New Delhi: Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Hajj this year without 'Mehram' or male companion as all those who applied under this category have been exempted from the lottery system, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday.

Thiruvananthapuram: Two women of the menstruating age, who trekked the Sabarimala hill Wednesday, were stopped midway by protesters opposing the entry of women into the Lord Ayyappa temple, police said.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a plea by an NGO challenging the January 10 order of the government appointing IPS officer M Nageswara Rao as interim director of the CBI.

New Delhi/Gurgaon: A group of Youth Congress workers Wednesday protested outside a resort in Haryana where the BJP's Karnataka MLAs have been camping in an "effort to thwart any poaching attempt" by the ruling JDS-Congress coalition.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Wednesday alleged that the government is manufacturing data, producing films and creating awards in a desperate bid to hide its failures.

Lucknow: Well known writer, great Islamic scholar, general secretary of Rabi-e-Alam- Islami, Executive member of World Renowned Islamic Institute Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, Maulana Syed Mohammed Wazeh Rasheed Hasani Nadwi passed away on Wednesday morning. 

Chennai: Tamil Nadu lad D Gukesh Tuesday became the second youngest Grandmaster in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at 12 years, seven months and 17 days, erasing the mark set by his state-mate R Praggnanandhaa in June last year.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that in Karnataka, the BJP was playing its old game of poaching legislators of other parties.