Vatican Pope Francis planning a rock album, Wake Up, to spread the message of hope, faith, unity
Dubai Sheikh Waseem Yousef, a young cleric, being fired after he slammed the UAE government for granting a temple during Narendra Modi visit
Thiruvananthapuram Sreedevi Kartha, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Malayalam translator, being kept off the dais because Swami Brahmaviharidasji doesn’t sit close to women
New Delhi Modi getting a ‘Ficus Krishane’, a rare butter cup fig tree, commonly known as ‘Makhan Katori’, from health minister Maneka Gandhi on his 65th birthday
Ahmedabad Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama donating 1.25 lakh bilva (bael) leaves to a Shiva lingam on the banks of the Narmada, praying for the dam’s height to be raised further more
Ranchi Jharkhand govt unveiling a “Jharkhand Thaali” on the occasion of world tourism day
Dharamsala The Dalai Lama saying that if he had a female successor she should be “very very attractive, otherwise she is not much use”
Contributed by Uttam Sengupta, Alka Gupta and Ashish Bagchi