The CM said the state government has been extending grant for the Hindus and the Christians for their overseas pilgrimage.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 48 hours.
Fresh exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas continued unabated amid intensified international diplomatic efforts, with Egypt saying that Israeli "aggression" would end Tuesday, as a week of incessant raids claimed at least 122 Palestinian lives.
Vowing to strengthen India's "very warm" relations with Israel, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has arrived for his first bilateral visit abroad to discuss issues like security cooperation and fight against terror.
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, visiting the Middle East to try to persuade the Palestine FA (PFA) to drop a proposal to suspend Israel from the world body, on Tuesday proposed a peace match.
In the third of his four-part series that gives a Pakistani perspective on India's politics, society and economy, Amir Mateen recalls an Indian Sikh's lament, "Why does Pakistan not allow us to visit Kartarpur Sahib? It's like Medina to us, the holiest of holy places; how would you feel if Muslims are not allowed to visit Medina or Christians stopped from visiting Jerusalem or the Vatican?"
The Arab Accord -- essentially bilateral agreements with Israel -- does not mention the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In the third of his four-part series that gives a Pakistani perspective on India's politics, society and economy, Amir Mateen recalls an Indian Sikh's lament, "Why does Pakistan not allow us to visit Kartarpur Sahib? It's like Medina to us, the holiest of holy places; how would you feel if Muslims are not allowed to visit Medina or Christians stopped from visiting Jerusalem or the Vatican?"
In the second part of our series, we bring you images from Nepal, Canada, Jerusalem, Gaza and other parts of the world. These photographs are accompanied with a short description by the photographers on why they shot the picture and the story behind the picture.
Israel is "deeply embedded" in Azerbaijan and can use its airbases bordering Iran to carry out an attack against Iranian nuclear installations, a media report said.
With nearly 95 per cent of votes counted Thursday, Gantz's Blue and White party stood at 33 seats in Israel's 120-seat Parliament. Netanyahu's Likud stood at 32 seats.
"At Monday's meeting between Netanyahu and Obama the Israeli prime minister will deliver a stark warning," the Telegraph reported quoted sources in Jerusalem. Both leaders are meeting in US capital Washington.
Rediff.com presents some amazing pictures of the rock churches in Lalibela, which will take you back to medieval times.
Bill Clinton was snapped in an awkward photograph recently, which has gone viral.
It is the first time that India has voted on a resolution at the UN that is being perceived as pro-Israel.
'The Modi regime, after experimenting with its own versions of neighbourhood policy for 18 months, has now reached the exact stage where the Manmohan Singh government had left it in so far as our Pakistan policy is concerned,' says former senior RA&W officer Vappala Balachandran.
The deal was cancelled a few weeks ahead of Netanyahu's visit to India and its renewal is considered to be a major strategic achievement.
20 car logos and the story behind each one.
They said the decision to retract the RFP was taken after the DRDO expressed confidence of producing the ATGMs.
Little Moshe survived the terror onslaught because of his brave Indian nanny Sandra Samuels.
'Manthara wants Kaikeyi to make her son Bharat king of Ayodhya, instead of Rama.' 'She fuels hate and mistrust in her queen, much like what many modern-day viziers are doing, whipping up venom and frenzy among an entire nation,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
To say that 2010 was an eventful year would be an understatement. Last year, we witnessed events as widespread as polling in Afghanistan, to floods in Pakistan, to the anti-government protests in Thailand, just to name a few. We at rediff.com bring you 25 award-winning pictures from last year, from around the world.
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 "Nobel-class" Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and research organisations, and six different countries.
The Israel Football Association on Monday said national team coach Luis Fernandez could resume his duties after FIFA lifted its ban on him from all soccer activity due to an outstanding debt to a former club.
The former Central Intelligence Agency director, was confirmed by the Senate by 57-42 votes. He replaced Rex Tillerson, who was fired by US President Donald Trump last month.
Days after India voted against it at the United Nations, Israel on Sunday hoped the Indian decision would not impact on the robust Indo-Israel ties in strategic areas of defence and security, to which they have added some more "ingredients" in the past few months.
Indian nanny Sandra Samuels, who risked her life to save a two-year-old Israeli toddler Moshe Holtzberg from the clutches of death during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was on Monday conferred with an honorary citizenship by Israeli government for her bravery.
There is much curiosity about the Indian film on Jesus Christ to be directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao.
Here are some of the best images clicked across the globe in the month of August.
Grandparents of Moshe Holtzberg, who survived the 26/11 carnage at the age of two, talk of how questions by the now 12-year-old boy only add to their grief.
A flower has been named in honour the Indian prime minister.
Should Jerusalem decide to launch a military offensive against Iran, Washington will find it difficult not to join hands with its "great ally", a top ranking former US official has said.
This week's collection of unbelievably unusual images from across the world.
United States envoy to the Middle East on Tuesday pressed Israel on "prompt resumption" of the stalled peace talks with Palestine, amid sharp differences between Washington and Tel Aviv over settlement activities in disputed areas.
Amid spiralling violence and growing tension over the killing of three Israeli teens and the burning of an Arab boy in retaliation, a bereaved Jewish family has emerged as a steady and calming voice trying to instill reason among people calling for revenge.
San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore told reporters that the suspect in the accident has been identified as 19-year-old John Earnest.
The AWACS will provide India means to track incoming missiles and look deep into the neighbouring countries under all weather conditions.
India will get its first 'eye in the sky', the Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems aircraft on May 18, which will provide the Indian Air Force means to track incoming missiles and look deep into the neighbouring countries without violating any air space.
India has turned down an offer by Israel to send its crack commandos to Mumbai, where a Jewish centre has been taken over in the terrorist attack which have claimed so far over 160 lives, media reports said in Jerusalem.
The director of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife Rivika are suspected to be among those being held hostage at its office in Nariman House, Colaba in South Mumbai, by terrorists since Wednesday night
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