Kolkata: The West Bengal government Saturday refused permission for the BJP's proposed Rath Yatra, citing intelligence reports of possible communal violence in areas where the party was planning to take out the yatra.

The Congress Saturday charged the government with presenting "wrong facts" before the Supreme Court which led to "factual bloomers" in the Rafale aircraft deal judgment that gave the government relief.

Five girl students of a tribal boarding school in the district allegedly consumed pesticide and poisonous seeds, ashamed of finding graffiti with their names on the school wall,expressing love for them,police said.

Two men on a bike fired shots at a beauty parlour run by controversial south Indian actress Leena Mariya Paul here Saturday,but no one was injured, police said.

Shillong: Facing flak over his recent controversial order, Meghalaya High Court judge S R Sen on Friday issued a "clarification", saying neither was his judgment politically motivated nor did he say anything against secularism, and asserted that his order had been "misinterpreted".

Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday met the affected people in the ‘prasad’ poisoning incident at Hanur temple, who were undergoing treatment in various hospitals including KR Hospital in the city and enquired their health condition.

Hindutva leader Pravin Togadia Saturday blamed "wrong policies" of Narendra Modi government for farmers' suicides in the country.

Out of the 199 newly elected MLAs for the 15th Rajasthan Assembly, 158 are crorepatis compared to 145 MLAs in the 2013 assembly elections, says a report.