Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) It is for the Supreme Court to decide if the treasures of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here should be utilised for flood-relief work in Kerala as the apex court is dealing…
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) The first flight carrying a batch of 310 pilgrims, returning from Saudi Arabia, after performing the Haj landed here on Tuesday. The Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, Basheer Khan, and Inspector General…
By Ashok Easwaran Chicago, Aug 28 (IANS) A century-and-a-quarter after Swami Vivekananda’s rousing speech to the World Parliament of Religions here in 1893, the World Hindu Congress has declared its objective to re-connect the 1.1…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the absence of an international policy against the generation of blasphemous content is a “collective failure” on part of the Muslim countries. Addressing…
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IANS) After protests by the churches and different tribal bodies, the Nagaland unit of the BJP on Monday restricted the programme to immerse the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee…
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Uttar Pradesh’s tourism potential remained untapped and reiterated his government’s commitment to finish this task. Inaugurating the fourth edition of the ‘UP Travelmart’,…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Delhi Waqf Board on Monday released a list of its “appointed members”, indicating it will be reconstituted after the earlier body was dissolved over corruption allegations. Aam Aadmi Party…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A woman from Chhattisgarh on Monday chose to go with her parents leaving behind her husband who was a Muslim but had converted to Hinduism to marry her. Before converting…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A Supreme Court Judge on Monday recused from hearing a plea by Malegaon bomb blast case accused Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit for a judicial probe into his alleged abduction…
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) The state-run public transport corporation on Monday launched a non-stop luxury bus service to connect the holy Hindu town Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru airport. “The service will ferry domestic…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Nearly 37 years after an Air India plane was hijacked and commandeered to Pakistan, a Delhi court on Monday acquitted two of the accused in the case who were charged…
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) Under the scanner of various investigating agencies, the right-wing Sanatan Sanstha on Monday demanded that the word ‘secular’ be removed from the Indian Constitution. Sanstha spokesperson Chetan Rajhans said the words…
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) A report submitted by the Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) commission into sacrilege incidents and subsequent police firing in 2015 in Punjab was tabled in the Assembly on Monday, with its supplementary…
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) The Punjab Assembly, led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution asking the Central government to pursue with Pakistan the issue of opening of the Kartarpur Sahib…
Thiruvalla (Kerala), Aug 27 (IANS) A bishop now 100-years-old says the floods which have devastated Kerala are far worse than the one which choked the state way back in 1924. The 1924 floods were not…
Geneva, Aug 27 (IANS) Top military leaders in Myanmar, including the commander-in-chief, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas, according to a UN report released…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday remembered Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 108th birth anniversary. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) The 60-day Amarnath Yatra ended peacefully on Sunday with over 2.85 lakh pilgrims performing the Himalayan pilgrimage this year. The Yatra started on June 28. The ‘Chhari Mubarak’ (Lord Shiva’s Mace)…
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Muslims on Sunday formed “Muslim Aarakshan Sanyukta Kruti Samiti” (Muslim Reservation Joint Action Committee) to force the state government to implement its promise of providing reservation in jobs. The committee…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) It was a harrowing Raksha Bandhan day on Sunday for thousands of Delhi Metro commuters who got trapped in the Yellow Line coaches in the morning hours due to a…