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This year, the Char Dham Yatra started on May 3, on the day of Akshaya Tritiya. The Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand is seeing a significant increase in pilgrims this year. As lakhs of devotees are visiting Char Dham, which reopened to pilgrims after a two-year hiatus, the sacred sites’ routes are turning into a … Read more
Women presenters had previously only been required to wear a headscarf. (File) Kabul: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading news channels went on air Sunday with their faces covered, a day after defying a Taliban order to conceal their appearance on television. Since seizing power last year, the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on … Read more
Shehbaz Sharif: Special court Judge Ijaz Hassan Awan adjourned the hearing till May 28. Lahore: A Pakistan court on Sunday extended the interim bail of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz till May 26 in connection with Rs 16 billion money-laundering case. The court also issued an arrest warrant for three … Read more
After finding the necklace, the driver informed the police and the woman’s family. (Representational) Berhampur, Odisha: A 35-year-old autorickshaw driver in Odisha’s Ganjam district has won accolades for returning a gold necklace worth around Rs 1.6 lakh to a female passenger who had accidentally left it in his vehicle a few days ago. The autorickshaw … Read more
The giant fish are rare and endangered. US fishermen Justin Jordan and Terrell Maguire recently caught a rarely seen jet-black river beast in southeast Texas. Speaking to Newsweek, Mr Jordan, a fishing guide in Texas, informed that the creature they caught was a “very rare” melanistic alligator gar. He said that the fish was about … Read more