STORY: People gathered in huge crowds to see 'Lath Maar Holi' (stick-beating Holi) where women were seen chasing away the menfolk by beating them with sticks.
Mathura is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna, with cultural and religious programs, where devotees smeared each other with colors.
Though Holi is a single-day festival elsewhere in India, it is almost a 10-day affair in Mathura.
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In the Russian town of Yefremov, residents say they are shocked by the case of a father separated from his 13-year-old daughter because of her drawing criticising Moscow's offensive."Separating a father from his daughter is horrible.
China is investigating a US due diligence firm for "illegal" activities, a government spokesperson said Monday, after the company accused authorities of detaining five local employees and shutting down its Beijing office.The firm said on Friday that authorities had "detained the five staff in Mintz Group's Beijing office, all of them Chinese nationals, and have closed our operations there".
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More than 180 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday, officials said, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh. The United Nations refugee agency has said 2022 may have been one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the Rohingya, a persecuted religious and ethnic minority in Myanmar. A spokesperson for the local police, Kamil, confirmed by phone that 184 Rohingya had arrived in East Aceh district and were "all in healthy condition".
STORY: Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers (ANL), along with John - one of the biggest selling artists of all time - his husband David Furnish, and actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost.The prince, who flew in from his California home, sat just feet away from a large group of reporters, watching intently and occasionally taking notes. His spokesperson said he had wanted to be there to show his support, and that he might attend for much of the four-day preliminary hearing.Elton John and Furnish arrived during a break for lunch, while Frost was also in court on Monday. None of the claimants are expected to speak during the hearing.They allege they were victims of "numerous unlawful acts" carried out by ANL titles the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, their lawyers said in extracts of submissions made to the court.
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A 28-year-old suspect who identified as transgender woman opened fire at a private Christian grade school in Nashville on Monday, killing three 9-year-old children and three adults before being fatally shot by police, officials say.
The Hamilton, Ont. woman's father accidentally donated the "very special" gown, which is set to become a family heirloom.
Malaysia and Cambodia signed two agreements on Monday on the employment of Cambodian migrant workers, as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made his first visit to Phnom Penh since becoming his country’s leader in November. Anwar was accompanied by his ministers of foreign affairs, religious affairs and human resources, Malaysia’s foreign ministry said ahead of his one-day trip.
Homeless Allan Scott, 42, killed 83-year-old Patricia Holland at her home in Gorleston, Norfolk, after she took him in.
The search for two people still missing after Friday’s blast at the RM Palmer Co plant in Berks County ended tragically on Sunday
Twister left 26 people dead in Mississippi and Alabama
Transport staff across Germany staged a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, bringing commuter lines to a halt in many cities.Bus and metro staff in Frankfurt also staged a strike.
A former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday, armed with two “assault-style” weapons and a handgun after elaborately planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, police said. The massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian.
Broadcaster receives ‘emails from my child’s school that they’re going into lockdown’
The defense lawyer of Jonathan Majors says the actor is “completely innocent” and “provably the victim” after he was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan and charged with assault and harassment in what New York Police Department described as a “domestic dispute.” “Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation with […]
President Emmanuel Macron summoned government ministers for a crisis meeting on Monday, as tensions ran high a day before another major day of strikes and protests against his pension reforms.- 'Very big move' - Instead of hosting the UK monarch for a day of pomp and ceremony, Macron was instead due to meet Borne, other cabinet ministers and senior lawmakers for the crisis talks at the Elysee from 1:15 pm (1115 GMT), the presidency said.
A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in US federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021
