Falahari baba, a self-styled godman from Rajasthan, was sentenced to life on Wednesday by Alwar's Additional District and Sessions judge Rajendra Sharma for raping a female student from Chhattisgarh.


Life-term for Rajasthan's self-styled godman for rape


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The Supreme Court will likely pronounce on Thursday its verdict on the plea by Muslim litigants seeking direction that a larger Constitution bench hear the batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict which directed splitting into three parts the disputed site at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.


SC likely to pronounce verdict on Ayodhya on Thursday


An art and music extravaganza 'Guru Vandana', featuring exponents Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia in a special jugalbandi of the santoor and the flute, will mark spiritual guru Paramhansa Yogananda's 125th birth anniversary year.


Art, music gala to mark Yogananda's 125th birth anniversary


The Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 on the grounds that it invokes penal provisions against a class of people based on their religious identity.


SC moved challenging triple talaq ordinance


To mark the year-long celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab government said on Tuesday that 550 saplings will be planted in each village of the state.


Punjab to plant 550 saplings in each village


Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stood in the queue like a commoner for a 'darshan' at the famed Lord Venkateswara temple on Tirumala near here.


Naidu queues up to worship Lord Balaji


As elaborate Ganesh immersion ceremonies ended after nearly 30 hours on Monday afternoon, as many as 18 lives were lost, mostly due to drowning, across Maharashtra, officials said.


18 drown during Ganesh immersion in Maharashtra


The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community.


SC to hear plea on female genital mutilation among Bohras


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a nun, was on Monday sentenced to two weeks judicial custody by a magisterial court while the Kerala High Court posted his bail plea for a Thursday hearing.


Bishop sent to Kerala jail, bail hearing on Thursday


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a nun, was on Monday sent to two weeks judicial custody by a Kerala court.


Bishop sent to 14 days judicial custody



SC Constitution Bench to hear plea on FGM amongst Dawoodi Bohra community


Amnesty International (AI) in a report on Monday urged the Chinese government to end the "brainwashing" of nearly one million Muslims held in "re-education" camps in the Xinjiang Uighur region.


Amnesty urges China to end 'brainwashing' Muslims in Xinjiang


Hindu intellectuals and academicians on Sunday demanded the removal of government control over temples.


Hindu body demands 'equal rights' for Hindus


With the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the nun rape case, Church authorities have begun to take action against those who supported the 14-day protest by five nuns at Kochi in the matter, a Church official said on Sunday.


Church acting against protesters in nun rape case: Official


Ravana was born in Noida unlike late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's belief that the Lankan king was a Dravidian like him, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy said here on Sunday.


Ravana was born in Noida village: BJP MP Swamy


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested for raping a nun and presently in police custody after his bail plea was turned down, was brought to a convent near here on Sunday where the assault took place.


Nun rape: Bishop brought to convent where abuse took place


The Vatican and the Chinese government signed an agreement on Saturday on the appointment of bishops in China, ending a decades-long struggle over who chooses the leaders of Catholicism in the world's most populous country, but leaving major tensions in their relationship unresolved.


Vatican, China sign deal over bishops, allowing Pope a veto


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested for raping a nun, was on Saturday refused bail by a Kerala court and sent to two-day's police custody.


Nun rape: Bishop sent to 2-day police custody


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been arrested in a nun rape case, will be produced in a Kerala court on Saturday, police said.


Nun rape: Arrested bishop to be produced before Kerala court


After three days of questioning, the Kerala Police on Friday arrested Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who heads the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar and has been accused of repeatedly raping a nun, police said.


Kerala Catholic bishop arrested over nun's rape


A total of 299 women dressed up in traditional Ladakhi wedding attire danced together to mark the last day of the Naropa festival and also created a Guinness World Record in the process.

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