Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Braving long queues and heavy rush, tens of thousands of devotees on Saturday offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple here on the day of auspicious Makaravilakku ritual which marked the culmination of the over two-months-long annual pilgrimage season. India News | Makaravilakku Ritual Held at Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, Thousands Offer Prayers.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Three days after over 250 academics, including well-known linguist Noam Chomsky, wrote to President Droupadi Murmu about the sacking of a Visva Bharati professor and seeking her intervention, the central university in a statement regretted that the signatories signed the letter without ascertaining the real situation that had rocked the varsity in past two years. India News | Visva Bharati Hits Back at Academics for Writing Letter to President over Sacking of Professor.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. 28-year-old Kuldeep Singh Bajwa was killed on January 8 in an encounter with four armed robbers in the Jalandhar district. India News | Accused of Phillaur Shoot-out Arrested After Encounter with Punjab Police.