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Pilgrims to Katchatheevu waiting for security clearance at Rameswaram jetty on Friday.   | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar

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 St. Antony’s church festival in Katchatheevu

Rameswaram–Verkodu Parish, organising pilgrimage for the annual St. Antony’s church festival in Katchatheevu on February 23 and 24, has finalised the list of pilgrims, restricting the number to 2,103.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday observed that fishermen can be permitted to travel in motorised country boats to Katchatheevu for the St. Antony’s Church festival, from the coming years, subject to rules and regulations. However, permission would not be granted this year, as the issue was brought to the knowledge of the court at short notice

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Funeral service at Coral Springs

The armed sheriff's deputy assigned to the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead has resigned rather than face suspension after an internal investigation showed he failed to enter the school to confront the gunman during the attack, the county sheriff said.

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