Category: India News

Devotees chanting “Jai Shree Ram” arrive in Ayodhya for ‘dharam sabha’

  Ayodhya (UP), Nov 25: The lanes and by lanes of Ayodhya have come alive to the loud chants of “Jai Shree Ram” this bright Sunday morning, with devotees from all walks of life decending here to take part in VHP’s “dharam sabha” to discuss the way forward for […]

Security heightened at disputed religious site in Ayodhya ahead of mass gathering

AYODHYA, India – Indian authorities will launch a major security operation at the ruins of a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya on Sunday when tens of thousands of Hindu monks and religious leaders gather to urge the government to build a new Hindu temple on the disputed site. A […]

Palampur to be developed as tourist destination: HP CM

Shimla, Nov 24:  Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said that the picturesque town of Palampur in the hill-state’s Kangra district will be developed as a tourist destination. Addressing a public meeting in Nagri, Palampur on Friday, Thakur said work on Himani Chamunda-Palampur ropeway would begin soon […]

Escaping death and rebirth on Varanasi’s sacred riverbanks

Boats loaded with wood arrive almost constantly at the ghats of Varanasi for around 200 cremations per day on the banks of India’s holy Ganges river. Each pyre needs between 200 and 400 kilogrammes (440 and 880 pounds) of wood, meaning the sacred city in northern India burns […]

AMU students celebrated Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi

ALIGARH NOVEMBER 21:The Students of Aligarh Muslim University participated in the Juloos-e-Mohammadi today in huge numbers. The participants were seen holding flags with slogans like “Allaho Akbar” and “Labbaik Ya Rasulallah”. The international theme of love and peace “Rouhamaa o Bainahum” was also propagated by the students in […]

Jobless Indian man says he raped and killed nine children: police

NEW DELHI – A jobless 20-year-old Indian man has confessed to raping and killing at least nine girls aged between three and seven in New Delhi, the capital, and three other cities over the past two years, police said on Wednesday. The case spotlights the number of young […]

Pune court remands Varavara Rao in police custody till Nov 26

Pune, Nov 18:  Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was Sunday remanded in police custody till November 26. Rao was taken into custody in Hyderabad on Saturday after his house arrest ended on November 15 and his petition to quash the transit remand was disposed of […]

3 killed, 20 injured injured as grenade hurled on religious congregation in Amritsar

Amritsar, Nov 18: Three persons were killed and 20 injured in a grenade attack on a religious congregation here on city outskirts on Sunday, an incident which the police are treating as a terrorist act . The incident took place inside the Nirankari Bhavan at Adliwal village near Amritsar’s […]

Grenade attack on religious congregation in Amritsar, 3 dead

Amritsar, Nov 18: Three persons were killed and at least 10 injured in a grenade attack on a prayer hall brimming with around 200 devotees on the outskirts of Amritsar in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Sunday The blast occurred during a religious gathering of the Nirankari […]

Bikers hurl grenade at religious gathering in Amritsar, three killed

NEW DELHI – Two men on motorcycles threw a grenade at a Sikh religious gathering of about 250 people in Amritsar city in Punjab on Sunday, killing three and injuring around 20, police said. Initial reports suggest that two people armed with pistols came to the venue, said […]

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