The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to go for open court hearings of the 49 petitions seeking a recall of its order permitting females of all age groups to pray at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Until then, the order will remain valid.


SC to hear review petitions on Sabarimala, no stay on ruling


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Gobind Singh Longowal was on Tuesday re-appointed President of the cash-rich Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).


Longowal re-appointed SGPC President


The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to go for open court hearings of the nearly 50 petitions seeking a recall of its order permitting women of all age groups to pray at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.


SC to hear review petitions on Sabarimala


The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear  writ petitions seeking ban on entry of girls and women between the age group of 10 to 50 to Sabarimala, only after it decides the review pleas seeking recall of its September 28 verdict that cancelled all ban on women's entry to the Lord Ayyappa shrine.


Sabarimala: SC to hear fresh appeals after considering review pleas


The Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday a batch of petitions seeking the recall of the constitution bench verdict allowing women in the age group of 10 to 50 years at Lord Ayappaa's Sabarimala temple.


SC to consider on Tuesday plea for the recall of Sabarimala verdict


The purchase of the French Rafale fighter jet was in conformity with the process laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure of 2013 and there was an apparent lack of common understanding between the public sector HAL and Dassault Aviation, analysts have said.


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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of misleading people in the name of religion before elections and said nobody needs a lesson on Hinduism from the saffron outfit.


BJP misleading people in name of religion: Mamata


All Delhi government offices and educational institutions will remain closed on account of Chhat puja on Tuesday, it was announced on Monday.


Delhi government offices, schools to shut on Tuesday


Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Monday his government had no role in the summoning of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, former deputy CM and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and actor Akshay Kumar by the Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 sacrilege and police firing.


No role in SIT summons to Badals, actor Akshay Kumar


At least six people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a suicide blast here on Monday near a protest site where hundreds of people, mostly members of the persecuted Shia minority Hazara, were demanding more security in the Hazara-dominated central and eastern districts of Afghanistan.


Suicide blast near Hazara protests in Kabul kills 6


Sale of dry mango wood, bamboo baskets, and earthen stoves surged on Monday, as Bihar's popular Chhath Puja entered its second day - also known as 'Kharna' when devotees prepare 'Kheer' or rice pudding as an offering.


Chhath Puja: Vendors doing brisk business as mango wood, bamboo baskets in high demand


Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who has been summoned by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing police firing on protesters in Punjab against religious sacrilege, on Monday denied meeting Dera Sacha Sauda sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.


Akshay denies meeting Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh


The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that the condition was not safe for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar from Bangladesh, even as the two countries were preparing for the return process on Monday, set to start later this week.


Conditions not safe for Rohingya's return to Myanmar: UNHCR


The four-day Chhath Puja began here on Sunday with people visiting river banks early in the morning for a ritualistic bath, before preparing a traditional meal of boiled rice and pumpkin.


Chhath Puja begins in Bihar


THe Delhi Congress on Saturday targeted the ruling Aam Aadmi Pary (AAP) for allegedly asking the Chhat Puja Samiti to put pictures of ministers and legislators at ghats to receive funds.


AAP govt has insulted people from Poorvanchal: Maken


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will launch his government's year-long celebrations to commemorate the 550th 'Parkash Purab' (birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak Dev on November 23 from the Sikh holy town of Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district.


Amarinder to launch 550th anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak on Nov 23


The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a constituent of the coalition government in Uttar Pradesh led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Saturday slammed the BJP's campaign to rename cities as a "drama" aimed at diverting the attention of the people from the real issues.


BJP's ally in UP slams campaign to rename cities


Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, upset over elder son Tej Pratap's planned divorce from his wife of six months, and his threat that he won't return home unless his parents supported his decision, will not celebrate Chhath Puja this year.


Rabri Devi upset over Tej's planned divorce, won't celebrate Chhath Puja


Karnataka on Saturday celebrated the 269th birth anniversary of erstwhile Mysore (Mysuru) ruler Tipu Sultan and the one person who was conspicuously missing from the festivities was Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.


Karnataka celebrates Tipu Jayanti as CM stays away


Celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, a group of transwomen from West Bengal observed 'Bhai Dooj' with street children here on Friday.


Transwomen in Bengal observe Bhai Dooj with street kids, sex workers


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the issue of opening of the corridor from Dera Baba Nanak to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara with the Pakistan government.

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