Congress President Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the BJP and RSS were weakening the country "by causing divisions and spreading hatred." He said the combined opposition will defeat the ruling alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The website hacking was apparently in response to ABHM chief Swami Chakrapani's controversial remarks that only those who do not consume beef should be helped in Kerala floods.

A 21-year-old physically-challenged girl has been allegedly gang-raped by two youths in Bihar's Purnea district, police said on Friday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday termed the Supreme Court verdict on the recently held state panchayat polls as "a victory of democracy" and claimed the joint efforts of BJP, CPI-M and Congress to malign Bengal over the issue of uncontested seats during the election, have fallen flat.

The CPI-M politburo member Prakash Karat on Friday asked the Indian government to refrain from "false prestige" and allow United Arab Emirates (UAE) to donate Rs 700 crore for flood-hit Keral.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday urged people impacted by the floods to submit to the government details of the losses they have suffered.

Onam, Kerala's most important festival, will see subdued celebrations on Saturday in the state and whereever Keralities live due to the terrible misery heaped by the worst floods in nearly a century.