Seeking to ensure that only Hindus get entry to garba events, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has said people will have to apply a ’tilak’ (a mark on the forehead), tie a sacred thread (‘raksha sutra’) and offer prayers to a Hindu god.

A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Manipur’s Imphal to honour the two Assam Rifles soldiers who died in the Friday’s ambush in Bishnupur district.

Students gheraoed the office of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti, protesting against the “glaring lack of financial transparency” and “administrative failure”.