Jyotish and Dwarka Sharda Peeth Shankracharya Swamy Swaroopanand Saraswati on Thursday performed a symbolic 'shilanyaas' in Varanasi of the proposed Ram temple at Ayodhya.


Seer performs symbolic 'shilanyas' of Ram temple in Kashi


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Ending all speculation, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday repromulgated the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, commonly known as the triple talaq ordinance, for the third time.


President repromulgates triple talaq ordinance


Former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini has been summoned by the Punjab Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases of sacrilege and firing incidents in Punjab in 2015.


SIT summons ex-Punjab DGP in sacrilege, firing cases


With the top leaders of the Congress government in Punjab, including Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, saying recently that "bigger names" could emerge in the investigation being conducted into the sacrilege cases and the police firing incidents of 2015, former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Thursday that he has offered himself for arrest.


Ready to face arrest, says Badal


Pope Francis said here on Thursday the world was waiting not only for the Catholic Church to condemn child sexual abuse by members of clergy but also for "concrete measures" to eradicate it.


Pope: Concrete measures needed to curb child abuse at Church


Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Seoul on Wednesday on a two-day visit to South Korea during which he will be conferred upon the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize.


Modi leaves for South Korea


Ever since the ongoing armed violence started in the Kashmir Valley, Indian intelligence agencies have been worried about the growing influence of the strait-laced interpretation of Islam propagated through 'Wahhabism'.


Wahhabism in Kashmir: Tale of oil money from Saudi Arabia, Gulf


Crores of Indians believe the judiciary should appreciate their urgency for a quicker verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, Bharatiya Janata Party national Vice President Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said on Wednesday.


Crores of Indians want Ayodhya verdict 'sooner than later': BJP


Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Modi government for approving an ordinance for a third time to make triple talaq a law.


Triple talaq ordinance anti-minority: Akhilesh


A record number of four million women are taking part in the famed Attukal Pongala festival here in Kerala on Wednesday.


Record number of women take part in Attukal Pongala


The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the SGPC and a petitioner Jagdeep Singh Puri to make a representation to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the framing of guidelines on the participation of Sikhs in sporting events including cycling without being compelled to wear a helmet.


Move Sports Ministry, SC tells petitioners seeking no helmet for Sikh sportsmen


A court in Punjab's Faridkot town on Tuesday sent Inspector General (IG) of Police Parampal Singh Umaranangal to four days' police remand.


Arrested Punjab IGP sent to 4-day police remand


Narrating the impact of fake news and propaganda disseminated through WhatsApp, election consultant Shivam Shankar Singh in his new book, says the solutions proposed by the platform to prevent rumour mongering seem inadequate.


WhatsApp's solutions to tackle fake news inadequate: Poll consultant


Just over six years into the game, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which routed the Congress in the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, is now giving the BJP a taste of its own political tricks as it gears up for the Lok Sabha battle.


AAP giving BJP a taste of its own political medicine


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government is with the hard-working and honest people of the nation and in the past four-and-a-half years the BJP government under him has reversed the country's downslide, besides changing the attitude of 'sab chalta hai' (everything is acceptable) and has been working for the betterment of all sections of the society.


My government stands by honest and hard-working people: Modi


The Vatican has revealed that it has secret rules for priests who father children despite their celibacy vows, The New York Times said in a report.


Vatican has secret rules for priests who father children: NYT


President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti Movement Guru Ravidas on his birth anniversary that has crossed over six centuries.


Kovind, Modi pay tributes to Guru Ravidas


Seven UK lawmakers resigned from the opposition Labour Party on Monday in protest over its policy on Brexit, allegations of anti-semitism and its general shift to the Left under the current leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.


7 lawmakers quit UK's Labour Party over Brexit, racism


A 20-year-old youth was killed when his car tumbled into the Ganga river from a pontoon bridge during the ongoing Kumbh, police said on Monday.


One dies as car falls in Ganga at Kumbh


The Vatican on Saturday said it has defrocked former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the high-profile Catholic figure, of the priesthood rights after a Church trial found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over decades.


Ex-US cardinal defrocked over sexual abuse charges


A 51-year-old Kerala Catholic priest Robin Vadakkumchery on Saturday was sentenced to 60 years in jail in three different cases of rape and abuse of minor girls.

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