Nashik (Maharashtra), April 7 (IANS) Ramkund, the sacred bathing spot on the Godavari river here where pilgrims take a dip and perform various rituals, has gone dry for the first time in 130 years due…
Ujjain, April 6 (IANS) A 131-foot high trident, Hindu god Shiva’s weapon, has been erected in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to mark the Sinhasth Kumbh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan worshipped the giant trident, established…
By Sushil Kumar New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Terming the controversy related to chanting of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ as “unnecessary and uncalled for”, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has said that there was nothing…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Mughal rulers patronised Sanskrit literature in their courts, especially between AD 1560 to 1660, and also took up Persian translations of epics like the Mahabharata and the…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday counselled the various parties before it seeking the guidelines for curbing racial comments and jokes on Sikhs and a clampdown on websites carrying Sikh-centric jokes…
Vatican City, April 5 (IANS/AKI) God and money are implacable enemies, Pope Francis said on Tuesday, recalling how early Christians “harmoniously” shared their wealth with other members of their communities according to need. “God and…
nay Pyi Taw, April 5 (IANS) Days after Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party assumed office in Myanmar in a historic transition of power, former president Thein Sein has joined the…
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Religious intolerance is a very real phenomenon in north India, senior Catholic clergy in India said on Monday, but noted that after the overwhelming loss in Delhi assembly elections in 2015,…
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Cases of child sex abuse are not rampant among Roman Catholic priests in India as appears to be the case abroad, senior Catholic priests who arrived in Goa for a high-level…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the press conference to announce Satyamev Jayate Water Cup in Mumbai on Feb 17, 2016 (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) The opposition Congress on Monday raised in…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Repairs to the famed Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri are needed immediately to prevent collapse of certain parts of the 12th century shrine, warned a former IIT-Kharagpur faculty member who is…
Dharamsala, April 4 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will interact with educationists at the University of Delhi in the national capital for five days from April 6 to finalise a draft curriculum for…
Abu Dhabi, April 4 (IANS/WAM) The UAE-based General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments has signed a contract for the establishment of three mosques in the Western Region, to be financed by the Emirates Red…
Ludhiana, April 4 (IANS) The widow of a former head of the Namdhari sect was shot dead by two unidentified assailants at a gurdwara complex near Ludhiana on Monday, police said. Chand Kaur Namdhari, 88,…
Ludhiana, April 4 (IANS) The widow of a former head of the Namdhari sect was killed when unidentified assailants fired at her from close range here on Monday, police said. Chand Kaur Namdhari, 88, was…
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Against the backdrop of the Bombay High Court’s ruling giving women the equal right to pray in places of worship, the Shiv Sena on Monday urged courts to keep off religious…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday assured a Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) delegation that abducted Salesian Order priest Father…
Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) Bangladesh has banned the vuvuzela, the popular but noisy South African horns, from the country’s most colourful procession, the Mangal Shobha Jatra, in the capital Dhaka. Hundreds of thousands of people,…
Melbourne, April 3 (IANS) A violent brawl erupted outside the community event at the Melbourne Showgrounds on Sunday when a small group of anti-Islam protestors clashed with anti-racism activists. The fight came as hundreds of…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A day after influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband issued a fatwa that it was not proper for Muslims to chant “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, the…