The US intelligence report that there was "strong possibility" of communal violence in India ahead of the Lok Sabha elections if the ruling BJP stresses on Hindu nationalist themes is a matter of concern, Shahi Imam Maulana Ahmed Bukhari said here on Thursday.


Reports of possible communal flare-up before polls disturbing: Shahi Imam


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The government of Pakistan on Thursday said that Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who has been cleared of all blasphemy charges after spending eight years on death row, was free to leave the country.


Aasia Bibi free to leave country, says Pakistan government


Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday likened ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to Jesus Christ for building bridges, especially with people.


Goa Minister likens Parrikar to Jesus for building bridges


A Hindu temple has been vandalized in the US state of Kentucky, with officials calling the incident as 'hate crime'.


Hindu temple vandalized in US


A meeting of Hindu seers and religious leaders -- Param Dharma Sansad -- on Wednesday announced they would march to Ayodhya on Basant Panchami day and lay the foundation stone for a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya on February 21. Office-bearers of the organisation said the ceremony would be replete with all rituals.


Seers' meet fixes Feb 21 for beginning Ram temple construction in Ayodhya


Thousands of people gathered in Meghalaya capital on Wednesday to participate in a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 even as various civil society groups threatened a "severe agitation" if the Bill is passed in the Rajya Sabha.


Thousands of people protest against Citizenship Bill in Meghalaya


A Delhi based NGO that provided shelter and protection to young couples facing threats of honour killing was found to be illegally confining couples and extorting money from them, according to the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).


Delhi shelter home owner held for confining, extorting money from couples


BSP leader Mayawati on Wednesday described as an "election stunt" the Modi government's proposal to the Supreme Court to return the undisputed land at Ayodhya.


Centre's Ayodhya land move election stunt: Mayawati


A county in China's Qinghai province, which is adjacent to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, has banned Tibetan children from attending informal classes at local monasteries, Human Rights Watch reported on Wednesday.


Tibetan children banned from attending classes in monasteries: HRW


A grenade attack on a mosque in the Philippine city  of Zamboanga City killed two persons early on Wednesday, authorities said.


2 killed in Philippines mosque attack


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and many of his ministerial colleagues took the holy dip at Sangam -- the trinity of Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati -- at the ongoing Kumbh on Tuesday.


Adityanath, UP ministers take holy dip at Kumbh


On a day the Union government sought Supreme Court permission to hand over the "undisputed" land in Ayodhya to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, the stakeholders in the temple town reacted with cautious optimism, saying this could be the way out to the long legal tangle.


Cautious optimism in Ayodhya on government move


With the Centre moving Supreme Court seeking its nod for giving a part of the 67 acres of the undisputed land to Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas and other original owners, the BJP on Tuesday played another card which may give a new spin to country's political scenario ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.


BJP hopes temporary relief from its new spin over Ram temple ahead of polls


A number of websites are under the scanner of security agencies for propagating Salafism and the ultra-conservative practice of Islam known as Wahhabism as part of what is being seen as a carefully-crafted strategy to spread radical Islam in India.


Government tracking theological content driven Salafi, Wahabi websites


The head of the UN children's fund on Tuesday visited Myanmar's volatile Rakhine state, a day after she urged the authorities to implement the recommendations of the panel headed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resolve Rohingya crisis.


Rohingya crisis: Unicef head visits Rakhine, backs Annan's recommendations


Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review petition challenging its decision to acquit Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who was sentenced to death over blasphemy charges, removing the last legal hurdle in the years-long case and potentially paving the way for her exit from the country.


Pakistan SC upholds Aasia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal


The VHP on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's move in the Supreme Court seeking its nod for giving a part of the 67 acres of undisputed land to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas and other original owners.


VHP welcomes Centre's move in SC for Ram temple


The Uttar Pradesh cabinet met at Prayagraj, the venue of the Kumbh, on Tuesday and cleared the decks to construct what is being touted as the world's longest highway -- the Ganga Expressway between Meerut and Prayagraj.


UP to build world's longest Expressway: Adityanath


The CPI-M on Tuesday expressed "strong disapproval" of the petition moved by the Central government in the Supreme Court to remove the status quo on the "non-disputed land", and said the status quo must be maintained.


Maintain status quo in Ayodhya: CPI-M


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged sexual abuse complaints against Catholic priests.


Plea seeking CBI probe into 'clergy abuse' rejected


The Uttar Pradesh cabinet met outside the state capital on Tuesday for only the second time in history, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chairing a meeting at Prayagraj -- the venue of the Kumbh.

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