The year was 2010 and it was an epic journey for these men. The map they drew out that day, now called the Thaipusam trail is trekked by thousands of devotees in California. “Planning the trail ...

“An overflow of follow-up patients occurred because they were unable to attend their appointments on the previous Tuesday, which was a public holiday for Thaipusam,” said the department in a ...

Workers’ Party (WP) MP Jamus Lim recently reignited the debate on whether Thaipusam should be reinstated as a public holiday. Thaipusam was initially a recognised holiday but was removed in 1968 when ...

Why do devotees carrying the kavadi and those accompanying them to pay homage to Lord Mururga during Thaipusam shout “Vel!Vel!”? The ‘Vel’ – a spear-like weapon carried by Lord Muruga ...

COULD GET A CASH REWARD. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CRIME STOPPERS ALERT TONIGHT, THIS TIME FROM SEVENTH AND BANCROFT. A PERSON IS CRITICALLY HURT IN A CUTTING THERE. OFFICERS GOT TO THE SCENE ABOUT 845 ...

Jonathan Belk, of Dunlap, is accused of stabbing Billy J. Floyd, 18, to death after coming home and finding Floyd in bed with his 31-year-old wife early Saturday morning, per News Channel 9 ...

Thaipusam, despite its official non-recognition as a holiday, remains a spiritually significant and joyous affair for Hindus in Singapore, said MP Jamus Lim. Speaking in parliament on Thursday ...

The stabbing happened around 1:20 a.m. outside a bar in the 230 block of N. Main Street, a Bowling Green police sergeant told CBS affiliate WTOL. The bar is just minutes away from Bowling Green ...

SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB) — Schenectady Police are investigating a stabbing Friday evening on Lincoln Avenue that ended in a woman's death. Officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Lincoln ...

Jury selection began Monday in the trial for an Illinois man accused of stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and seriously wounding his mother in what authorities described as a hate crime.

Officers received a report just before 3 p.m. of a stabbing at Elsie Allen High School on Bellevue Avenue. A school administrator said the school was in lockdown after a 15-year-old boy had been ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - March 11 update: Wichita police identified 51-year-old Brian Edwards of Wichita as the person killed in the stabbing. Police also said a 24-year-old was arrested.