Srinagar, Aug 21 (IANS) ‘Chhari Mubarak’ (lord Shiva’s mace) reached south Kashmir’s Mattan town on Monday on way to the cave shrine. Swami Deepinder Giri, the custodian of the Chhari Mubarak along with other priests,…
Kabul, Aug 21 (IANS) A series of rocket attacks shook the Afghan capital on Tuesday during President Ashraf Ghani’s address to the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha. There were no reports of casualties in…
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar will spend their Eid-ul-Zuha in jail after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) deferred its ruling on pleas…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hailed the people of Suntikoppa, a small town in Karnataka, for working together to help the flood victims of the state and described them…
Jammu, Aug 21 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra was suspended for three days on Tuesday as the authorities decided not to allow any pilgrim to move from Jammu to the Kashmir Valley from August 21…
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) The Joint Action Committee for Bengali Refugees (JACBR) on Monday demanded the inclusion of all Indians in the draft NCR in Assam and grant of citizenship rights to those who arrived…
Vatican City, Aug 20 (IANS) Pope Francis on Monday released a letter addressing recent revelations of a decades-long clerical sexual abuse scandal in the US, in which he said that the outcry of victims was…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A 26-year-old youth committed suicide at the Vailankanni Church here, with his family claiming he was forced to take the step due to tension over borrowed money, police said on…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Withdrawing its earlier statement, the Centre on Monday announced a change in the holiday for Eid-ul-Zuha, saying central government offices located here will remain closed on August 22 in place…
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Shiva devotees thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh on the final Monday of the Hindu holy month of Shravan as police kept a close watch and assigned drones…
Jammu, Aug 20 (IANS) A small batch of 43 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. This is the smallest batch of pilgrims to leave on the…
Riyadh, Aug 20 (IANS) Saudi Meteorology Authority announced on Sunday of the possibility of floods in Mecca because of medium to heavy thundery rain, the Al Akhbariya reported. The authority forecasted that the unstable weather…
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress parliamentarian on Sunday advised people to desist from uploading pictures of animal sacrifice on the social media on Eid-ul-Azha, so that the sentiments of no community are hurt….
Riyadh, Aug 19 (IANS) The Hajj season started on Sunday with the Day of Tarwiyah, the first ritual of the holy pilgrimage, in Mina, a neighbourhood of the Islamic city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia,…
Vatican City, Aug 19 (IANS) Pope Francis on Sunday called for solidarity and help from the international community for people affected by flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala which has caused widespread death…
By Saeed Naqvi Aaney wali naslein hum par Fakhr kareingi, hum asaro, Jub unko yeh khayal aayega Humney Atal ko dekha thaa (By way of poetic license I have replaced Firaq with Atal) “Coming generations…
Haridwar, Aug 19 (IANS) The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed by his foster daughter Namita in the Ganges here on Sunday. Among those who were present at the immersion ceremony…
Riyadh, Aug 19 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will introduce free sleeping pods during this year’s Haj starting on Sunday. Between 18 and 24 modern hotel capsules will be offered to pilgrims to nap in for free…
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) As Eid-ul-Zuha approaches, animal markets across the Kashmir Valley were bustling with shoppers on Sunday who were looking to buy sacrificial animals to mark the festival on Wednesday. Muslims all over…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) A small batch of 148 pilgrims on Sunday left Jammu for the cave shrine in the Kashmir Valley, police said. “The Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas today in an escorted…