A massive protest by devotees of Lord Ayyappa broke out near the Sabarimala Sannidhanam Saturday following rumours that a woman from Tamil Nadu below 50 years of age climbed the hills to offer prayers to the presiding deity.

Bhumata Brigade leader Trupti Desai said PM talks about triple-talaq but keeps mum on the discrimination faced by Hindu women. Desai was detained ahead of Modi's visit to Shirdi.

Siddalinga Swamiji of Thontadarya Mutt passed away due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital here on Saturday morning.

The BJP won the urban local body elections in four districts of militancy-infested south Kashmir Saturday, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where polls were held over four phases earlier this month, election officials said.

A bunch of monkeys stoned a 72-year-old to death in Tikri village of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh when he went to collect wood for havan. According to police, Dharampal Singh was collecting pieces of dry wood when the monkeys rained bricks, which they got from a nearby dilapidated building, at him from the treetop.

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he believed Saudi Arabia's explanation that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a "fist fight" and termed the arrest of 18 people by the Gulf kingdom "a great first step".

Thumbay Builders, one of the largest construction companies in the Northern Emirates operated by the Construction & Renovation Division of Thumbay Group, was honoured with the ‘Healthcare Project of the Year’ award at the third annual Construction Innovation Awards 2018 held at Habtoor Palace, LXR Hotels & Resorts, Dubai on 17th October 2018.

Quick to hurt, quick to forgive, and a homegrown philosophy developed in life in Meerut saw Praveen Kumar emerge as one of colourful cricketers of his time.