Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that foreign Umrah performers can visit any city in the country with their 30-day Umrah visa, Al Arabiya local news reported.


Saudi Arabia allows Umrah performers to visit all cities


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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea to free the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) from the control of the Andhra Pradesh government but granted him liberty to approach the High Court.


SC nixes Swamy's plea on Tirumala trust


At least 36 people sustained severe injuries in a stampede at a shrine in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday.


Shrine stampede in Pakistan injures 36


Kites of all shapes, sizes and hues dotted the blue skies while workers using machines and tools prayed for safe working conditions as Vishwakarma Puja was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour across West Bengal on Monday.


Bengal celebrates Vishwakarma Puja


Otherwise calm Hemis, on the outskirts of Leh, is witnessing the presence of thousands of people from across the Himalayas to celebrate the life of Buddhist philosopher and scholar Naropa in their tradition ways with singing and cultural events.


'Kumbh of Himalayas' begins in Ladakh


The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide free medical treatment and adequate security to a woman attacked with acid in Bulandshahr for refusing to accept 'triple talaq' and undergo 'nikah halala'.


Provide treatment, security to acid attack victim, SC tells UP


Rohingya refugees' return to Myanmar's Rakhine state should be safe, speedy and sustainable, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday.


Rohingya return must be safe, sustainable: Indian envoy


International bestselling author Khaled Hosseini's latest book "Sea Prayer" is barely 48 pages long but in its short span, the authors text and illustrations by Dan Williams capture the modern day tragedy of forced migration, thereby narrating the emotional trauma that its victims face as an unforeseeable future awaits them.


Haunting tribute to the plight of refugees


Denying that it wanted a Bishop accused in the rape of a nun to step down, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) on Sunday said that law should take its course in the matter.


Law should take its course in nun rape case: Bishops' body


Accusing the state's Congress government of encouraging radical elements, former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday claimed there was a plot to assassinate him and his son Sukhbir Badal.


Plot to assassinate me, my son: ex-Punjab CM Badal


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi for visiting mosques and temples.


Kejriwal takes on Modi, Rahul over religious outreach


Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday opened a new exhibition in the Netherlands dedicated to the life of Buddha.


Dalai Lama opens exhibition on Buddha's life in Netherlands


Pope Francis was in Sicily on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of a priest at the hands of a local criminal organization.


Pope pays homage to Sicilian anti-mafia priest


Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been named in a sexual abuse case by a senior nun, is likely to join an ongoing investigation into the matter with the Kerala Police soon and will hand over charge of his Diocese to his second-in-command during his absence.


Sexual abuse accused Bishop to join investigation


A group of protesting nuns from Kerala on Saturday said that they "will rest" only after a bishop accused of sexually abusing a senior nun is questioned and arrested.


Kerala nuns 'will rest' after accused Bishop arrested


Dozens of Kashmiri Pandits on Friday paid homage to civilians, Army men and their community members killed since 1989 and said the plight of Pandits still continues.


Plight of Kashmiri Pandits continues: Community members


Taking his fight against former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal further, Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday urged the Akal Takht to excommunicate both from the Sikh religion.


Gunning for Badals, Sidhu seeks their excommunication


Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Praveen Togadia on Friday accused the BJP of coming to power by promising a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh but dumping the issue thereafter.


BJP dumped Ram temple issue after getting power: Togadia


The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea by a victim of an acid attack in Bulandshahr city a day earlier for refusing to accept a triple talaq.


SC to hear plea of acid attack victim who refused triple talaq


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a religious event organsied by the Dawoodi Bohra community in Madhya Pradesh on September 14, an official statement said on Thursday.


Modi to attend Dawoodi Bohra event in MP


The Centre on Thursday said it did not deny permission to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to visit Chicago on 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekanandas historic speech.

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