The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Yoga Guru Ramdev on a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order restraining the publication and sale of the book 'Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev' until the publisher deleted some defamatory portion written against the guru.


SC notice to Ramdev on sale and publication of book on him


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Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal returned from Pakistan on Friday amid a controversy over his photograph with pro-Khalistan Gopal Singh Chawla in Pakistan.


Amid photo row, SGPC president returns from Pakistan


Ramesh Chauhan (58), a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, may not share his language with Ram Vishnu Sadashiv (70) from Solapur in Maharashtra, but they share a common hurt: of "getting secondary treatment over the Ram temple from the Central government", which brought them together in the national capital on Friday.


Government prioritizing Ram temple over us, say farmers protesting in Delhi


The Congress has urged the Election Commission to take action against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for calling Hindu god Hanuman a Dalit.


UP CM under attack over Hanuman remark


For the third consecutive day the Congress-led opposition disrupted the Kerala Assembly over the Sabarimala issue forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House within 20 minutes after it met on Friday.


Sabarimala continues to rock Kerala Assembly


A two-day stir by seers and temple managements here in Uttar Pradesh that was triggered by a green tribunal ordered demolition in which a portion of the Daan-Ghati temple was razed, has been called off, an official said on Friday.


Mathura temple reopens after 2-day stir


A church in the Netherlands is holding an around-the-clock service that has lasted more than 800 hours, to shield an Armenian family from deportation.


Dutch church holds 800-hour service to save family from deportation


The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the state government seeking an explanation for using an online examination form for the Class X and XII board examinations, taken by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), to collect data and segregate students of Muslim community.


Gujarat HC notice to govt on 'religious profiling' of Muslim students


Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has said that the issues raised by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over negligence in preservation of Sun Temple in Konark are not justified.


Issues raised by CM on Sun Temple preservation not justified: Sharma


Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu returned from Pakistan on Thursday and played down his photographs with pro-Khalistan elements which went viral during his three-day trip to the neighbouring country.


Sidhu returns from Pak; makes light of his photo with Khalistani supporter


Red Chillies Entertainment on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against a legal notice sent by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) alleging that an objectionable scene in the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Zero" has allegedly hurt the sentiments of the Sikhs.


Red Chillies Entertainment moves Delhi HC against notice over 'Zero'


The Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Centre here has been lit up, marking the traditional start of the holiday season.


Rockefeller Christmas tree lit in New York


With the Congress-led opposition continuing to disrupt the Kerala Assembly proceedings for the second day in a row on Thursday, the Speaker adjourned the House in about 20 minutes.


Kerala Assembly session ends in 21 minutes


A three-day 'dharma sansad' ended in Varanasi on Wednesday with the Shankracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati releasing a 'dharmadesh' (edict), saying it should be handed over to all MPs and the Lok Sabha Speaker so that the issue could be discussed in the winter session of parliament beginning December 11.


Hindus seers to write to MPs, petition SC for early construction of Ram temple


Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said the Kartarpur Corridor will be a "peace corridor" to end bitterness between India and Pakistan.


Harsimrat lauds Modi, says Kartarpur Corridor will be harbinger of peace


Human rights activist and advocate H.S. Phoolka on Wednesday welcomed Delhi High Court upholding the trial court verdict convicting 89 people of rioting and burning houses during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the city, saying the decision was a message to the country that law catches up with everyone.


Riot conviction message to entire country: Phoolka


Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday heaped praise on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, referring to him as a "farishta (angel)" at the function to lay foundation stone for the Kartarpur corridor. Sidhu said the event offered a big possibility for ending violence that has strained ties between the two countries.


Sidhu heaps praise on Imran Khan, says Kartarpur corridor a big possibility


Reaching out to India in a big way, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wedenesday said it will be madness to think of war between the two nuclear-armed states and that friendship was the only option even as he asserted that the Army and political leadership in Islamabad were on the same page on improving ties with New Delhi.


Imran extends olive branch to India, says war not an option


Union Minister of State Hardeep Puri on Wednesday said there was an "opportunity and goodwill" in the decision of the Indian and Pakistani governments to build the Kartarpur Corridor, but sounded a note of caution: "We have to be acutely conscious of the ground realities" in the two nations.


Kartarpur: Minister sees 'opportunity', warns on 'ground realities'(Lead)


Union Ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Puri on Wednesday crossed over to Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah joint check post between India and her neighbour for the Kartarpur Corridor ceremony, and termed it a "historic step".


Indian Ministers cross over to Pakistan for Kartarpur Corridor ceremony


The BJP-ruled Gujarat government has been collecting data of Muslim students, appearing for Class 10 and 12 board examinations, for the last five years, state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said here on Tuesday.

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