A Mumbai NGO on Thursday appealed to the Supreme Court to withdraw the permission for the use of fire-crackers during Christmas and instead ensure protection to churches and Christians during the upcoming Christmas festival.


Protect churches during Christmas, appeals Mumbai NGO


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AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday termed as unacceptable the judgment of Meghalaya High Court that India should have been a Hindu nation.


Meghalaya HC judgement unacceptable: Owaisi


Pope Francis has removed two cardinals from his small council of advisors who were the subject of allegations relating to sexual abuse or covering it up, the Vatican said in a statement.


Pope removes 2 scandal struck cardinals from advisory council


Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday met Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here and tried to downplay the reported differences between them.


Sidhu meets Amarinder, downplays differences


Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will meet his fate the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi did in the just-concluded assembly elections, sufering at the hands of the Congress in three states, Ramesh Chennithala said on Wednesday.


Vijayan to meet his fate like Modi did: Congress


Shiv Sena members on Wednesday protested inside and outside Parliament demanding early construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya.


Shiv Sena raises Ram temple issue in Parliament


As Washington announced that Pakistan had been added to a list of violators of religious freedoms, Islamabad on Wednesday rejected the "unilateral and politically motivated pronouncement".


Pakistan rejects listing as violator of religious freedom by US


Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday ordered an inquiry and sought a report within five days after an image of a question paper surfaced on social media which asked if a 'Muslim kills a cow in a market in the presence' of Hindus, has he 'committed any offence'.


Communal overtone in law exam question; Sisodia orders inquiry


Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and legislator H.S. Phoolka on Tuesday met Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K.P. Singh regarding his resignation from the state Assembly.


AAP legislator Phoolka meets Punjab Speaker over resignation


Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, will address students at prominent institutions here during his three-day visit to the city, an official statement said on Tuesday.


Dalai Lama to address Mumbai students during visit


A group of parishioners on Monday foiled an attempt by the Kerala Police to take control of their church.


Parishioners thwart police bid to take control of Kerala Church


With the Kerala government extending prohibitory orders in Sabarimala until Wednesday, the Congress-led UDF on Monday disrupted Assembly proceedings for the sixth consecutive day.


Kerala Assembly disrupted over Sabarimala


The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to a plea seeking directions to allow the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah.


HC seeks response on plea seeking women's entry into Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah


Around 11.30 a.m on Sunday, every single road leading to the historic Ramlila Maidan in the national capital was jam-packed and the air reverberated with the chants of "Jai Sri Ram" and "Mandir wahi banaenge".


'If government doesn't, we will build Ram temple'


"Kedarnath" director Abhishek Kapoor has urged the Uttarakhand government to lift a ban on the movie.


'Kedarnath' director urges Uttarakhand government to lift 'ban'


Karnataka's 111-year-old revered pontiff Shivakumar Swami of Siddaganga Mutt at Tumakuru recovered from a liver operation he underwent at a hospital in Chennai, an official said on Saturday.


Karnataka's 111-year-old pontiff recovers from liver operation


The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday called Yogi Adityanath the "most incompetent Chief Minister" and accused him of only trying to fan communal passions in Uttar Pradesh.


Yogi most incompetent CM, only expert at communal polarisation: Samajwadi Party


The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold an early hearing of the Kerala government's plea seeking transfer of a batch of cross-petitions on the Sabarimala temple row from the High Court to the top court.


No early hearing of Kerala plea to transfer Sabarimala cases to SC


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has an "anti-Muslim" and "anti-Pakistan" approach and claimed New Delhi rebuffed all his gestures due to the upcoming general elections.


BJP has 'anti-Muslim', 'anti-Pakistan' approach: Imran


The magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train tragedy that claimed 61 lives has held that the Dusshera event organised by a ruling Punjab Congress leader was held "without permission" and "without undertaking required safety and security measures".


Amritsar Dusshera function had no permission, Amarinder orders 'stern action'


A day after the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) named several Hindu rightwing organisations for involvement in the August 2018 Palghar arms haul, the Sanatan Sanstha on Thursday rubbished the contentions of the investigating agency.

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