New York, May 2 (IANS) A historic church here was destroyed by a massive fire on Sunday evening, causing minor injuries to four firefighters and one civilian. A massive fire was reported around 7.00 p.m….
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Five employees of a transport company and the owner of a bus terminal were booked under blasphemy law for desecrating a Sikh passenger’s turban in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported…
Sydney, May 2 (IANS) An Australian court on Monday sentenced a former Catholic priest to 29 years in prison for sexually abusing a dozen children between 1979 and 1988. John Joseph Farrell, 62, who abused…
Agra, May 1 (IANS) The 361st annual urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal to immortalise his love for his queen Mumtaz Mahal, will begin Tuesday. The original graves of the…
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Even 15 years after 9/11, Sikhs in the US feel they are more likely to face profiling, bigotry and backlash than the average American because of the…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Moscow, May 1 (IANS) It was in the forefront to stall a ban on the Hindu holy book, the Bhagavad Gita, in a Siberian city, but somewhat like the story of Lord…
Paris, April 30 (IANS) A Muslim prayer hall was set on fire in Ajaccio, the capital of French island of Corsica, in the early hours of Saturday morning, President Francois Hollande’s office said on Saturday….
Ujjain, April 29 (IANS) After ‘sadhus’ taking part in Simhastha Kumbh here complained of mismanagement, the Madhya Pradesh government has planned to make special arrangements to placate them during the second ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath)…
Beijing, April 29 (IANS) China is nearing completion of a Living Buddha database with biographies of over 1,300 Living Buddhas residing in the country which analysts said could strike a blow to the Dalai Lama….
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Yog Yatra, a full-length biopic on the life and times of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his close friend Acharya Balkrishna, will be premiered on Sony TV on May 1. The…
Ahmedabad, April 29 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Friday announced 10 percent reservation for all non-reserved categories on the basis of their annual income. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel told the media that the reservation will…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) High drama and pandemonium prevailed as Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai and her band of around 50 women supporters tried to enter the famous Haji Ali dargah here on Thursday evening….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, April 28 (IANS) China hopes that the first Sino-India epic film “Xuanzang”, on a 7th century Buddhist monk’s travel to India, will be a hit both at home and in India….
Ujjain: Ascetics during Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of Hindus in Ujjain on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), April 27 (IANS) A woman seer demanding equality with her male counterparts for…
Pope Francis leads a mass in the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity in El Cobre, on the last day of his visit to Cuba, 22 September 2015. EFE/Orlando Barria Vatican City, April 27 (IANS/AKI)…
Ujjain, April 27 (IANS) Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take ‘Samadhi’ (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha…
Ujjain, April 27 (IANS) A woman seer who entered a ditch to take Samadhi (embracing death) in Ujjain, demanding the women should also have the right to take the Shahi Snan, on Wednesday agreed to…
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Two senior leaders, Asaduddin Owaisi of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, clashed fiercely in the Lok Sabha on…
Dehradun, April 27 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to construct an elevated corridor at the cost of Rs.100 crore in Uttarakhand that will offer a big relief to pilgrims undertaking…
Vatican City, April 26 (IANS/AKI) The clergy should serve their congregations, Pope Francis said on Tuesday, in a letter condemning clericalism, which he called one of the “greatest distortions” of the Church in Latin America….