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Sabarimala opens for annual pilgrimage; devotees flock to hill temple
Pathanamthitta: Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala opened Sunday evening ahead of the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season, which is expected to attract devotees from across the world. The over two-month-long pilgrimage season begins…
- Middle East
Netanyahu insists on no Palestinian state ahead of UN vote
Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempts to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the UN Security Council is to vote on an American resolution…
- India
Forensic error triggered blast in Nowgam police station say officials
Srinagar/New Delhi: Preliminary investigations into the accidental explosion that ripped through the Nowgam police station late Friday night, killing nine people, suggest that the use of excessive lighting by the forensic team…
- India
TVK holds protest against SIR across Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Actor-Politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam on Sunday held a statewide demonstration against the SIR of electoral rolls exercise being carried out across Tamil Nadu. TVK state general secretary N Anand and…
- India
9mm bullet cartridges found at Delhi blast site under police lens
New Delhi: Security agencies are probing three bullet cartridges, two of them live rounds, recovered from the debris near the Red Fort blast site, a source said on Sunday. The empty shell…
- India
Padyatra to take place around Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid site on Nov 19
Sambhal: Mahant Rishi Raj Giri, one of the litigants from the Hindu side in the Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar Mandir title dispute, announced on Sunday that his organisation, Harihar Sena, will conduct a…
- Middle East
Jaishankar meets Qatar PM, reviews strategic partnership
Doha: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met Qatar’s top leadership here and discussed major aspects of the bilateral relationship including energy and trade, as well as regional and global issues.…
- World
Trump to urge Saudi-Israel normalisation in White House talks
Washington: President Donald Trump has not been subtle about how badly he wants to see Saudi Arabia and Israel normalise relations. He has talked up his push to extend his first term…
- India
NDA’s landslide victory in Bihar better than expected: Nitish Kumar’s son
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant on Sunday said the NDA’s landslide victory in the assembly elections was “better than expected”, and claimed that the people have witnessed his father’s…
- World
Zelenskyy says Ukraine is working on prisoner exchange with Russia
Kyiv: Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in…
- India
Labourer killed as stone quarry collapses in UP, dozens injured
Sonbhadra: A 30-year-old mine worker’s body was recovered from the rubble on Sunday morning from a stone quarry that collapsed here, a police officer said. Several more remain trapped under the rubble.…
- India
BSP would win more seats if Bihar elections were free and fair: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday claimed that her party would have won many more seats in the Bihar assembly elections if the polls had been completely free and fair. In a…
- India
CJI Gavai reaffirms his stance on exclusion of creamy layer in reservations of SCs
Amaravati: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday affirmed that he is still for exclusion of creamy layer in reservations to Scheduled Castes. Addressing a programme “India and the Living Indian…
- India
Assam cabinet minister shares ‘gobi farming’ post, draws opposition ire
Guwahati: The use of ‘gobi farming’ imagery by an Assam Cabinet minister after Bihar poll results has evoked sharp criticism from opposition, who are alleging that it is an apparent reference to…
- Delhi
JeM-linked Dr Umar Nabi was seeking a suicide bomber since last year: Officials
New Delhi/Srinagar: The sophisticated ‘white-collar’ terror module, spearheaded by a group of doctors recently busted by Jammu and Kashmir Police, had been actively scouting for a suicide bomber since last year, with…
