a complaint against a leading online retailer for allegedly sending him a piece of brick instead of a mobile handset that he ordered, police said Wednesday.

Two persons were arrested for allegedly attempting to supply drugs worth more than Rs 100 crore in the international market, police said Tuesday.

Tension prevailed Wednesday morning in Kerala's Nilackal, the main gateway to Sabarimala, after the police used force to disperse devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the hill shrine.