Mughal emperor Aurangzeb sparks political clash between BJP and SP after SP leader Abu Azmi praised him. Azmi was suspended from the Maharashtra assembly, with UP CM Yogi Adityanath calling for his expulsion. Azmi’s controversial remarks were criticized as an attempt to rewrite history, while opposition claims BJP scripted the controversy to divert attention from key issues.

A 19-year-old man allegedly repeatedly slashed a 36yearold woman after she resisted his attempt to rape her in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, an official said on Wednesday.

A bench of Justices Abhay Oka and N Kotishwar Singh took exception to ”high-handed” case of demolition and said the demolished structures will have to be reconstructed.