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Andhra Pradesh: Govt to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to families of those who die of heatstroke, says revenue minister Raghuveera Reddy
Assam: ATTSA demands arrest of CRPF trooper for assaulting Congress MLA R Kurmi, warns of continuing NH 61 blockade
Bihar: Ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, accused of money laundering, surrenders in Ranchi court; sent to 14 days judicial custody
Chennai: CPM leader G Ramakrishnanand, 300 party workers arrested across Chennai while protesting against inflation
Delhi: An Indore-based MBBS student, who had gone missing May 13, found at Old Delhi Railway station today, say police
Gujarat: Three persons killed and 13 hurt as their bus heading towards Nashik from Surat overturns near Kaprada in Valsad
Haryana: One person killed in a car-canter collision near Mahesh Nagar in Ambala today, say police
Himachal Pradesh: CM presents memorandum to President on the 13th Finance Commission recommending only 50pc increase for Himachal
Jammu and Kashmir: Toll rises to 5 in the gun battle between security forces and militants after a soldier succumbs to his injuries
Karnataka: State govt releases Rs 40 cr for urban local bodies to ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply across Karnataka
Kerala: I will react after getting the report of IG on phone tapping complaint by NSS general secretary, says home minister
Kolkata: Police keeping a hawk eye on players ahead of the final IPL match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata May 26, say officials
Madhya Pradesh: Met department predicts clear sky over Bhopal during next 12 hours, maximum temperature to be around 42C
Maharashtra: Deadline for CSK CEO Meiyappan to appear before police expires today as his request for one-day extension is rejected
Mumbai: Deadline for CSK CEO Meiyappan to appear before police expires today as his request for one-day extension is rejected
Northeast: Met dept predicts rain in Gangtok, Pasighat and Imphal during next 12 hours, maximum temperature to stay around 29C
Odisha: Veteran journalist Baleshwar Agrawal, who hailed from Balasore dist, passes away in New Delhi after a brief illness
Punjab: ED raids Cheena money exchanger in Jagraon, recovers several lakhs in cash, hawala documents worth Rs100 cr
Rajasthan: HC to close for summer vacations June 1 to June 30, vacation judges to hear cases during this period, say officials
Tamil Nadu: Two persons masquerading as doctors arrested at Alangulam near Tirunelveli today, say police
UP East: Six girls drown in a canal in Mandla Bhajna area of Firozabad today; three bodies recovered, search on for others
UP West: CM Akhilesh Yadav Dilli sthit UP Bhavan mein Noida sahit paschami UP ke logon se mile aur unki samasyaye suni
West Bengal: Police keeping a hawk eye on players ahead of the final IPL match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata May 26, say officials

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President, prime minister greet people on Buddha Purnima (Lead) (20:28)
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted the countrymen on the eve of Buddha Purnima.

President greets people on Buddha Purnima (16:16)
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted people on the eve of Buddha Purnima, saying Lord Buddha's teachings were of eternal significance.

Khalid Mujahid: War on terror continues to terrorize (Comment) (15:32)
By Saeed Naqvi
Good luck to the UPA as it attempts to put a positive spin on its nine years in power. But let me insert here a word of caution about the manner in which its war on terror is causing the world's second largest Muslim population to be dangerously alienated from the state.

Pope hopes China's Catholics can pray without fear (08:12)
Vatican City, May 24 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to stay loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers.

Belarus dismisses US report on religious freedom (03:12)
Minsk, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian foreign ministry has dismissed part of the Religious Freedom Report published by the US State Department about the country as "outdated" and failing to take into account the current situation in the country.

Kashmir 'preacher' arrested for sexual exploiting four minors (22:58)
Srinagar, May 21 (IANS) A self-styled "religious preacher" was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he ran, police said Tuesday.

Governments failing to protect minorities, says US (10:46)
Washington, May 21 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concern at global problems of discrimination and violence against religious groups, including Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Sikhs besides increasing use of blasphemy and apostasy laws.

Facebook booked over group exhorting cow slaughter (23:14)
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) An FIR was Monday registered here against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said.

Kerala church says no to Chinese coffins (12:30)
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) A Kerala church has asked its followers not to use Chinese made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly.

Muslims in Maharashtra start 300-km march for job quota (With Images) (20:30)
Nashik, May 19 (IANS) People here trooped out Sunday on the streets to welcome and offer chilled soft drinks to over 1,000 Muslims who embarked on a 300-km Gandhian march to Mumbai demanding reservations in job, an official said.

Hilltop temple in Himachal opens (17:56)
Shimla, May 19 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Sunday inaugurated a hilltop temple in upper Shimla, reconstructed and restored at a cost of Rs.1.25 crore.

Ramakrishna Mission gets Sister Nivedita's Darjeelig house (16:37)
Darjeeling, May 17 (IANS) The house where Swami Vivekananada's favourite disciple, Sister Nivedita breathed her last over a century ago, in this northern West Bengal hill district, has been handed over to the Ramakrishna Mission which plans to turn it into a centre of excellence for education and cultural studies.

Andhra Pradesh reconstitutes minority commission (16:10)
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) After a gap of four years, Andhra Pradesh has reconstituted the state's minority commission, officials said here Thursday.

Rohtak administration gets disputed ashram vacated (18:12)
Rohtak (Haryana), May 15 (IANS) Scores of followers of controversial godman Rampal were Wednesday moved out of the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village near this Haryana town by the district administration to maintain law and order in the area.

Descendants of Goans to revisit state under youth programme (17:04)
Panaji, May 15 (IANS) Descendants of Goans, who fled their villages centuries ago to escape religious inquisition during the Portuguese regime, will be brought to Goa as part of a youth programme, a minister said Wednesday.