Pope Francis said on Wednesday during his general audience on St. Peter's Square in Vatican City that divorce had become fashionable, while the ideal was that families stay together as one unit.


Pope Francis says divorce has become fashionable


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Congress President Rahul Gandhi will undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31 for four-five days, party sources said here on Wednesday.


Rahul to undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced in the Assembly a time-bound probe by the SIT instead of the CBI into various sacrilege cases and subsequent police firing in Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura in 2015.


Punjab CM announces time-bound SIT probe into sacrilege cases


It is for the Supreme Court to decide if the treasures of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here should be utilised for flood-relief work in Kerala as the apex court is dealing with the temple management, says a Travancore royal family scion.


Let SC decide if temple treasure can be used for flood relief: Kerala Prince


A century-and-a-quarter after Swami Vivekananda's rousing speech to the World Parliament of Religions here in 1893, the World Hindu Congress has declared its objective to re-connect the 1.1 billion Hindus worldwide with their common heritage and their spiritual link to people of all other denominations.


World Hindu Congress: A message of unity anew, 125 years after Vivekananda's speech


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the absence of an international policy against the generation of blasphemous content is a "collective failure" on part of the Muslim countries.


Muslim countries failed to tackle blasphemous content: Imran Khan


After protests by the churches and different tribal bodies, the Nagaland unit of the BJP on Monday restricted the programme to immerse the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to a secret one in the Christian-dominated state.


Nagaland BJP immerses Vajpayee's ashes secretly


Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Uttar Pradesh's tourism potential remained untapped and reiterated his government's commitment to finish this task.


UP's tourism potential remains untapped: CM


The Delhi Waqf Board on Monday released a list of its "appointed members", indicating it will be reconstituted after the earlier body was dissolved over corruption allegations.


Delhi Waqf Board releases list of appointed, nominated members


A woman from Chhattisgarh on Monday chose to go with her parents leaving behind her husband who was a Muslim but had converted to Hinduism to marry her.


Woman chooses parents over her husband who converted to Hinduism to marry her


A Supreme Court Judge on Monday recused from hearing a plea by Malegaon bomb blast case accused Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit for a judicial probe into his alleged abduction and torture by investigating agencies.


SC Judge recuses from hearing plea of Malegaon blast accused


The state-run public transport corporation on Monday launched a non-stop luxury bus service to connect the holy Hindu town Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru airport.


Bus service to Tirupati from Bengaluru airport


Nearly 37 years after an Air India plane was hijacked and commandeered to Pakistan, a Delhi court on Monday acquitted two of the accused in the case who were charged with waging war against the country.


Delhi court acquits two Sikhs in 1981 hijacking case


A report submitted by the Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) commission into sacrilege incidents and subsequent police firing in 2015 in Punjab was tabled in the Assembly on Monday, with its supplementary report pointing a finger at then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for police action against anti-sacrilege protesters.


Panel report tabled in Punjab Assembly, points finger at then CM


Under the scanner of various investigating agencies, the right-wing Sanatan Sanstha on Monday demanded that the word 'secular' be removed from the Indian Constitution.


Remove 'secular' from Constitution, demands Sanatan Sanstha


The Punjab Assembly, led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution asking the Central government to pursue with Pakistan the issue of opening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor during the 550th birthday celebrations of the first Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Dev.


Punjab Assembly adopts resolution to open Kartarpur Sahib corridor in Pakistan


A bishop now 100-years-old says the floods which have devastated Kerala are far worse than the one which choked the state way back in 1924.


100-year-old says Kerala floods worse than 1924 deluge


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday remembered Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 108th birth anniversary.


Mamata remembers Mother Teresa on 108th birthday


The 60-day Amarnath Yatra ended peacefully on Sunday with over 2.85 lakh pilgrims performing the Himalayan pilgrimage this year.


60-day Amarnath Yatra ends


Maharashtra's Muslims on Sunday formed "Muslim Aarakshan Sanyukta Kruti Samiti" (Muslim Reservation Joint Action Committee) to force the state government to implement its promise of providing reservation in jobs.


Maharashtra Mulsims form action committee on job quota


It was a harrowing Raksha Bandhan day on Sunday for thousands of Delhi Metro commuters who got trapped in the Yellow Line coaches in the morning hours due to a technical glitch.

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