New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Union government on Friday told the Supreme Court that ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikaah halaal’ and polygamy as practised by the Muslims in India were not “integral to the practices of…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday arrived on a five-day visit to West Bengal to celebrate Durga Puja at his ancestral house in Mirati in Birbhum district. Mukherjee flew in a helicopter…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Notwithstanding intermittent showers, thousands of men, women and children, turned up in their best on the streets of the metropolis making rounds of the marquees as the five-day Durga Puja festival…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women will continue to be barred from entering the sanctum sanctorum of Sufi saint Haji Ali’s Dargah in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court on Friday continued with the interim order…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday declared Mehboob Alam’s appointment as Delhi Waqf Board CEO as illegal, dissolved the religious body and referred all Board matters involving alleged rule violations…
Vatican, Oct 7 (IANS) India’s representative at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani on Friday addressed the delegates at the ‘Sport at the service of humanity’ conference held by the…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Union government on Friday told the Supreme Court that ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikaah halaal’ and polygamy as practised by the Muslims in India were not “integral to the practices of…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Aptly styled and full of enthusiasm, people in West Bengal plunged into merriment on Friday, marking the first day of Durga Puja – the biggest festival in this part of the…
Agartala, Oct 7 (IANS) The Tripura government will operate a helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers and sightseers to enable them to get an aerial view of tourist spots and puja celebrations in Agartala, a…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court on Friday continued with the interim order of the…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Almost a year after the “tallest Durga idol” in the world caused a stampede-like situation here, speculation is rife: Will chaos reign supreme yet again this Puja or…
Tripoli, Oct 6 (IANS/AKI) Armed men kidnapped a Muslim cleric outside a mosque in the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Thursday, according to local media reports. Nader al-Omrani, who is imam of Tripoli’s al-Fawatir mosque,…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Centre has approved projects to improve infrastructure around core heritage sites in Amritsar, Dwarka, Puri, Varanasi and Warangal. The projects in these cities in Punjab, Gujarat, Odisha Uttar Pradesh…
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Not withstanding the ongoing India-Pakistan border tension and the threat of rain gods playing spoilsport, festive fervour has gripped the eastern metropolis Kolkata for the biggest five-day socio-cultural carnival of Bengalis…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit West Bengal for five days from Friday during which he will open the Berhampore military station and pray to Durga in his village in Birbhum…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) On the issue of minority rights in a democracy, India can be the teacher of the world, said an academic on Wednesday. Professor Peter Ronald DeSouza of Delhi University said…
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) Inaugurated by visually impaired children on Wednesday, a Durga Puja marquee (pandal) in north Kolkata has been themed to pay homage to the martyred soldiers in the deadly Uri terrorist attack….
Vatican City, Oct 4 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Tuesday urged St Francis of Assisi, of one of the most venerated religious figure in history, to teach Catholics how to bring peace. “Saint Francis, teach us…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 4 (IANS) Catholics in Kerala are excited at the news that Pope Francis has indicated that he “almost certainly” would visit India and Bangladesh in 2017. The Pope said this in his interaction…
Beijing, Oct 4 (IANS) The Chinese government on Tuesday expressed willingness to improve relations with the Vatican and continue a constructive dialogue, that it claims has been clear and constructive. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign…