New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said the experience of the Indian Muslim minority community living in a secular polity having a composite culture could be a model for others…
Ujjain, April 26 (IANS) Trikal Bhavanta, a female ascetic, on Tuesday said she is ending her life by taking ‘samadhi’ after the government failed to allocate her all women ‘Akhara’ space and time for a…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, April 26 (IANS) When ‘Shravan Kumar’ left the Taj city on foot for Mathura, his blind mother perched in a basket fastened to a sturdy rod, there were few onlookers who…
Chandigarh, April 26 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday directed the authorities to complete construction of the Sri Ram Tirath temple-cum-panorama complex in Amritsar town by September 15. Presiding over a meeting…
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) It is unfortunate that some people are opposing the planned performance in Varanasi by Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, eminent musician Pandit Jasraj has said. Ghulam Ali is due to perform…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Parliament on Monday passed a bill amending the gurdwara act, paving the way to bar Sehajdhari or unbaptised Sikhs from voting in elections to the community’s religious bodies, including the…
New York, April 25 (IANS) Singing of kirtans at an Ivy League university has drawn protests from a multi-racial group of students there. Unlike in the protests against yoga, the demonstrators, this time, were not…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Bill, 2016, on Monday secured parliamentary approval with the Lok Sabha unanimously adopting the measure — but only after a heated debate involving members of the…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) A special court on Monday discharged all eight Muslim men, including one deceased, who were charge sheeted in the 2006 Malegaon serial blasts case, a defence lawyer said. “The Special MCOCA…
Ujjain, April 25 (IANS) Following several incidents of crime at the Simhastha Kumbh site here in Madhya Pradesh, police on Monday asked the pilgrims to be alert against any suspicious person. “Inform the police if…
By Arul Louis New York, April 25 (IANS) Singing of kirtans at an Ivy League university has drawn protests from a section of Indian students there. Unlike in the protests against yoga the demonstrators this…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) must allow women to become its members, Trupti Desai, who has been leading a campaign for women’s right to worship in temples, said on Monday. “The…
Ujjain, April 24 (IANS) A ‘sadhu’ taking part in Simhastha Kumbh here was seriously injured on Sunday in a murderous attack, one of several incidents to have happened since the start of the pilgrimage on…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) US First Lady Michelle Obama has targeted Mississippi’s recent controversial “religious freedom” bill that has come under attack from rights groups. “We see it right here in Mississippi how swiftly progress…
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) Imams and mouzzins of mosques in Telangana will get monthly honorarium of Rs.1,000 each from the state government, it was announced on Saturday. Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali will launch the…
Lahore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, at Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Pakistan must respond…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Saturday distanced itself from its senior leader, Haji Arafat Shaikh, who threatened to “welcome with slippers” prominent woman activist Trupti Desai if she dared to enter the…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) After a long struggle of 38 years, a 90-year-old Spanish Jesuit priest — who has lived and worked in the country for 67 years — was finally granted Indian citizenship here…
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) Ten Shiv Sena members were detained on Friday for protesting against Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali’s visit to India to receive an award. The singer arrived in Gujarat’s Mahuva town in…
Ujjain, April 22 (IANS) The month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela commenced here early on Friday with the arrival of the Juna Akhara for the royal bath on the banks of Kshipra river to take a holy…