MANDI - It will be a divine gathering! More than 200 gods and goddesses will 'congregate' here next week to participate in the centuries-old Mahashivratri Fair.

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Kerala government and the Sabarimala Shrine Board to stop defrauding devotees by presenting 'Makara Jyothi' as a divine miracle, saying the matter can be raised in the state high court.

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Kerala government and the Sabarimala Shrine Board to stop defrauding devotees by presenting 'Makara Jyothi' as a divine miracle, saying the matter can be raised in the state high court.

ROME - Pope Benedict XVI Saturday reaffirmed his strict opposition to abortion, warning during a plenary meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life in the Italian capital Rome that "abortion solves no problem".

KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.