Varanasi/Allahabad, Nov 9 : Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges at Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to mark the onset of the auspicious marriage season on Sunday.
Hindus believe that by taking a holy dip on the occasion of ''Devotthan Ekadashi'' (11th day of lunar fortnight of Kartika month in Hindu calendar) makes their married lives hassle free and for those intending to get married, the marriage would get solemnized without any difficulties.
Kabul/Madrid - Two NATO-led Spanish soldiers were killed and four were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Afghanistan's western Herat province, Afghan and Spanish officials said Sunday.
The bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a convoy of Afghan and NATO soldiers in the Shindand district on Sunday morning, Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for police forces in western Afghanistan, said.
Baghdad - Three people were killed and seven injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a hospital west of Iraq's capital Baghdad on Sunday.
A doctor and his wife were among the injured in the attack that took place in Amiriyat al-Fallujah near the city of Fallujah, 50 kilometres west of Baghdad, the Iraqi al-Buratha news agency reported.
Earlier, US military said that extremists have killed four civilians, a policeman and a US soldier.
Kathmandu, Nov 9 : The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal said on Sunday that the government is all set to table a proposal at the legislature-parliament in a bid to resolve the differences among the political parties over the definition of ‘major parties’ as mentioned in the interim constitution.
Udaipur, Nov 9 : Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan visited the famous Shrinathji temple in Udaipur in Rajasthan for the first time after recovering from recent illness on Sunday.
His wife Jaya Bachchan, his friend and politician Amar Singh, and industrialist Anil Ambani accompanied him.
Amitabh, who is recuperating from his illness, arrived in Udaipur on Tuesday.
He was discharged from hospital on October 17, almost a week after he was admitted to a Mumbai hospital.
Kalka (Haryana), Nov 9 : Indian Railways dedicated the Kalka-Shimla railway line to the nation as world heritage track after being declared by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage.
In a vibrant ceremony laced with cultural performance at Kalka station in Haryana, union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu dedicated over a century old Kalka-Shimla rail track by unveiling the plaque on Sunday.
“The entire world know that such a railway, such a wonderful system is here,” said Velu.
Varanasi/Allahabad, Nov 9 : Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges at Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to mark the onset of the auspicious marriage season on Sunday.
Kabul/Madrid - Two NATO-led Spanish soldiers were killed and four were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Afghanistan's western Herat province, Afghan and Spanish officials said Sunday.
Baghdad - Three people were killed and seven injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a hospital west of Iraq's capital Baghdad on Sunday.
Kathmandu, Nov 9 : The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal said on Sunday that the government is all set to table a proposal at the legislature-parliament in a bid to resolve the differences among the political parties over the definition of ‘major parties’ as mentioned in the interim constitution.
Udaipur, Nov 9 : Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan visited the famous Shrinathji temple in Udaipur in Rajasthan for the first time after recovering from recent illness on Sunday.
Kalka (Haryana), Nov 9 : Indian Railways dedicated the Kalka-Shimla railway line to the nation as world heritage track after being declared by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage.
