The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) held a protest after a shopkeeper was assaulted by a group of men for allegedly playing `Hanuman Chalisa` over a loudspeaker in his shop during `Azaan`, at Nagarathpete in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Pics and Text/PTI

Amid the chilly weather, thousands of devotees across the nation thronged to the holy river Ganga in parts of north India including Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on occasion of Mauni Amavasya. Pics/PTI