The Uttar Pradesh cabinet met outside the state capital on Tuesday for only the second time in history, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chairing a meeting at Prayagraj -- the venue of the Kumbh.


Adityanath chairs cabinet meet at Kumbh


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A court here has rejected the Delhi Police's closure report and ordered an investigation into an alleged hate speech case against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi, sources said on Tuesday.


Police report on hate speech case against Asaduddin Owaisi rejected


The Centre on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking its nod for giving a part of the 67 acres of undisputed land to Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas and other original owners.


SC nod sought for releasing land to Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, others


Pakistan has appointed the country's first ever Hindu female civil judge after she passed an examination for induction of judicial officers, the media reported on Tuesday.


Pakistan appoints first ever female Hindu civil judge


India has been hailed for giving refuge to Jews fleeing the Nazi genocide, keeping with its tradition of being a haven for those escaping religious persecution around the world as the UN observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.


India hailed for giving refuge to Jews fleeing Nazi genocide


Eliminating middlemen has ensured that the annual Haj pilgrimage remains cheaper even after the subsidy was removed on it, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Monday.


Removing middlemen made Haj cheaper despite spiking subsidy: Naqvi


Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday reaffirmed her country's commitment to undertake political and economic reforms to attract foreign investment but skirted the issue of multiple conflicts raging in the country, including a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim minority.


Suu Kyi seeks investment for Myanmar, ignores Rohingya crisis


Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said the Ayodhya case that has been pending for almost 70 years, should be heard soon as the people of the country expect the construction of a grand Ram temple where the Babri Masjid once stood.


Ayodhya case should be heard soon: Ravi Shankar Prasad


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India will soon make its presence felt on the Moon with the Chandrayaan-2 mission and appreciated the use of space technology in saving assets and life, and in delivering government schemes.


Modi says Indian presence on Moon soon, lists government's achievements (Roundup)


The much awaited hearing on a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site scheduled for January 29 will not take place due to the non-availability of Justice S.A. Bobde -- one of the five judges in the reconstituted bench.


Hearing on Ayodhya title suit on January 29 cancelled


One more woman devotee died after consuming suspected poisoned temple food at Chintamani town in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district, police said on Sunday.


One more woman dies after eating temple food in Karnataka


Talking about the unifying power of music, Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan on Sunday said that he doesn't respect convention in music or in religion and lamented the state of the 21st century world, driven by religious strife.


I don't respect convention in music, religion: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan


During his 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everyone to pay a 2-minute tribute to the martyrs on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30.


PM Modi urges everyone to pay 2-minute tribute to martyrs on January 30


While the central and Punjab governments have been blaming each other for the delay in executing the work related to the Katarpur Corridror project on the Indian side, residents of villages whose land will be acquired for the religiously significant project are apprehensive about their fate at being uprooted from the land where they have lived for decades.


Kartarpur Corridor: Punjab villagers apprehensive over being uprooted


A 28-year-old woman died after consuming food offered at a temple near Chintamani town in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura district, about 80km from here, officials said on Saturday.


Woman dies after taking temple food in Karnataka


Notwithstanding charges of pursuing "soft Hindutva" hurled at the Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi is likely to begin her formal political career with a holy dip at the Sangam at the Kumbh Mela on February 4.


Priyanka may begin political innings with Kumbh holy dip


The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and Tripura on a plea challenging 2015 amendment to the Passport Rules and the Foreigner Order that allowed people of minority community who have illegally entered India to stay back in India to escape persecution in Bangladesh.


SC notice to Centre on allowing illegal migrants from Bangladesh to stay in Tripura


The Supreme Court on Friday reconstituted the five-judge bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site into three parts and giving one each to Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lala and the original Muslim litigant.


SC constitutes new bench to hear Ayodhya title suit matter


Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam on Friday said that the state government has upheld constitutional values and gender equality and embraced the values of secularism and pluralism in every walk of social life.


Kerala government stood for gender equality: Governor


National award winning director Priyanandan was attacked by suspected right-wing activists early on Friday following his social media post on the Sabarimala issue, police said.


National award winning director Priyanandan attacked


The Sabarimala controversy was fanned by the Left to cut the Congress pparty's Hindu votes so that they can reap the political benefits, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday.

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