A 47-year-old preacher has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in the Sri Lankan capital on charges of using social media platform to air extremist views, the police said.


Islamic preacher held in Sri Lanka for inciting extremism


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A woman pilgrim was killed in Kedarnath after being struck by a rock during the ongoing Chardham Yatra in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Sunday.


Female pilgrim from Punjab killed in Kedarnath


The opening of the famed Thrissur Pooram festival here on Sunday was attended by more than 10,000 people after an order disallowing a 54-year-old tusker from taking part in the festivities was reversed on Saturday.


54-year-old tusker opens Thrissur Pooram fest in Kerala


The curfew continued and mobile internet services remained suspended in Hailakandi town in the Barak Valley of Assam on Saturday, following Friday's clashes between two groups that claimed one life and left several others injured.


Curfew continues in Assam town, 1 succumbs to injuries


It had all the ingredients of a suspense thriller with even the Kerala High Court intervening.


Elephantine row: Tusker allowed at Thrissur Pooram fest


A team of senior officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday reported no "large" structural damage to the Konark Sun Temple in the cyclone-ravaged Odisha, and that it would open to the public in "2-3 days".


Only a 'little damage' to Konark Sun Temple: ASI


Armed robbers took away cash and valuables worth around Rs 1.20 million from the famed Vajreshwari temple near Virar, around 75 km north of Mumbai, police said on Friday.


Rs 12 lakh looted in Maharashtra temple heist


Absconding NRI tele-evangelist Zakir Naik on Friday slammed the Enforcement Director (ED) for alleging that though he had no earnings, he had transferred Rs 46 crore to his Indian bank accounts in a six-year period.


Absconding tele-evangelist Zakir Naik accuses ED of 'lying'


Armed police were scrambled to an east London mosque after a "masked" gunman entered the building during Ramzan prayers before shooting a firearm outside.


Gun fired outside UK mosque during prayers


The doors of Badrinath temple nestling in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand were thrown open for pilgrims on Friday after performing all Vedic rituals.


Badrinath temple reopens


A court near here on Friday extended till June 7 the bail of former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually assaulting a nun between 2014 and 2016.


Kerala Bishop's bail extended till June 7


Iqbal Ansari, son of Hashim Ansari, the main litigant in the Babri Masjid dispute, on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court move to extend the term of the mediation committee on Ayodhya till August 15 and hoped a final decision brings peace in the country.


SC order on Ayodhya should bring peace: Muslim litigant


Swami Satyendra Das, the main priest at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, said the mediation team had submitted its report in the Supreme Court which will decide on the matter.


SC will decide on Ram temple: Top priest


The Supreme Court on Friday gave time till August 15 to the mediation committee to resolve the Ayodhya title dispute.


SC gives time till August 15 to resolve Ayodhya dispute


The Supreme Court on Friday extended the mediation committee on Ayodhya till August 15.


SC extends mediation on Ayodhya dispute till August 15


Church mass might resume in Sri Lanka from next Sunday depending on the country's security situation, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said on Thursday.


Sri Lanka may resume mass from Sunday


The worlds richest Hindu temple at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh is sitting on pure gold reserves of over 9,000 kg, officials said.


Temple Run: Tirupati temple sits on over 9,000 kg gold reserves (Lead, Supersedes earlier version)


In 2011, former IPS officer-turned-lawyer T.P. Soundarajan filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking to know the stock of gold in the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here. Since then, speculation has pegged the value of the gold stored in the temple at over Rs 1 lakh crore.


Temple Run: How much gold do Kerala temples have?


Pope Francis on Thursday issued new global rules for reporting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, making it mandatory for the first time for all dioceses to set up systems for reporting abuse and cover-ups.


Pope makes it mandatory for clergy to report sex abuse


The Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala here owns 9,259 kg of gold deposited with various banks and in its treasury, a senior temple official said on Monday.


Temple Gold: Tirupati temple has 9,259 kg gold


At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded when a 15-year-old suicide bomber detonated himself near a police patrol close to Pakistan's oldest and most popular Sufi shrine in Lahore city on Wednesday.

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