Ranchi, April 15 (IANS) The Ram Navami festival was celebrated with devotion in Jharkhand on Friday amid tight security. Ram Navami is the ninth day Chaitra Navratri – the nine days being dedicated to nine…
Lucknow, April 15 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees took a holy dip in the Saryu river in Ayodhya, the birth place of Lord Rama, on Friday as Ram Navmi was celebrated with traditional fervour here. Heavy…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday extended his greetings to the people on the occasion of Ram Navami and called on them to follow the highest moral and ethical values in…
Istanbul, April 14 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called on Islamic countries to stand united against terrorism and violence, the most fundamental problems facing the Muslim world. “We should be unifying and…
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) The mother and brother of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, on Thursday embraced Buddhism here, saying they were now “truly free from shame”. “If my brother…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Hindus in Kerala on Thursday celebrated the traditional new year “Vishu”, with many thousands thronging temples across the state. The festival, believed to herald good luck and fortune, is a public…
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu heralded “Dunmuki” – the Tamil New Year – Thursday with traditional fervour with people visiting temples in the morning. “Puthandu Vazthukkal” (New Year greetings) is how friends and relatives…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Hindu’s in Kerala visited temples early Thursday morning to usher in the traditional new year – Vishu. Vishu is believed to signal the arrival of good luck and fortune for the…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) Police here on Wednesday registered a case against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly hurting sentiments of a particular community. A case under Section 295 A of the Indian Penal Code was…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women between the age group of 10 to…
Vatican city, April 13 (IANS) Pope Francis said on Wednesday that during his visit to the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16, he will express his “closeness and solidarity” with refugees fleeing from conflict…
Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) Faced with a heat wave and the resultant water crisis, people in Jharkhand are trying to propitiate the gods by walking barefoot on fire in state capital Ranchi and elsewhere. “This…
Amman, April 13 (IANS) Jordanian security personnel stormed the headquarters of the Muslim brotherhood, the main opposition group in Amman, dismissed all people inside and sealed the premises on Wednesday, sources said. All the people…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday attacked the Left for trying to score brownie points following the horrific tragedy in a Kerala temple. Chandy was reacting to the remarks by CPI-M…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Three Kerala ministers will head a team of experts to study the destruction caused to civilian property due to the deadly fireworks show at a temple in Kollam. Chief Minister Oommen…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Three Kerala ministers will lead a team of experts to study the destruction civilian property suffered due to the deadly fireworks display at a temple in Kollam. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy…
Bangkok, April 13 (IANS) Thailand’s weather forecaster has warned that the temperature will be over 40 degrees Celsius during the water-splashing Songkran festival that begins on Wednesday. A large number of visitors from across the…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Indian Jewish community has reiterated its demand for recognition as a minority community in the country. The community has moved an application with the union minority affairs ministry to…
Kerala (Kollam): The victims of Paravur Puttingal temple accident caused by a firework display in which 96 people lost their lives in Kollam district of Kerala, about 60 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram on April…
Kollam/Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 (IANS) The man who organised the deadly fireworks show at the Kerala temple died on Tuesday, taking the toll in the tragedy to 111, even as the Kerala High Court banned high…