As tension prevailed, the stand-off between the warring Orthodox and Jacobite factions over control of the Kothamangalam Mar Thoma Cheriya Palli Church, entered its second day.


Kerala church row: Police take into custody Orthodox priest


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Pakistan has rejected India's request to swap Kartarpur with another piece of land in order to make it a part of India.


Pakistan dismisses India's Kartarpur land swap offer


A pontiff and three others, including a woman admitted to have poisoned the food (prasad) resulting in the death of 15 people at a village temple in Karnataka on December 14, said police on Thursday.


Pontiff admits to mixing poison in Karnataka temple food: Police


Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who is "angry" about the rise of mob violence, has said "poison" has spread in the Indian society where at some places, the death of a cow is given more significance than of a police officer, an indirect reference to the recent Bulandshahr violence where a police officer was killed allegedly by cow vigilantes.


Cow's death given more significance than that of police officer: Naseeruddin Shah


The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused permission to a plea to offer 'namaz' at the disputed site in Ayodhya, where once stood the Babri mosque.


HC dismisses petition seeking offering of namaz on disputed land


Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Lobsang Sangay on Thursday hailed US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a visa ban on Chinese officials who deny American citizens, government officials and journalists access to Tibet.


Tibetan President hails Trump decision on Tibet


The six Catholic dioceses of US' Illinois state hid the names of at least 500 priests accused of sexual abuse, the state's Attorney General has announced.


US church hid names of 500 priests accused of sexual abuse


Members of a Jacobite faction were arrested on Thursday after they prevented an Orthodox priest from praying in a church here in Kerala despite a court order.


Fresh row between Jacobite, Orthodox factions over Kerala church


Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday asked Congress President Rahul Gandhi to expel Jagdish Tytler from the party and remove Kamal Nath from the post of chief minister of Madhya Pradesh as their names figured in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.


Expel Tytler, remove Kamal Nath; Sukhbir tells Rahul


Karnataka's 111-year-old revered pontiff Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga mutt at Tumakuru returned to the mutt from Chennai hospital, where he recently underwent a liver operation, an official said on Wednesday.


Karnataka's 111-year-old pontiff healthy, returns from Chennai hospital


A US-based Sikh group's call for a referendum on Khalistan would come under the country's "bedrock principles" of freedom of speech, according to a State Department spokesperson.


US: Freedom of speech principle covers Khalistani referendum campaign


Online retail giant Amazon has been slammed by several Sikh bodies for reportedly selling doormats, rugs and toilet accessories bearing the image of the highly-revered Golden Temple and was asked to immediately remove the "disrespectful products" that hurt the sentiments of the community worldwide.


Amazon slammed for selling doormats with Golden Temple image


K.M. Ashokan, father of his converted daughter Hadiya, is a bit surprised over media attention on him after he officially took BJP membership.


I have been a BJP sympathizer for long, says Hadiya's father


The 8th edition of Kolkata Christmas Festival will kickstart on December 21 with buskers (street musicians) regaling the audience for the first time while a smaller version of the fest will be held at seven other places in the state, an official said here on Tuesday.


Street musicians, food galore in 8th Kolkata Christmas Festival


The Congress-led UDF here on Tuesday made its position clear that none of their workers will take part in either the Women's Wall organised by the CPI-M or the BJP supported Ayyappa Jyothi that will run through the length of the state.


Congress-led UDF workers to boycott both Women's Wall, Ayyappa Jyothi


A school in Bihar's Vaishali district has been alleged to have been segregating student based on religion and caste that has prompted the government to launch an inquiry.


Bihar school segregates students on caste lines, inquiry ordered


Four transgenders draped in sarees, who were earlier denied permission to visit the Sabarimala temple on Sunday, completed their darshan of the Lord Ayyappa shrine on Tuesday after securing permission a day ago.


4 transgenders complete Sabarimala darshan


Thirty-four years after the gruesome killings, the Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case of 1984 here and sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, holding that the violence was a "crime against humanity" engineered by politicians with assistance from police.


Sajjan Kumar jailed for life, HC calls 1984 riots 'crime against humanity' (Intro Roundup)


Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday sought to justify the ordinance on triple talaq and said the Bill that would replace it would ensure gender equality and the fundamental right of non-discrimination to married Muslim women.


Triple Talaq Bill will ensure gender equality: Prasad (revised)


The BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and several other parties on Monday hailed the Delhi High Court verdict holding Congress leader Sajjan Kumar guilty in the 1984 killing of Sikhs and sentencing him to imprisonment for life, while the Congress said the matter should not be politicised.


BJP, SAD hail Sajjan conviction, don't politicise, says Congress


Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that he would be returning to power in the state by winning the next assembly elections and will ensure that none of the "genuine Indian citizens" are left out from the National Register of Citizens. (NRC)

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