Karnataka's City of Palaces has been decked up for the grand finale of the 10-day Dussehra fest on Friday, with lakhs expected to witness the victory parade, a district official said on Monday.


Mysuru decks up for Dussehra finale on Friday


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Alcoholic drinks and animals including goat, pigeons and buffaloes are offered as items of sacrifice in a 300-year-old Durga Puja sponsored by the Tripura government.


Alcohol, animal sacrifice in government-sponsored Durga Puja


Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has accused the media of distorting his words vis-a-vis the Ram temple issue and stressed that whatever he said was his personal opinion and not his partys.


Media distorted my words: Tharoor


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday started his two-day tour of the Gwalior-Chambal region in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh after offering prayers at the Pitambara Peeth temple in Datia district.


Rahul prays at Pitambara Peeth in MP


The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested in September on charges of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016.


Kerala HC grants bail to rape accused Bishop Mulakkal


With "cotton-ball" clouds floating in the blue sky, the beat of Dhak (drums) mixed with popular melodies filling the air, and frenzied last-minute shopping, Bengal looks set to indulge itself in the state's biggest festival - Durga Puja - from Monday.


Bengal decks up to bask in Durga Puja fervour


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday criticized the Punjab government for not acting against the killers of two Sikhs who died during protests against the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib three years ago.


Punjab government fails to punish killers of Sikhs: Kejriwal


Pilgrims headed to the Vaishno Devi shrine will get free insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.


Free Rs 5 lakh insurance cover for Vaishno Devi pilgrims


Separatist movements have not succeeded in India because most people have not supported them, Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy said on Saturday.


Separatist movements will never succeed in India: Meghalaya Governor


Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked former Chilean bishops Jose Francisco Cox and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez who have been accused of sexual abuse.


Pope defrocks two ex-Chilean bishops for sex abuse


The Kerala unit of Shiv Sena on Saturday threatened to stage mass suicides if women in 10-50 age group are allowed to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.


Shiv Sena threatens mass suicides if women enter Sabarimala


Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday said that religious schools will be prevented from expelling students on the basis of their sexuality under new laws to be introduced by his government.


Australia to ban religious schools' gay expulsions


Armed with sophisticated weapons and electronic gadgets, a record number of security personnel would be deployed in Tripura and southern Assam for the five-day Durga Puja festivities beginning on October 15, police said on Saturday.


Security tightened in Tripura, south Assam for Durga Puja


As Bengal gets decked up in a shimmery jacket of lights to celebrate its biggest carnival in style, the organisers of a famous community Durga puja here have built their marquee with artefacts and elements dedicated to the visually impaired to help them experience the festive grandeur they otherwise miss out on.


This Kolkata community Puja welcomes the sightless to touch and feel the festivities


Amidst strong sentiments against the Supreme Court's verdict allowing women in the 10-50 age group into the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, gender equality activist Trupti Desai said on Saturday that she was still determined to visit it.


Will soon arrive at Sabarimala: Gender activist Trupti Desai


The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the Uttarakhand High Court order imposing a blanket ban on the issuance of 'fatwas' by the religious bodies.


SC stays blanket ban on 'fatwas' by religious bodies


A Special NIA Court here has ordered attachment of five prime properties belonging to absconding tele-evangelist Zakir Naik, an official said on Friday.


Mumbai NIA Court attaches televangelist Zakir Naik's properties


The Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday virtually elevated Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a divine status by calling him as the "11th Avatar of Lord Vishnu".


Maharashtra BJP calls Modi '11th Avatar of Lord Vishnu'


Former Vice President Hamid Ansari will release "The Sarkari Mussalman" by Lt. General Zameer Uddin Shah (retd) on Saturday at the India International Centre here.


Amid controversy, Hamid Ansari to release 'The Sarkari Mussalman'


The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the West Bengal government's decision to grant Rs 10,000 each to 28,000 community Durga Puja committees in the state but sought its response to a plea challenging the "gift" of Rs 28 crore for religious activity from the state exchequer.


SC refuses to block Bengal funding of Durga Puja committees


The Congress on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "neglecting" the repeated pleas of environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who died a day earlier while fighting for a cleaner Ganga river.

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