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Bengaluru, Jan 2: The entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, was possible only with the support of the Kerala Government, Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President B S Yeddyurappa, charged here today. In a statement, he said that “The State Government itself was involved in facilitating the breaking of the age-old

New Delhi, Jan 2: The government Wednesday approved the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB) to make it a globally competitive lender. With the merger, BoB will become the third largest bank after State Bank of India and ICICI Bank. "There will be no impact on the service conditions of the employees and there will be no retrenchment following the merger," Union Law

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple early on Wednesday were given police protection during their trek to the shrine. The two women in their 40s entered the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and offered prayers. "Earlier, women were not able to enter the temple due to certain hurdles. They may have entered the shrine

Beijing, Jan 2: China is building the first of four "most advanced" naval warships for its "all-weather ally" Pakistan as part of a major bilateral arms deal to ensure among other things "balance of power" in the strategic Indian Ocean, state media reported. Equipped with modern detection and weapon systems, it will be capable of anti-ship, anti-submarine and air-defence operations, China Daily

Jan 2: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel had personally written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about wanting to resign, citing personal reasons, several months before stepping down from the office in December, Modi said in an interview with news agency. "The governor himself requested (to resign) because of personal reasons. I am revealing for the first time, he was telling

Ayodhya, Jan 2: The chief priest of a temple in Ayodhya was arrested Tuesday for allegedly holding a woman devotee hostage and raping her several times, police said. The 30-year-old woman had come to the temple from Varanasi on December 24 to take lessons on spirituality from Krishna Kantacharya, the temple's mahant, Ayodhya police circle officer A K Sav told reporters in Ayodhya. Kantacharya

Dhaka, Jan 2: Western powers condemned election day violence in Bangladesh and described a range of other irregularities that marred a vote in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance secured more than 90 percent of parliamentary seats. The strongly worded assessments of the election from the United States and European Union could hurt the image of Hasina, who has been in power since 2009 and

New Delhi, Jan 2: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that a decision on an ordinance on the Ram temple in Ayodhya could only be taken after the completion of the judicial process, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said the assurances given by the BJP had very little credibility. He also alleged that sharpening communal polarisation was the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2: Two women below 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala before daybreak on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine. The temple has been shut for ritual "purification". Bindu and Kanaka Durga, both in their early 40s, entered the hilltop shrine early this

New Delhi, Jan 1: Actor Manisha Koirala, who won a tough battle against ovarian cancer, feels the disease came into her life as a gift as her vision is now sharper, mind clearer and her perspective realigned. As she completes six years of being cancer-free, she shares her story - one marked by apprehensions, disappointments and uncertainties - and the lessons she learnt along the way. In her