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.


Naropa Festival ends in Ladakh with world record in dance


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A youth was killed and another injured in Bihar's Hajipur on Friday morning by unidentified assailants ahead of the Tazia procession to mark Muharram, police said.


Youth killed, another injured ahead of Tazia procession


Hinduism is a "wonderful" religion suited for the modern era of uncertainty and questioning because it values incertitude, according to Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor, who also excoriated the politicisation of the faith.


Hinduism is ideal religion for modern age of incertitude: Tharoor


The Kerala Police began questioning Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, for the third consecutive day on Friday, even as demands for his arrest grew.


Nun rape: Bishop questioning enters Day 3


Sunny Deol and Sakshi Tanwar-starrer "Mohalla Assi", which received a censor certificate after a battle that lasted almost two years, will finally hit the screens on November 16.


'Mohalla Assi' to release on November 16


New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has named a retired Federal Judge to conduct an "independent, scrupulous" review of the cases of sexual abuse the Catholic Church is facing and recommend how to deal with them.


New York Archdiocese names ex-judge to review abuse cases


Authorities in Jamuu and Kashmir on Friday imposed restrictions in parts of the Srinagar city to prevent the 10th Muharram procession, police said.


Restrictions to prevent Muharram procession in Srinagar


While India has taken tremendous strides in combating poverty in the past decade, Muslims, members of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Dalits saw the most progress in in reducing the impact of poverty, according to data compiled in a UN project.


Muslims, STs, Dalits made most progress in combating poverty: UN


Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday that the Ram temple at Ayodhya should be built without delay and all sections of society should accept the "reality" of the issue.


Ram temple should be constructed without delay: Bhagwat


A number of Muslim organisations on Thursday slammed the triple talaq ordinance, calling it politically motivated and "unacceptable".


Triple talaq ordinance politically motivated, unacceptable, say Muslim bodies


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, was questioned for the second consecutive day on Thursday and has been asked to return on Friday, a police official said.


Nun rape: Bishop questioned for 7 hours on Day 2


The Bangladesh government on Thursday signed a $50 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the country's services to cater to the health, nutrition and family planning needs of the Rohingya refugee population.


World Bank, Bangladesh sign $50m deal to improve Rohingya healthcare


The issue of Pakistan opening the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara corridor will figure at the meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session later this month, a senior official said on Thursday.


Kartarpur issue to figure in Sushma-Qureshi meeting


The RSS would never accept the Muslims even if they agreed to build not just the Ram temple in Ayodhya but many other temples, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati said on Thursday.


RSS won't accept Muslims: Mayawati


Terming the 'triple talaq' ordinance cleared by the Union Cabinet "undemocratic and uncalled for", the CPI-M on Thursday said that it tantamounts to bypassing Parliament where a bill on the issue is pending.


Triple talaq ordinance undemocratic: CPI-M


Ten maulanas from various mosques in Goa conducted Quran Khawani, a ritualistic reading of the Quran, for quick recovery of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, an official said on Thursday.


Quran reading at Goa BJP office held for Parrikar's recovery


The Kerala Police on Thursday began questioning Bishop Franco Mulakkal accused of raping a nun for the second consecutive day.


Nun rape: Bishop questioning restarts on Day 2


RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that the Sangh has reservations on the use of word "minority" and noted that it would always maintain that the people of the country are Hindus by tradition, nationalism, and ancestry.


By tradition, nationalism and ancestry, we are all Hindus: Bhagwat


Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday asked Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu to come clean on the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara corridor in the wake of Pakistan's official stand on the issue.


Will you question Pakistan on border killings, Akali leader asks Sidhu


Making a case for Uniform Civil Code and implementation of a uniform population policy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that people of one nation should be governed by a common law.


One nation, one code: RSS chief on UCC, population policy


British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday on his first official visit to the country for discussions expected to include the Rohingya refugee crisis and the jailing of two Reuters reporters.

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