One person died and three were severely injured after being attacked by a mob on suspicion of cow slaughter in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Friday.


1 killed over suspected cow slaughter in Jharkhand


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At least 20 people were killed, almost half of them belonging to the Shia Hazara minority, and 48 injured when a bomb hidden in a sack of potatoes exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday.


20 killed in bombing at Pakistan market (3rd Lead)


The Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) has told the Delhi High Court that barring women from entering the Fire Temple during their period of menstruation is done with the purpose of protecting the consecrated fire.


Menstruating women not allowed in Fire Temple: DPA


Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday kicked off a major controversy when she told Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh to vote for her if they wanted jobs.


Maneka asks Muslims to vote for her or else...


The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea to conduct 'puja' in undisputed Ayodhya lands.


SC junks plea to conduct 'puja' in Ayodhya


Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence on the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, claiming that it was caused in part by the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the liberalisation of the church's moral teaching.


Ex-Pope breaks silence on church's sex abuse crisis


The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday allowed two Hindu sisters in Sindh province to reunite with their husbands in the light of a five-member commission report on the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of the teenaged girls, the media reported.


Pakistan HC lets Hindu girls reunite with husbands


Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Ghaziabad V.K. Singh said a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya will be built when the God himself wants it.


Ram temple will be built when God wants: V.K. Singh


Congressional Democrats are making a fresh push to repeal US President Donald Trump's travel ban that predominantly targets Muslim-majority countries, the media reported.


Congressional Democrats' fresh push against Trump travel ban


After Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh wrote to the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday objecting to transfer of Inspector General (IG) Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the special investigation team (SIT) probing firing and sacrilege cases, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also asked the EC to review the decision.


Punjab CM, AAP urge EC to revoke SIT IG's transfer


China on Wednesday said it was not aware of the ill health of the Dalai Lama and that Beijing has the right to choose his successor, not the Tibetan spiritual leader.


China has say in Dalai Lama's successor: Beijing


The then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had wanted the controversial 'rath yatra' of L.K. Advani in 1990 to "go on", says a book authored by Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad who had arrested the BJP leader to scuttle his programme.


Mufti Sayeed didn't want Advani yatra stopped: Lalu


The Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties that got one-third of the disputed land in the Ayodhya temple title dispute, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday opposing the Centre's plea to release most of the 67.7 acres of acquired land, saying it cannot be given to anyone by the government.


Akhara moves SC against land release


Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday with a chest infection, his aided said.


Dalai Lama in Delhi hospital with chest infection


Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday for an examination, an official said.


Dalai Lama admitted to Delhi hospital for check-up


Kerala Police on Tuesday submitted a 1,400-page charge sheet against Bishop Franco Mulakkal. The Bishop was arrested for alleged sexually abusing a nun between 2014 and 2016.


1,400-page charge sheet filed against Bishop Franco


The government has begun the process for registration of pilgrims for this years Kailash Mansarovar Yatra which will be held from June 8 to September 8 through two routes.


Registration begins for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra


AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said mob lynchings were a legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Mob lynching is Modi's legacy: Owaisi


Sikh religious leaders of Kashmir on Tuesday condemned the reported sacrilege at a Gurdwara, a Sikh religious place, in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir.


Sikh leaders condemn 'Gurdwara sacrilege' in J&K


Goa should be exempt from noise pollution rules so that the residents can observe religious events, the Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Tuesday urged the Chief Election Commissioner.


Exempt religious events from pollution norms, EC urged


The Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties that got one-third of the disputed land in the Ayodhya title dispute, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday opposing the Centre's plea to release majority of the 67.7 acres of acquired land, saying it cannot be given to anyone by the government.

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