The US Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback has said the US will continue to support the Dalai Lama's 'middle-way' approach and urged China to resume formal dialogue with him or his representatives, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said on Monday.


Resume talks with Dalai Lama, aides, US tells China


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Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who passed away on Sunday, often sought out influential Catholic Church leaders for opinions before taking "far reaching decisions" for the benefit of Goa, Archbisop  Filipe Neri Ferrao said.


Parrikar consulted Church in major decisions: Archbishop


Farhaj Ahsan, one of the two men from Telangana, killed in the Christchurch terror attack, will be buried in New Zealand itself, his family said here on Sunday.


Hyderabad man slain in mosque attack to get NZ burial


The man charged for Friday's twin mosque attacks in this New Zealand city is believed to have acted alone. Three others arrested were not involved, police said.


Christchurch was 'lone wolf' attack


A youth rammed his car into the gates of a mosque in Australia's Queensland and shouted offensive remarks at the worshipers inside, police has said.


Youth rams Australian mosque gates, shouts abuses


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said bodies of those killed in the Christchurch mosques shooting will begin to be returned to their families starting with a small number.


Christchurch victims' kin to get bodies soon: PM


The man charged for Friday's twin mosque attacks in this New Zealand city is believed to have acted alone, police said on Sunday.


Christchurch was a 'lone wolf' attack: Police


Pakistan showed narrow, limited focus during the talks on the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor on Thursday, informed sources said here on Saturday and noted that this was contrary to the perception that Islamabad had sought to create about having a very generous approach in the issue.


Pakistan showed limited focus in Kartarpur talks: Sources


Twenty-eight-year-old Brenton Tarrant, the main suspect in the Christchurch terror attack that claimed 49 lives, was charged with murder at a court here on Saturday as New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed to change the country's gun laws.


Smirking NZ shooter charged with murder (3rd Lead)


Expressing condolences over the deaths in the shooting in two mosques in New Zealand, Congress General Secretary and eastern Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said hatred is "never benign".


Hatred is never benign: Priyanka on NZ shooting


Raising serious doubts about Pakistan's intention behind opening the Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that he did not trust Pakistan's agenda as it "is nefarious and political, and aimed at exploiting the sentiments of the Sikhs".


On Kartarpur, Amarinder sceptical of Pakistan intention


A fake news that the Rajasthan government has allowed namaz at the Kumbhalgarh Fort of Udaipur has gone viral on the social media and the polics are showing their inability to take any action.


Fake news imperils Rajasthan peace, cops helpless


Twenty-eight-year-old Brenton Tarrant, the main suspect in the deadly terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch, opened fire on worshippers using rifles covered in white-supremacist graffiti after listening to a song glorifying a Bosnian Serb war criminal.


NZ killer's rifles had white supremacist graffiti


Far-right Australian Senator Fraser Anning who blamed the New Zealand terror attack on Muslim immigration was egged at an event in Melbourne city on Saturday and slammed by the country's politicians for his comments.


Aussie senator egged over anti-immigration stance


A top Kerala Police officer has assured a group of nuns that the charge sheet against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of repeatedly raping a nun over several years, will be ready in three to four days, one of the nuns said.


Charge sheet against accused Kerala Bishop soon


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday said gun laws would change in the country as her government announced it will ban semi-automatic rifles in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack that left 49 people dead.


New Zealand PM vows gun law change


The New Zealand Prime Minister's Office said on Saturday that it received a copy of a "manifesto" from the alleged gunman less than 10 minutes before the attacks began at the two Christchurch mosques on Friday, along with about 70 other recipients.


Christchurch gunman sent manifesto to PM before attack


Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a building that would provide free accommodation daily to 4,000 pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine.


Free stay for 4,000 Vaishno Devi pilgrims soon


Twenty-eight-year-old Brenton Tarrant, who is the main suspect in the massacre of 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, showed no remorse as he appeared in a court here on Saturday and smirked as the judge read a single murder charge against him.


Christchurch shooter smirks in court (2nd Lead)


The lotus motif drawn by the devotees on the walls of Tamil Nadu's Srivilliputhur Andal temple was perhaps masked by themselves and not temple authorities, said a temple official on Saturday.


Devotees erased TN temple lotus motif: Official


More than 24 hour after the terror attack at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch city, a man from Hyderabad remains missing while another who was shot at is recovering.

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