12 Naxalites were killed in an encounter in the dense forests of the volatile Bijapur district on Friday. Initial reports indicate that a squad of security personnel was conducting a search operation when they engaged in a skirmish with Naxalites early in the day near Pidia village in the Gangaloor area.

The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday ordered framing of charges on sexual harassment allegations levelled by several women wrestlers against former WFI Chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh and one other accused.

Multiple purported videos of Sandeshkhali women shared by the TMC on Thursday claimed that a local BJP leader made those women sign blank papers, which were later filled up as complaints of sexual assault