Tehran, June 7 (IANS) At least two persons were killed on Wednesday in attacks on the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini here on Tuesday, officials said. Four armed men entered the Parliament…
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New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on June 15 a plea challenging the government notification prohibiting the sale of animals at animal markets for slaughter on the grounds that it violated…
London, June 6 (IANS) More than 130 imams in Britain refused to offer Islamic burials to the three London Bridge attackers who killed seven people and wounded 50 others. “We will not perform the traditional…
Kabul, June 6 (IANS) At least seven civilians were killed and 17 others injured in an explosion near a mosque in Afghanistan’s Herat city on Tuesday. The explosive device was planted in a motorbike and…
Srinagar, June 6 (IANS) Only those with medical fitness and age certificates will be allowed to undertake this year’s pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam district, it was…
Jammu, June 6 (IANS) Amid heightened tensions between the two countries, field commanders of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers met on how to hold the Baba Chamliyal Mela on their border. A…
Shillong, June 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday welcomed the resignation of two of its leaders in Meghalaya who quit over the new cattle trade and slaughter rules. While Bachu Marak resigned…
Lucknow, June 6 (IANS) A small incident has flared up into a communal clash in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, leaving one dead and another critically injured, the police said on Tuesday. The clash late on Monday…
Vatican City, June 5 (IANS/AKI) Days after US President Donald Trump said he was withdrawing from the landmark 2015 Paris climate pact, Pope Francis on Monday said that the entire world must safeguard the environment….
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday arrested a Tibetan couple from north Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tilla area for trying to sell a 900-year-old idol of Lord Buddha which they stole from Tawang…
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) A lawyer filed a complaint with Goa Police on Monday, demanding a ban on the Facebook pages of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and his organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The…
Mathura/Agra, June 4 (IANS) Thousands of devotees took a holy dip in Yamuna river in Mathura, Vrindavan, and Bateshwar in Agra on Sunday to celebrate Ganga Dussehra. The day commemorates the advent of the Ganges,…
Beijing, June 4 (IANS) Archaeologists have excavated a temple in China’s Chengdu city, around 1,000 years after it was deemed to have been lost, officials said on Sunday. The Fugan temple lasted from the Eastern…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) For the second day in succession, visiting BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday met leaders of Christian churches in Kerala. Amit Shah, who had met senior bishops of four different rites…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Islamic State (IS) has failed to make its base in India, which has the second largest Muslim population in the world. “India…
Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said anyone found guilty of involvement in the November 2015 Bargari firing and earlier sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib in the state will…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The West Bengal government will write a “strong letter” to the Centre to protest against the latter’s “saffronisation and religious divisiveness” in education and slashing of funds to the sector, Chief…
Kochi, June 2 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah, who arrived here on Friday on a three-day visit to the state, held a meeting with senior bishops from various sections of the Christian…
Srinagar, June 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday visited the Tullamulla Hindu shrine and interacted with devotees participating in the Kheer Bhawani mela, as local Muslims traditionally welcomed the Kashmiri…