Performances of Kerala's Sanskrit theatre, Kutiyattam, deemed as one of India's oldest living theatrical traditions, will be held at a six-day festival at the India International Centre (IIC) here, starting Thursday.


Sanskrit dance drama to be enacted in 6-day festival


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The West Bengal Congress leadership on Sunday accused the BJP and Trinamool Congress of politicising the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and misguiding people about the issue.


BJP, Trinamool politicising Assam NRC, misguiding people: Congress


Thousands of devotees from across the region on Sunday thronged temples in Himachal Pradesh to mark the onset of the eight-day long Shravan Ashtami festival, despite incessant rains.


Devotees throng Himachal temples despite rains


Prosecutors in Egypt have charged a defrocked monk with the murder of a Coptic Christian Bishop at a desert monastery, the media reported.


Egypt charges defrocked monk for killing bishop


The Punjab Police on Saturday booked four of its own officers on charges of murder and attempt to murder in the Behbal Kalan firing incident of 2015 in Faridkot district.


Four Punjab Police officers booked for murder in Behbal Kalan firing incident


Even though it failed to meet the bishop accused of sexually abusing a senior nun, a team of the Kerala Police met some nuns in Punjab's Jalandhar district on Saturday.


Kerala Police team meets nuns in Jalandhar


A UN human rights committee has heard there were credible reports that China is holding a million ethnic Uighurs in "counter-extremism centres".


China detains 1 mn ethnic Uighurs: Reports


Congress member of Parliament Hussain Dalwai on Friday sparked a controversy by defending triple talaq, saying that even Lord Ram doubted Sita and abandoned her, but he later apologised for his remark.


Congress MP apologises for his triple talaq remark


A Kerala Police team arrived in Punjab's Jalandhar city on Friday, but failed to meet the controversial bishop, who is accused of sexually abusing a nun, fearing law and order trouble.


Nun case: Kerala Police team in Jalandhar, fails to meet bishop


The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday claimed to have foiled a terrorist attempt to strike in different parts of the state following the arrest of three persons and seizure of at least 20 crude bombs and expolsives and material used in bomb-making.


Maharashtra ATS nabs three, seizes crude bombs to foil terror plot


The proposed law to criminalise the practice of instant divorce by Muslim husbands will not see the light of the day for at least four more months as the Rajya Sabha on Friday decided to defer the consideration of the bill till the next session due to lack of consensus.


Triple talaq bill stalled in Rajya Sabha


Thousands of persons on Friday visited the 2,500 NRC Seva Kendras across Assam to ascertain the reason for non-inclusion of their names in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).


Thousands excluded from NRC throng Seva Kendras in Assam


The 14th Dalai Lama on Friday thanked Karnataka for giving home to thousands of exiled Tibetans since 1959.


Dalai Lama thanks Karnataka for housing exiled Tibetans


Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have revived a project to install a ropeway to connect Sri Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa in Rupnagar district, to the Naina Devi temple in the hill state, a Punjab Minister said on Friday.


Punjab, Himachal revive shrine ropeway project


The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday regretted blaming former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and thanked him for sheltering thousands of exiled Tibetans after they fled from their motherland.


Dalai Lama regrets remarks on Nehru, thank him for sheltering Tibetans


The general anguish over vandalism by Kanwarias reached the Supreme Court on Friday as it expressed serious concern over the increasing incidents of lawlessness and vandalism by sectional and religious groups.


SC expresses concern over vandalism by Kanwarias, protest groups


Ahead of the first India Indonesia Interfaith Dialogue (IIID) to be held in the Southeast Asian nation in October, Indonesian Ambassador to India Sidharto R. Suryodipuro said that both countries can learn about inter-religious harmony from each other.


Indonesia, India can learn inter-religious harmony: Envoy


Ahead of a pro-Khakistan rally scheduled to be held in London on August 12, the British High Commission here said on Friday that people in Britain have the right to protest provided they stay within the limits of the law.


Pro-Khalistan rally: Britain says people have right to protest


Tibetans are ready to be a part of China if guaranteed full rights to preserve their culture, the Dalai Lama said on Friday.


Tibetans ready to be part of China: Dalai Lama


The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has nabbed a right-wing activist of the Hindu Janjagran Samiti (HJS) and recovered some explosive materials from his home in Palghar early on Friday, an official said.


Maharashtra ATS nabs Hindu activist, HJS dubs it 'Malegaon 2'


The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has nabbed a suspected right-wing Sanatan Sanstha activist and recovered some explosive materials from his home in Palghar early on Friday, an official said.

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