The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request for anticipatory bail by two priests of the Malankara Orthodox Church facing charges of sexual abuse.


SC declines plea for anticipatory bail by two Kerala priests


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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday penned a poem and posted it on the social media, taking a swipe at the BJP and slamming the draft National Register of Citizens in Assam.


Mamata turns poetic to slam BJP, draft NRC


The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to file an action-taken report on the unauthorised construction and encroachment around Lord Hanuman's 108-foot statue in central Delhi.


HC seeks ATR on encroachment near Hanuman statue


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday attacked the BJP and the RSS, accusing them of "spreading misinformation" on the Supreme Court's directive in publishing the National Register of Citizens in Assam.


BJP, RSS spreading misinformation on SC order on NRC: Bengal CM


The Congress on Sunday said the Modi government delayed the preparation and publication of Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) by claiming in the Supreme Court that the process can spread fear of violence among the people and pose law and order problem.


Centre delayed NRC citing law and order problem: Congress


The eight-day-long Minjar fair concluded on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba town on the banks of the Ravi river with the immersion of 'minjars', which symbolises the blossoming of maize.


Minjar fair ends in Himachal's Chamba town


Nearly 180 Indians on way back home from Mansarovar pilgrimage are stranded in Humla district in Nepal due to bad weather, official sources said on Sunday.


180 Indians on Mansarovar pilgrimage stranded in Nepal's Humla


A festive atmosphere enveloped Hyderabad as 'Bonalu', reflecting Telangana's rich culture and tradition, was celebrated with gaiety here on Sunday.


Hyderabad celebrates 'Bonalu' with gaiety


Bangladeshi-American human rights activist and writer Rafida Bonya Ahmed, whose husband Avijit Roy was hacked to death by Islamic extremists in February 2015 while they were visiting Dhaka, has called for citizens right to critique the religion.


We should have the right to criticise religion: Bangla writer


A Kerala Police team -- probing the case relating to a Catholic Bishop accused of sexually abusing a nun -- arrived here on Saturday to record the statement of the Vatican representative, but they failed to as they had not taken prior permission for it.


Kerala Police fail to take Bishop's statement in sex abuse case


Amidst the countdown for Durga Puja in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid tribute to Birendra Krishna Bhadra -- the legendary voice behind the Mahalaya musical -- on his birth anniversary on Saturday.


Voice of Mahalaya musical, Bhadra was synonymous with Durga Puja: Mamata


A court here on Saturday, rejected two anticipatory bail applications filed by a priest at Goa's Mangeshi temple in a molestation case.


Goa temple molestation: Court rejects priest's anticipatory bail


The Uttarakhand government has suspended the annual Adi Kailash Yatra due to inclement weather, an official said on Saturday.


Adi Kailash Yatra suspended due to inclement weather


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured the Rajya Sabha that there will be no discrimination or harassment in the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and reiterated that the entire process has been fair and transparent.


Rajnath reiterates Assam NRC process fair, opposition sceptical


At least 35 people were killed and more than 70 others wounded after two explosions ripped through a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's Gardez city on Friday, the media reported.


35 killed in Afghan Shia mosque attack


At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 others wounded after two explosions ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan's Gardez city on Friday.


15 killed as explosions rock mosque in Afghanistan


More than 5,500 churches including some of the UK's most famous cathedrals have converted to renewable power to help tackle climate change, the media reported on Friday.


UK churches switch to renewable energy


An Indian American Muslim advocacy group has called for an immediate suspension of the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam until irregularities that have resulted in four million people being excluded from the list are resolved.


Indian American Muslim body seeks suspension of Assam NRC


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured that there will be no discrimination or unnecessary harassment in the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and said the entire process has been fair and transparent.


NRC process fair, transparent, says Rajnath


A Kerala Police team left for Jalandhar on Friday to question a Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing a nun.


Kerala Police to question accused bishop in Jalandhar


Nayantara Sahgal, who kickstarted the awardwapsi protest in 2015 by returning her Sahitya Akademi award, has welcomed the official statement by Indias National Academy of Letters that condemned  threats against writers and, speaking to IANS, said that the centre must "act responsibly" too.

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