Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to declare ceasefire in the state during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.


Mufti asks Centre to announce Ramadan ceasefire


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The Auckland-based mother and sister of one of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers have been "cooperating fully" with the New Zealand police following the attacks that killed over 250 people.


SL bomber's kin 'cooperating fully' with NZ police


Three locally made bombs and 100 grams of ammonia have been found buried in a backyard of a mosque in a Sri Lankan district, the police said.


Explosives found buried in Sri Lanka mosque backyard


The Myanmar Army has shot dead six detainees in a village school in Rakhine state 'for trying to grab soldiers' weapons'.


Myanmar Army kills 6 unarmed prisoners


Pervasive persecution of Christians, sometimes amounting to genocide, is ongoing in parts of the Middle East, and has prompted an exodus in the past two decades, said a UK-commissioned report.


Christian persecution close to genocide in Middle East


The Muslim Educational Society (MES) in Kerala, which came out with a circular banning all face covering attires, on Friday got support from Kerala Minister of Higher Education K.T. Jaleel.


Kerala Minister endorses burqa ban by MES


The Muslim Educational Society (MES) in Kerala has banned all face covering attires, a circular issued said.


Kerala institute bans face covering on campus from new session


Sri Lankan authorities have cancelled weekend masses in the capital because of fears of fresh bomb attacks.


SL cancels weekend masses over fresh attack fears


Hours after its party mouthpieces called for a ban on the use of 'burqas' like what Sri Lanka is considering, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday evening officially dissociated itself from the demand, following a massive furore on the issue just five days before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins.


'Not party policy': Shiv Sena's U-turn on 'burqa' ban demand (Roundup)


The Shiv Sena on Wednesday evening officially dissociated itself from the 'ban on burqa' demand in the party's official mouthpieces earlier in the day, following a massive furore on the issue just five days before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins.


Burqa ban call not party's official stand: Shiv Sena


The Tamil Nadu government has decided to propiate the gods for rain with special prayers and playing certain ragas in temples that it administers.


TN temples to have special ragas, prayers for rains


The Shiv Sena on Wednesday called for a ban on the use of burqa as it threw its weight behind a similar plan being mulled by the Sri Lankan government in the wake of the Easter terror strikes which claimed over 250 lives.


Shiv Sena demands ban on burqa in public places


The Shiv Sena on Wednesday called for a ban on the use of burqa by women of a particular community as it threw its weight behind a similar plan being mulled by the Sri Lankan government in the wake of the Easter terror strikes which claimed over 250 lives.


Shiv Sena calls for ban on burqa in public places


The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked music composer and singer Vishal Dadlani and politician Tehseen Poonawalla to pay Rs 10 lakh each to get the FIR against them quashed.


Pay Rs 10 lakh each, get FIR quashed: HC to Dadlani, Poonawala


A court here on Tuesday sentenced 40-year-old Narayan Sai, the son of self-styled godman Asaram, to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.


Asaram's 'godman' son gets life term in rape case (Lead, correcting para 2)


A court here on Tuesday sentenced Narayan Sai, the son of self-styled godman Asaram, to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.


Asaram's son gets life imprisonment in rape case


Boundary-breaking Muslim supermodel Halima Aden has made history once again by becoming the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the media reported on Tuesday.


Muslim supermodel makes swimsuit issue history


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during his visit to China last week, reminded Beijing that its treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs in the troubled Xinjiang region was still under close watch, according to a UN spokesman.


Guterres raises Xinjiang Uyghurs during China trip


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned against "a disturbing groundswell" of intolerance and hate-based violence targeting worshippers of many faiths.


UN calls for global effort against racism, xenophobia


India's classical and folk dances will meet its mythology and history in an upcoming dance festival here, where three dance styles will narrate the stories of Hindu goddess Durga, Mahabharata character Abhimanyu, medieval saint-poet Meera, and of a dance form Odissi itself.


Mythology, history meet Indian dances in this fest


The Election Commission (EC) on Monday "strongly condemned" Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for her statement asking Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh to vote for her if they wanted her to get their work done after she wins from the constituency.

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