Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked District Magistrates and police chiefs to ensure Diwali passes off peacefully without any untoward incident, an official said on Friday.


UP CM wants peaceful, incident-free Diwali


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The Sikh Forum on Thursday demanded the government declare November 1 as 'Genocide Day' in memory of those who died during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the country following assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.


Declare Nov 1 as Genocide Day: Sikh Forum


Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday taunted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that Lord Rama won't help the saffron party win elections.


Lord Rama won't help BJP win election: Farooq Abdullah


BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha on Thursday said that he would bring a private member's bill in Parliament for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and dared the Opposition to clarify their stand on the issue.


BJP MP to bring private member's bill on Ram temple


Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Thursday called for creation of a special National Security Administration Services, and advocated formulation of a National Security Policy.


India should create Security Administration Services: Vohra


BJP President Amit Shah's outburst over the Sabarimala temple issue "must be seen as a direct challenge to the Constitution and the Supreme Court", the CPI-M has said.


Amit Shah's outburst a warning to SC, says CPI-M


The Kerala High Court on Thursday appreciated the stand of the Kerala government in upholding the Supreme Court verdict that allowed all women to pray at the Sabarimala temple.


Kerala HC pats government for abiding by SC verdict


Aparna Yadav, younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, is in favour of the Ram temple in  Ayodhya.


Mulayam's daughter-in-law favours Ram temple


Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut on Thursday said waiting for the Supreme Court to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi issue was fruitless as it could stretch on for a "thousand years."


Wait for Ayodhya verdict could stretch on for thousand years: Sena's Raut


The lawyer of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy charges by the Supreme Court, on Thursday said that his client should leave Pakistan for her safety amid widespread protests by radical Islamist groups, a day after her death sentence was annulled.


Asia Bibi's lawyer says she should leave Pakistan amid protests


Radical Islamist groups continued to protest and block highways for the second consecutive day in Pakistan on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who had been convicted in 2010 of blasphemy.


Protests continue in Pakistan over Asia Bibi's acquittal


BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha on Thursday asked opposition leaders if they will support a private member bill that he is mulling to bring in Parliament on Ram temple in Ayodhya.


Will you back bill on Ram temple, BJP MP asks opposition


Halloween celebrations organised at this bibliophile's 'Aden in Kolkata's Park street had spooky elements in the ambience but the frolics of cute kids dressed as Zombie, Witch, Rabbit and Dracula made the event an august gathering of happy souls on Wednesday.


Halloween celebrations at a Kolkata bookstore was cuteness galore


The young population is more likely to be fatally struck by a vehicle on Halloween than on other nights of the year, according to a new research.


Halloween linked to increased pedestrian fatalities: Study


Responding to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) allegation that the Congress government in the state is "distorting the Sikh history", a senior Punjab Minister on Wednesday said the Akali Dal and its leaders are only trying to stoke religious passions by raking up the book issue.


Badals using book issue to stoke religious passion: Minister


Radical Islamist groups protested on Wednesday in a number of Pakistan cities against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the death sentence of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who had been convicted in 2010 of blasphemy.


Protests after Pakistan Christian woman's blasphemy death sentence overturned


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid rich tribute to "Congressman" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 143rd birth anniversary and said he was a man of "steel will" and had "no tolerance for bigotry or communalism".


'Congressman' Patel had no tolerance for communalism: Rahul


Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, and ordered her immediate release amid threats from Islamist groups demanding her execution.


Pakistan SC overturns Christian woman's blasphemy death sentence


Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to "express remorse and apologize to the Khalsa Panth for the incalculable hurt caused to it by denigrating the great Gurus" in the newly brought out Class 12th history book of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).


Apologize to Sikh community: Badal tells Amarinder


From incidents of self-immolations, human rights, cultural genocide to the history of Tibets status and reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- a new report released on Tuesday highlights the contemporary and prevalent issues faced by Tibet.


New report on Tibet highlights self-immolations, reincarnation of Dalai Lama


The state BJP on Tuesday observed a state-wide protest against the manner in which the devotees were "roughed-up" in and around the Sabarimala temple town last week when they did not allow a woman devotee in the age group of 10-50 to enter the temple.

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