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.


Amarinder urges Sushma to discuss Kartarpur corridor issue with Pakistan


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The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to "apologize" to the Sikh community for the distortion of Sikh history in revised textbooks of senior classes of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).


Apologize to Sikhs over textbook content: SGPC tells Amarinder


Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi's lawyer on Friday said he was seeking asylum for his client and her family in The Netherlands amid violent protests in Pakistan by radical Islamists against her acquittal in a blasphemy case.


Lawyer seeks asylum for Asia Bibi in Netherlands


Rome, Nov 9 (IANS/AKI) Italian Parliament has come out in support of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, and sought protection for her and her family.


Italian lawmakers back protection for Asia Bibi


This festive season, thumb through the tales of two of the most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu and their lineages; transport yourself to the fantasy land of Indra's son Jayanta in the second part of the Vedic Trilogy; flick through information about Lord Krishna's eight wives he married "solely on the basis of mutual love and respect", and finally, combine more history, mythology and legend, in the tale of a 25-year-old who realises he's Kalki -- the last avatar of Vishnu, sent to restore the balance between good and evil.


Of Lord Vishnu's avatars, Krishna's wives and myth woven into fiction (IANS Books This Weekend)


Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on the occasion of Bhai Dooj, a festival that celebrates the special bond between a brother and sister.


Modi greets nation on Bhai Dooj


The Satanic Temple is suing the makers of TV series "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" for $50 million over a statue.


'Sabrina' makers sued for $50mn


The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is offering free rides to women in its buses plying in Delhi-NCR on Bhai Dooj on Friday, the DTC announced on Thursday.


Free ride to women in DTC buses on Bhai Dooj


The Commissionerate Police have registered 140 cases and fined 230 persons for violation of Supreme Court's order on bursting firecrackers in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.


370 persons fined, prosecuted in Odisha for bursting firecrackers


Pilgrims who have come for the Goverdhan puja and the special bath on Yam Dwitiya are anguished over the state of the Yamuna river here.


Pilgrims horrified by Yamuna stink


The Chandigarh Police arrested 34 people on Diwali night for violating the Supreme Court orders on the timing for bursting of crackers.


34 arrested in Chandigarh for violating order on crackers


The Kerala Police on Thursday registered a case under non-bailable charges against state BJP President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai who has claimed that the Sabarimala issue provides a "golden opportunity" for the BJP to grow in Kerala.


Case filed against BJP leader over Sabarimala remarks


The Kerala High Court on Thursday turned down a bail plea by a man arrested last month, saying protests against the entry of women to the Sabarimala temple were unacceptable.


Protests in Sabarimala not acceptable: Kerala HC


Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, who was released from prison a day earlier after being acquitted of blasphemy charges, has not fled the country, the government said on Thursday.


Asia Bibi still in Pakistan after prison release, says government


Firecrackers left at least 50 people injured during Diwali celebrations in Hyderabad and outskirts, an official said on Thursday.


50 injured during Diwali celebrations in Hyderabad


Despite the Supreme Courts directives, people in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday continued to burst crackers on Diwali well past the 10 p.m. deadline though the air quality index (AQI) showed a slight improvement over last year.


SC ban on crackers on Diwali in Delhi-NCR not very effective


Commoners, political heavyweights and social bigwigs came together on Diwali, and celebrated the festival of lights, which marks the return of Lord Ram to Ayodhya after a 14-year exile, across Uttar Pradesh with traditional fervor and gaiety on Wednesday. As soon as the sun set, people retired to their homes after shopping and prayed before the idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi.


Commoners, bigwigs in UP celebrate Diwali with traditional fervor


The Indian Army and the China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday held ceremonial border personnel meeting to commemorate joint celebrations of Diwali organised by the Indian Army at Bum-La, a military official said.


Indian Army, Chinese PLA celebrate Diwali in Arunachal


Border Security Force (BSF) troopers exchanged sweets with their Pakistan Rangers counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost and celebrated Diwali on Wednesday along the border outposts of Punjab's international border with Pakistan.


BSF exchanges sweets with Pakistan Rangers


Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday celebrated Diwali with soldiers and their families at Hyulong in Arunachal Pradesh.


Sitharaman celebrates Diwali with troops in Arunachal


Pope Francis on Wednesday decried the existence of poverty in the world and said it did not stem from a lack of resources but rather from an economic culture lacking in equity and human solidarity.

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