Category: Religion

Kolkata gears up for post-Durga Puja ‘carnival’

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) West Bengal's biggest festival Durga Puja may have ended but the celebratory mood is still on…

8 years ago

Saudi Arabia plans to increase capacity of Mecca’s Grand Mosque

Riyadh, Oct 2 (IANS) Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a plan to launch a company to increase the capacity of…

8 years ago

Intelligentsia calls for multi-religion temple at Ayodhya

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) An assembly of religious leaders, academics and scientists on Monday passed a resolution proposing construction…

8 years ago

Vijayan, Kerala BJP chief trade charges over RSS chief’s remarks

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state BJP president Kummanem Rajasekheran on Monday indulged in a…

8 years ago

Mamata thanks people, police for peaceful Durga Puja

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday thanked the devotees, Durga Puja organisers and police…

8 years ago

No arrests yet after FIR against 70 VHP, Bajrang Dal members

Agra, Oct 2 (IANS) A day after an FIR was registered against 70 members of right wing groups Bajrang Dal…

8 years ago

Rama is our identity, our heritage: Venkaiah Naidu

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that Lord Rama was an embodiment of…

8 years ago

Muharram processions, idols immersion in Tripura with harmony

Agartala, Oct 1 (IANS) In a display of religious harmony, thousands of Muslims across Tripura took out processions on the…

8 years ago

President launches Shirdi Sai Baba’s samadhi centenary celebrations

Shirdi (Maharashtra), Oct 1 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday inaugurated the Saibaba Samadhi Mahotsav, heralding the start of…

8 years ago

One injured in clashes over idol immersion in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Oct 1 (IANS) One person was injured in clashes between two communities in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Sunday, police…

8 years ago

Ashura observed in West Bengal amid tight security

Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Ignoring heavy-to-light rain, thousands of Muslims across West Bengal took out large processions, beat drums and…

8 years ago

Solemnity marks ‘Yaum-e-Ashura’ in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Oct 1 (IANS) "Yaum-e-Ashura" was observed with solemnity and sombreness in Hyderabad on Sunday. It was all black and…

8 years ago

Austrian full-face veil ban comes into force

Vienna, Oct 1 (IANS) A legislation banning full-face Muslim veils in public spaces came into effect in Austria on Sunday,…

8 years ago

Security stepped up in Kolkata for Muharram processions

Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Elaborate security arrangements were made in Kolakata on Sunday for mourning processions by Shia Muslims on…

8 years ago

President inaugurates Shirdi Airport, first flight to Mumbai

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Oct 1 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday inaugurated the swank new Shirdi Airport in Ahmednagar and…

8 years ago

Rescued Catholic priest arrives in Kerala

Kochi, Oct 1 (IANS) Kerala Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil, who was rescued last month from an undisclosed location in Yemen,…

8 years ago

Torchlight parade, fireworks brings curtains down on Mysuru Dasara

Mysuru, Sep 30 (IANS) A dazzling torchlight parade with laser display and spectacular fireworks in the sprawling Bannimantap Grounds here…

8 years ago

AAP burns effigies of ‘evil of price rise’ in Delhi, elsewhere

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Protesting against what it said was "skyrocketing" inflation and high petrol prices, AAP workers on…

8 years ago

Dussehra celebrated in Bengal

Kolkata, Sep 30 (IANS) Dussehra, the Hindu festival signifying the victory of good over evil, was celebrated across West Bengal…

8 years ago

RSS-VHP organise ‘Shastra Puja’ across Bengal

Kolkata, Sep 30 (IANS) The Vishva Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Saturday organised 'Shastra Puja' (weapon worship) in…

8 years ago



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