Court Allows Ganesh Festival On Karnataka Land, Other Top Stories

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on an Eidgah ground in Karnataka can proceed as planned, the High Court has said, turning down a petition filed after the Supreme Court ordered a freeze in case of the Bengaluru Eidgah Maidan. The BJP suspended its Jharkhand leader Seema Patra amid allegations that she confined her household help and brutally tortured her. Ms Patra was a member of the national working committee of the BJP's women wing. As many as four women who attended the Double Puncture Laparoscopy (DPL) sterilization camp at a government hospital in Ranga Reddy district in Telangana five days ago died, officials said on Tuesday.