Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) The first batch of 340 Haj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a direct flight from summer capital Srinagar. They left Srinagar on an Air India direct flight to…
Greater Noida, Aug 10 (IANS) A criminal case has been registered against some Hindu holy men after they allegedly vandalized a Rawana idol in a temple here. Police quoted Ashokanand Maharaj, head of Mahatma Ravana…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 a plea by the Maharashtra government seeking clarification on its 2014 order paving way for children above 12 years to participate in…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) The Kerala government will celebrate Onam festival on September 3 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Addressing reporters here, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the list of invitees would include Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…
Vatican City, Aug 9 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has condemned the suicide bombing at a hospital in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta on Monday that killed at least 70 people and injured over 100, calling it…
Greater Noida, Aug 9 (IANS) The head priests of temples here on Tuesday said they would not allow the installation of Ravana’s idol in a temple in Bisrakh, Greater Noida. Mahant Narayan Giri, head priest…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday indicated that “there are many indictments” in the reports the police have submitted on controversial NRI televangelist Zakir Naik. “Many unlawful activities have been…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) A speeding truck crushed seven people to death and injured over a dozen on Tuesday in the Hindu holy town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The incident took place…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha on Monday said that it would send legal notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments against “Gau Rakshaks (cow protestors). “We are sending…
Jammu, Aug 8 (IANS) After remaining suspended due to closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway for a day, the Amarnath Yatra was resumed on Monday as another batch of 277 pilgrims left Jammu for Kashmir. “Another…
Vatican City, Aug 8 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has gained more than three million followers on the photo-sharing app Instagram since his @franciscus account launched in March, Vatican Radio reported on Monday. A total of 143…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) To ensure there is no division in Muslim votes which will benefit the BJP, nine Muslim outfits in Uttar Pradesh have set up an ‘Ittehad Front’. This followed a campaign initiated…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The union government has spent over Rs 1,000 crore over seven years to modernise madrasas or Islamic educational institutions, according to data released by Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The manager of a school in Allahabad has been arrested and slapped with a sedition case for banning the recital of the national anthem at the school function on August 15,…
By Ankit Sinha New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) They say that age is no barrier to achieving one’s dreams. Indian mathematician, physicist and writer Rattan Mann, 71, has proven the adage by directing a film…
Washinton, Aug 8 (IANS) A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work. Najaf Khan was hired as a dental assistant at…
Ghaziabad, Aug 7 (IANS) The Shiv Sena’s Uttar Pradesh unit on Sunday accused the BJP of “hypocrisy” over the issue of Haj House in Ghaziabad. Sena leader Mahesh Ahuja said though the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow vigilantism. Questioning the prime minister over the delay in…
Ujjain, Aug 7 (IANS) The famous Nagchandreshwar temple in this district of Madhya Pradesh was thrown open to the public for 24 hours after the inaugural puja. The temple, which enshrines idols of Lord Shiva…
Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) At least four people – three pilgrims and one pony owner – were killed and eight injured on Saturday morning in a landslide on the track to the hilltop Mata Vaishno…