eight persons

An FIR has been lodged against eight persons for tearing pages of Ramcharitmanas, an epic poem in Awadhi language penned by Goswami Tulsidas, and then burning it in Vrindavan Yojna area of Lucknow late on Sunday, police said.

A Delhi court has granted bail to eight persons who were arrested during investigation into the case related to ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), officials said.

A man's tongue was allegedly cut off and taken away after he was beaten to death in Bihar's West Champaran district on Thursday night.