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…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Activists here on Saturday blamed the BJP-led Maharashtra government after various women activists were assaulted and prevented by villagers from praying at Shani Shingnapur Temple in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar. The Bombay…
Patna, April 2 (IANS) The Imam of Islam’s holiest shrine Kaba in Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Saturday denounced terrorism in the name of Islam, making it clear that Islam has nothing to do with…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), April 2 (IANS) A day after the Bombay High Court ruled that no law prevented women’s entry into places of worship, women activists were assaulted and prevented by adamant villagers from praying at…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), April 2 (IANS) A day after the Bombay High Court ruled that no law prevented women’s entry into places of worship, women activists seeking entry were assaulted and prevented by villagers from praying…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) An Indian-American Sikh military officer in US has been granted permission to wear a religious beard and turban while in uniform, the media reported on Friday. The US Army’s decision to…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) It is not proper for Muslims to say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ as it amounts to worshipping a goddess and is against their monotheistic belief, says Islamic seminary Darul Uloom…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday slammed Darul Uloom Deoband for opposing the chanting of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ which the seminary says amounts to worshipping a goddess. “Opposing…