Identified as Sujit Chohan, the victim was the son of Udal Singh. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at Pigdamber village.

With the next Assembly elections in Rajasthan scheduled for next year, Raje’s increased presence in party events is being seen as the two-time chief minister's positioning herself as the BJP's face in the state.

Reddy told the Assembly his government “will not go back” on its agenda of decentralising development and that courts cannot direct the Legislature not to make a policy or lay down impossible conditions that cannot be met.

Meghwal added that some people started posting religious slogans on his FB post. Later, Meghwal said he started receiving threats and was being pressured to apologise.

A Congress MLA on Wednesday raised the issue in Karnataka legislative Assembly, saying temple trusts banning Muslims from taking part in bidding for stalls was dividing the society.

The killings were triggered by the murder of Bhadu Sheikh, the deputy pradhan, in Rampurhat on Monday evening, leading to at least eight houses in the area being attacked and set on fire.

Nine of the arrested accused are immediate neighbours of the deceased, the police said. While at least three are aged below 20, nine are below 30 years old.

On a complaint lodged by the children's family, police have registered an FIR against their three neighbours, also belonging to the Scheduled Caste

Congress state chief K Sudhakaran said the party has given a direction to all its leaders, including MPs, against participating in the seminars. “If any leader takes part in the CPI(M) seminars, they would face action,” he said.

The woman runs a nursing home in the city with her husband, who is also a doctor.

Kumar, his wife and four children were recovered from the Bahadurpur MLA's residence in Basti on Friday, said police. The MLA was booked on the charges of kidnapping, said police.

On Sunday, top BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda, and Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing exercise for government formation in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa.

At present, 37 seats, including 36 on which elections are being held, are vacant in the 100-member council — a third of its members retire every two years.

Swami Dharmajivandas established the Swaminarayan Gurukul in Rajkot 75 years ago. His biography, written by his disciple Swami Madhavpriyadas of Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishtthanam, was released at the SGVP complex at the event.

Also, in the last 24 hours, 33 new positive cases were detected in the state, with the total figure reaching 20.16 lakh.

The remark by the veteran Left leader comes amid ongoing efforts by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to cobble up an alliance against the BJP.

TMC leader may have been killed over old dispute, say police

'There is a need to ensure that the image of West Bengal does not get tarnished by such incidents and there is no recurrence of post-poll violence in the state'

The fresh deaths took the state’s toll thus far to 21,191 while the positivity rate was at 0.34 per cent.

Calling it an "autocratic move", the doctors claimed that such directives were humiliating and tarnished their image.

Giving a warning to the BJP, Banerjee said, “The game is not yet over.” The Presidential elections will take place soon. Without our support, you (BJP) won’t sail through. You shouldn’t forget that.”

“Raids are being conducted to trace other accused,” Additional Superintendent of Police (Amethi) Vinod Kumar Pandey said.

The SP, which has been reduced to 17 seats after the term of 36 members got over, had an upper hand in the 100-member Legislative Council with 48 seats. At present, the BJP has 35 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party four.

Polling for all 36 seats will be held on April 9 and the counting of votes will take place on April 12. The term of the 36 outgoing members of the Council ended on March 7.