Dharamsala, May 27 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Friday called for concerted efforts to resolve the Tibet issue but through non-violence. Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay…
Haridwar, May 27 (IANS) The All World Gayatri Pariwar is organizing a week-long programme across more than 25,000 places in the country to spread awareness among the youth about the ill effects of tobacco and…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The BJP will not contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year on the Ram Mandir plank as it is not a political but a cultural issue, union Home Minister…
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Renowned film-maker Shekhar Kapur on Thursday launched his new documentary on humanitarian spiritual leader, Mata Amritanandamayi, known simply as ‘Amma’ to million of her devotees, describing it a “spiritual search and…
Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) Following delay in release of a commemorative coin on Lord Jagannath’s Nabakalebara festival, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday asked the Odisha government to speed up furnishing designs and photos of…
Pope Francis. EFE/Alejandro Bolivar Vatican City, May 26 (IANS) Pope Francis has prayed for both the victims of the string of the noxious terror attacks that rocked Syria this week, and those responsible for the…
Geneva, May 26 (IANS) Muslim school students in the Swiss canton of Basel cannot refuse to shake hands with their female teachers on religious grounds, otherwise their parents will face fines, local authorities have ruled….
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal will take up on August 2 the arguments on plea for contempt proceedings against spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for his alleged statement terming the…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Muslim representation in the new West Bengal assembly remained at 59, the same as last time, constituting 20 percent of the total house strength of 294. However, the Trinamool Congress and…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Minister Shripad Yasso Naik on Wednesday said that yoga should be kept out of politics as he launched the new website of the AYUSH ministry and web portal for…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said she has formed no opinion on triple talaq as yet and would rather wait for consensus to emerge on…
Rome, May 25 (IANS/AKI) The chief imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, has urged nations to join forces to end the scourge of terrorism and “rivers of blood”. “This is my appeal to…
Vatican City, May 24 (IANS/AKI) People who are not gossips and don’t speak ill of others are heading in the right direction for sainthood, Pope Francis said in a sermon on Tuesday. “If you are…
Dharamsala, May 24 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama will participate in the ‘Kalachakra’ (Wheel of Time) ceremony in Bodh Gaya in January next and pray for world peace, an aide said on Tuesday….
Srinagar: Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah addresses a press conference in Srinagar, on Oct 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Tuesday said that instilling…
London, May 24 (IANS) The people who say they have no religion are rapidly escalating and significantly outnumber the Christian population in England and Wales, according to a new analysis. The proportion of the people…
Vatican City, May 23 (IANS/AKI) At a landmark meeting here on Monday, Pope Francis and Egypt’s top Muslim cleric Ahmad al-Tayyeb agreed to oppose violence and terrorism and to strive to protect minority Christians in…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Cochin Devasom Board to maintain status quo, thereby asking it not to melt down the existing traditional golden headgear of the Sreepoornathrayeesha deity…
Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari on Monday endorsed chanting of ‘Om’ during International Yoga Day on June 21 and criticised those who have been opposing it. Slamming the groups…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Lai Haraoba is retracing its glory. This Manipuri festival of sylvan gods had somewhat lost its soul, influenced by modernism. But efforts are on to revive the ancient…