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Kashmir land row: Protestors block Jammu-Srinagar highway

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists here Tuesday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway asking the government not to cancel the controversial order of land allotment to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).4:02 PM on June 24

Obama to get Hanuman idol from India for luck

The 108-feet-tall Sankat Mochan Dham Hanuman temple here wore a festive look Tuesday as priests prepared for elaborate worship of an idol of Lord Hanuman, which will then be presented to US presidential candidate Barack Obama for his success in the November elections.3:01 PM on June 24

Mayawati's dream Buddha statue project gets delayed

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's dream project of building the tallest Buddha statue in the world at 152 metres - taller than the Bamian Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan - has run into rough weather.1:31 PM on June 24

Chaos in Kerala assembly over spiritual leaders

The Kerala assembly witnessed chaotic scenes Tuesday when a Communist legislator raised questions about Hindu and Islamic spiritual leaders.1:30 PM on June 24

Dera chief flies back to Sirsa headquarters

After being at the centre of two days of violence in Mumbai last week, controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh Monday arrived back at his sect headquarters on the outskirts of this Haryana town.6:36 AM on June 24

Vested interests want to stop Amarnath yatra: Advani

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday said that some people, including some in the Jammu and Kashmir government, did not want the pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Amarnath to continue and were spreading canards with this aim.11:02 PM on June 23

Three killed in Amarnath Yatra road accident

Three people, two pilgrims and a driver, were killed while six others were injured Monday in a road accident near Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir.9:32 PM on June 23

Akali Dal delegation to visit Mumbai Tuesday

A high-level delegation led by Punjab's ruling Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal will go to Mumbai Tuesday to meet the family of a Sikh youth killed there last week in firing by the security guards of controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.9:03 PM on June 23

Missing jewellery found in former Bodh Gaya priest's room

Missing precious ornaments and jewellery donated by devotees to the Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi temple, among the holiest Buddhist sites in the world, have been recovered from the room of a former chief priest. He was earlier indicted for chopping a branch of the revered Bodhi tree.9:01 PM on June 23

NRI father blames son's suicide on ragging in seminary

The Dubai-based father of a seminary student, who committed suicide here in Kerala, Monday alleged that ragging in the theology college drove his son to take the extreme step.6:01 PM on June 23

Kashmir land transfer controversy: Malik threatens fast unto death

Kashmiri Separatist leader Yasin Malik Monday threatened to fast unto death if the government failed to rescind the allotment of forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).3:31 PM on June 23

Dera chief leaves Mysore for Delhi quietly

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, facing threat to life, early Monday left for New Delhi quietly from the new international airport here under tight security, police said.3:00 PM on June 23

Landmine defused near Amarnath pilgrimage route

Security forces Monday defused a powerful landmine close to the Srinagar-Baltal route taken by pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.1:30 PM on June 23

Long neglected church in Goa gets official attention

The Goa government is renovating the 430-year-old Santa Anna Church in Talaulim that has long been a victim of neglect.10:01 AM on June 23

Dera chief at Mysore ashram under tight security

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, facing a threat to life, was staying in his sect's newly built ashram at Siddhalingapura on the outskirts of Mysore under tight security, a top Karnataka police official said late Sunday.1:00 AM on June 23