Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Global tech giant Apple Inc’s CEO Tim Cook kicked off his maiden India trip with an early morning visit to the famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi, central Mumbai, where he…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Sister Mary Prema, superior general of the Kolkata-headquartered Missionaries of Charity (MoC), was on Wednesday conferred the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit by German Ambassador to India Martin Ney….
Roma, May 18 (IANS/AkI) The leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, Matteo Salvini, has said he will do his utmost to make sure Italy never has a Muslim mayor. “I really hope there will…
Bhopal, May 18 (IANS) Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who was given a clean chit by the NIA in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, has decided to call off her fast after she got clearance…
Tehran, May 18 (IANS) Iran’s top cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the US an “arch-tyrant and the great Satan”. “The US is the arch-tyrant and the great Satan. Those who implement US…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook started his India tour by paying obeisance at the famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi here on Wednesday morning. Accompanied by Apple India head Sanjay Kaul, Cook’s…
Jammu, May 18 (IANS) Indian Air Force helicopters on Wednesday battled wild fires on the Trikuta Hills near the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. The helicopters were deployed to assist the paramilitary…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) A Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release has reached its last leg, a government official said on Wednesday. Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil is safe…
Beijing, May 18 (IANS) China and the Vatican have engaged in more frequent discussions through a working group, which points to progress in both countries’ efforts to solve issues including bishop appointments, a media report…
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on necessary instructions for the repair of Jagamohan prayer hall structure at the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri. In…
Jammu, May 17 (IANS) Forest fires engulfed large areas in the Trikuta Hills of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, near the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, even as authorities used all possible means to douse the…
Vatican City, May 17 (IANS/AKI) The world needs Christians because it needs their “courage, hope, faith and perseverance”, Pope Francis tweeted on Tuesday. “The world needs the courage, hope, faith and perseverance of Christs followers,”…
Colombo, May 17 (IANS) Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday urged Sri Lankans to “drop the past” if they seek genuine reconciliation after three decades of conflict. “For reconciliation, you need to drop…
By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The chorus against ‘triple talaq’ is growing as Muslim intellectuals and scholars have now urged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to take corrective measures to…
Ujjain, May 17 (IANS) As the ‘Simhastha Kumbh Mahaparv’ — one of the four Kumbh Melas celebrated as one of the largest spiritual gatherings in the world — draws to a close, the police have…
Dubai, May 17 (IANS) An Emirati lawyer from Dubai has offered a job in his law firm to outgoing US President Barack Obama, so that he can become closely acquainted with the meaning of tolerance…
Bangkok, May 17 (IANS) Less than two hours’ drive from the Thai capital, a monastery has brought visions of ‘Naraka’, a term used in Buddhism to describe a realm similar to hell or purgatory, into…
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The central government would send a delegation headed by culture secretary to inspect structural safety of the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri, said Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. He…
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The presumptive Republican candidate in the US presidential election, Donald Trump, has called on Muslims to work with police and “turn people in”. Trump on Sunday said he was not anti-Muslim,…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. (File Photo: IANS) Dehradun, May 16 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday took stock of the amenities for tourists and pilgrims coming for the annual Char Dham Yatra….