Kanpur temple opens once a year on Dussehra to worship Ravana

IANS | October 20, 2026 11:43 AM

Kanpur, Oct 20 (IANS) While Vijayadashami is traditionally marked by the burning of Ravana's effigies across the country, a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur follows a different tradition, with devotees offering prayers to the ten-headed king instead of celebrating his destruction.

Khalistan movement liability, not cause, for majority of Sikhs: Report

IANS | October 19, 2026 9:03 PM

Ottawa, Oct 19 (IANS) The continued promotion of Khalistani extremism in Western capitals undermines Sikh interests, isolates the community, fuels suspicion, and diverts attention from pressing challenges such as integration, youth radicalisation, and drug and gang networks that some findings have linked to separatist financing, a report has stated.