LONDON - In a history-making ceremony, three former Anglican church bishops -- all married and with children -- were Saturday ordained as Catholic priests, a move they took to protest female ordination in the Anglican Church.
NEW DELHI - People from a south Delhi neighbourhood Saturday moved the Delhi High Court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for allegedly instigating people to offer prayers at the site of a razed illegal mosque.
HAJO - For a prize comprising traditional bell metal utensils, up to 200 birds and their owners were locked in a bitter fight Saturday -- an event that marks Bhogali Bihu, the harvest festival in Assam.
SAGAR ISLAND - Over five lakh pilgrims from across India and even abroad took a holy dip in the river Ganga, braving the icy cold water and a chilly wind at the annual Gangasagar Fair here on Makar Sankranti Saturday.
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