No pilgrim on Thursday was allowed to move towards the Kashmir Valley from here as the Amarnath Yatra remained suspended due to inclement weather.


Amarnath Yatra remains suspended due to bad weather


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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea that challenged the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among Muslims in India.


SC seeks Centre's response on plea against polygamy


Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Wednesday said 18 out of 19 pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar from Chennai, stranded in Nepal due to bad weather, have returned to the country and will be reaching the state later in the day.


'19 pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar to return to Chennai on Wednesday'


Seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Wednesday in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in the Ramban district.


Accident on Jammu-Srinagar highway, 7 Amarnath pilgrims injured


The death toll from a landslide on a trek route to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir have increased to five, police said on Wednesday.


Amarnath landslide toll reaches 5


Two Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were killed and four others injured in a landslide on the trek to the Jammu and Kashmir cave shrine from the Baltal base camp on Tuesday, police said.


Two Amarnath pilgrims killed in landslide


A flash flood hit the Baltal base camp of Amarnath Yatra in north Kashmir on Tuesday evening, officials said. Authorities have confirmed that all Yatris are safe.


Flash flood hits Baltal Yatra base camp, pilgrims safe


A special police team probing the allegation levelled by a Catholic nun that she was repeatedly sexually abused by a bishop is investigating the case thoroughly before they question the high-ranking church official, said informed sources.


Police thoroughly probing sexual abuse case of Kerala nun


Two Indian pilgrims have died while over 1,500 others returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet are stranded in Simikot in Nepal's Humla district due to incessant rain and bad weather.


2 Indian Mansarovar pilgrims die, over 1,500 stranded


The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined any relief to two of the four rape-accused Orthodox priests who had moved it for anticipatory bail, posting the next hearing for Monday.


No relief from Kerala HC to two rape-accused Orthodox priests


Three Amarnath Yatra pilgrims died of different causes on Tuesday.


Three Amarnath Yatra pilgrims die


Over 1,500 Indian nationals returning after pilgrimage at the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet are stranded in Simikot in Nepal's Humla district due to heavy rain and bad weather.


1,500 Indian Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal


Hyderabad police have arrested Telugu film critic Kathi Mahesh for making derogatory comments against Lord Rama and Sita.


Telugu film critic arrested for hurting religious sentiments


A batch of 3,499 pilgrims left Jammu on Tuesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra.


3,499 pilgrims leave for Amarnath


As many as 184 special trains to and from Puri will be pressed into service during the nine-day Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra in Odisha from July 14, official sources said.


184 special trains to run during Jagannath Rath Yatra


An Indian woman who was returning after pilgrimage in Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet died of altitude sickness in Simikot of Nepal's Humla district on Monday.


Indian Mansarovar pilgrim dies in Nepal


The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Central and Jammu and Kashmir governments on the status of rehabilitation plan for people engaged in carrying pilgrims on horses and mules from Katra base to the hilltop Vaishno Devi shrine, an activity now barred.


SC seeks status of rehabilitation plan for J&K mule owners


The Kerala Police's Crime Branch, probing the case of alleged sexual exploitation of a woman by some priests of the Kottayam-headquartered Malankara Orthodox Church, on Tuesday registered an FIR against four priests on the victim's complaint.


Four Orthodox Church priests in Kerala booked for rape


The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing of a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and nikah halala (a requirement for a divorced couple to remarry) among the Muslim community.


SC no to urgent hearing of plea against polygamy, nikah halala


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday "strongly" condemned the terror attack in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city that killed at least 19, including many Sikhs on Sunday, and offered India's assistance to Kabul.


Modi condemns Jalalabad attack, Sushma to meet victims' kin


A total of 5,791 pilgrims left Jammu in escorted convoys on Monday to perform the Amarnath Yatra.

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