Intellij Fails to Import SBT project

I am trying to import sbt project to intellij 14 but, This is what I get when I open a project:

Error:Error while importing SBT project: ...

at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$runWithNewLog$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:70)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$runWithNewLog$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:65)
    at sbt.Using.apply(Using.scala:24)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runWithNewLog(MainLoop.scala:65)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runAndClearLast(MainLoop.scala:48)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runLoggedLoop(MainLoop.scala:32)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runLogged(MainLoop.scala:24)
    at sbt.StandardMain$.runManaged(Main.scala:53)
    at sbt.xMain.run(Main.scala:28)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$run$1.apply(Launch.scala:109)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.withContextLoader(Launch.scala:129)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.run(Launch.scala:109)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Launch.scala:36)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.launch(Launch.scala:117)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.apply(Launch.scala:19)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:44)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:20)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)
[error] java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/karthik/Play2.4/Directory/target/.history 
(Permission denied)
[error] Use 'last' for the full log.

See complete log in /home/karthik/.IdeaIC14/system/log/sbt.last.log

This is my sbt.last.log file

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=384M; support 
was removed in 8.0
[info] Loading project definition from /home/karthik/Play2.4/Rocket_Singh/project
[info] Set current project to Rocket_Singh 
(in build file:/home/karthik/Play2.4/Rocket_Singh/)
[Rocket_Singh] $ java.io.FileNotFoundException: 
/home/karthik/Play2.4/Rocket_Singh/target/.history (Permission denied)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:162)
    at jline.console.history.FileHistory.flush(FileHistory.java:87)
    at sbt.JLine.readLineWithHistory(LineReader.scala:28)
    at sbt.JLine.sbt$JLine$$unsynchronizedReadLine(LineReader.scala:19)
    at sbt.JLine$$anonfun$readLine$1.apply(LineReader.scala:16)
    at sbt.JLine$$anonfun$readLine$1.apply(LineReader.scala:16)
    at sbt.JLine$$anonfun$withJLine$1.apply(LineReader.scala:114)
    at sbt.JLine$$anonfun$withJLine$1.apply(LineReader.scala:112)
    at sbt.JLine$.withTerminal(LineReader.scala:86)
    at sbt.JLine$.withJLine(LineReader.scala:112)
    at sbt.JLine.readLine(LineReader.scala:16)
    at sbt.BasicCommands$$anonfun$shell$1.apply(BasicCommands.scala:164)
    at sbt.BasicCommands$$anonfun$shell$1.apply(BasicCommands.scala:160)
    at sbt.Command$$anonfun$command$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Command.scala:29)
    at sbt.Command$$anonfun$command$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Command.scala:29)
    at sbt.Command$.process(Command.scala:92)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:98)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:98)
    at sbt.State$$anon$1.process(State.scala:184)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:98)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:98)
    at sbt.ErrorHandling$.wideConvert(ErrorHandling.scala:17)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.next(MainLoop.scala:98)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.run(MainLoop.scala:91)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$runWithNewLog$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:70)
    at sbt.MainLoop$$anonfun$runWithNewLog$1.apply(MainLoop.scala:65)
    at sbt.Using.apply(Using.scala:24)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runWithNewLog(MainLoop.scala:65)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runAndClearLast(MainLoop.scala:48)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runLoggedLoop(MainLoop.scala:32)
    at sbt.MainLoop$.runLogged(MainLoop.scala:24)
    at sbt.StandardMain$.runManaged(Main.scala:53)
    at sbt.xMain.run(Main.scala:28)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$run$1.apply(Launch.scala:109)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.withContextLoader(Launch.scala:129)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.run(Launch.scala:109)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Launch.scala:36)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.launch(Launch.scala:117)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.apply(Launch.scala:19)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:44)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:20)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)
[error] java.io.FileNotFoundException: 
/home/karthik/Play2.4/Rocket_Singh/target/.history (Permission denied)
[error] Use 'last' for the full log.

/home/karthik/Play2.4/Directory/target/.history (Permission denied)
/home/karthik/Play2.4/Rocket_Singh/target/.history (Permission denied)

These messages indicate that you don't have permission to access these paths. Check if the user running intellij has write permissions on .history. In Linux you do that by :

cd /home/karthik/Play2.4/Directory/target/
ls -l

If .history is a file the response would be something like

-rw-rw-r-- 1 karthik karthik  961 Aug 30 18:26 .history

with the rw indicating read and write and the 2 names being user name and group name