LUCKNOW: Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi Tuesday after nearly 50 people were injured during riots in which a police post was torched and dozens of vehicles damaged.
NEW DELHI: Hardline Hindu group Shiv Sena has called for the cancellation of renowned Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali's concert in India, local media reported. Ghulam Ali is scheduled to perform at Mumbai's Shanmukhanand Hall on Friday, October 9. In April this year, Ghulam Ali had held a concert in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi.