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.


Suicide blast near Lahore's Sufi shrine kills 10 (3rd Lead)


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The Kerala government's decision not to allow a 54-year-old elephant to feature in a prominent temple festival here has led to a boycott of all events by the elephant owners, a move likely to play spoilsport in the famed 'Pooram' festivities.


Famed Kerala temple festival faces 'elephantine' problem


Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the country's Supreme Court of blasphemy charges last year after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan and arrived in Canada to reunite with her family, her lawyer and government officials said on Wednesday.


Aasia Bibi arrives in Canada after blasphemy acquittal


At least eight people were killed and 25 injured in a suicide bombing targeting a police patrol near a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Lahore city on Wednesday, police said.


Blast near Sufi shrine in Lahore kills 8 (2nd Lead)


The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to extend the deadline for the finalisation of National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam.


SC refuses to extend NRC deadline in Assam


At least five people, including three police officials and two civilians, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion near Data Darbar here in Pakistan on Wednesday, DIG Operations Lahore Ashfaq Ahmed Khan confirmed.


Blast outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan, 5 dead


Polish police say Elzbieta Podlesna put up posters of the revered Black Madonna that showed the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbows from the LGBT flag as the halos. This can lead to two years in prison for the artist for offending religious feelings.


Black Madonna posters with rainbow halos spell trouble


The management of the Free Church, situated at Parliament Street here, filed a police complaint about illegal occupancy by some ex-employees but the matter has been settled, police said on Tuesday.


Free Church complaint against ex-employees settled


In a major breakthrough, the Pune Police (Rural) has recovered a golden dome which was stolen from the revered Ekvira Devi Temple near Karla in Lonavala on October 3, 2017, a top official said on Tuesday.


Stolen Pune temple dome recovered after 18 months


Former Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has urged Saudi Arabia and Qatar not to let extremist groups in their countries finance Muslim fundamentalists in Sri Lanka like the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) which carried out the Easter Sunday bombings.


'Saudi, Qatar groups should stop funding SL extremists'


Gulf airline Emirates on Tuesday said it will serve one million dates at 'iftar' and 'suhoor' on board and on ground to passengers travelling from India to Dubai during the month-long Ramadan fasting.


Emirates serves dates to Indians flying to Dubai during Ramadan


Sadhus in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday performed 'hatha yoga' in support of former Chief Minister and Congress candidate from this Lok Sabha constituency Digvijaya Singh.


Sadhus in MP perform 'hatha yoga' for Digvijaya win


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday vowed to make everyone pay for their crimes, including for the desecration of the holy scriptures to create a communal divide to woo Sikh votes during their rule.


Everyone has to pay for their crimes: Punjab CM


Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are not serious about the Ayodhya Ram temple but are using it to "exploit emotions" of the people during every election, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said.


Modi not serious on Ram temple, only using it to exploit emotions: Sibal


Jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed on Tuesday in Myanmar, after a presidential amnesty.


Jailed Reuters journalists walk free


The Sri Lankan police arrested two people after mobs attacked Muslim-owned shops and vandalized vehicles in Negombo, the site of one of the Easter Sunday bombings.


Two arrested after mob violence in Sri Lanka


"Chardham Yatra" -- the pilgrimage to four Hindu shrines nestled in Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarkahand, begins on Tuesday, on the auspicious Akshay Tritiya day.


'Chardham Yatra' set to begin from Tuesday


Radicalization of moderate Muslims should be avoided in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, Minister of City Planning Rauff Hakeem has said as he blamed "a cult" within the community for the carnage.


Avoid radicalization of moderate Muslims: SL Minister


Malegaon blast accused and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday said she has "personally forgiven those who "tortured her" while terming her electoral battle as a "Dharmyudh" to uphold Hindutva.


Forgiven my tormentors, now waging 'dharm-yudh': Pragya


With the Chardham Yatra set to begin on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Tuesday, the Uttarakhand government has been preparing for a smooth conduct of the annual yatra to the Hindu shrines.


Stage set for smooth conduct of Chardham Yatra


Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to declare ceasefire in the state during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.

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