Panaji, April 20 (IANS) A week after a Goa Catholic priest apologised to the poll authorities for a hate speech urging people not to vote for the BJP, Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Saturday…
Abu Dhabi, April 20 (IANS) The historic foundation stone-laying ceremony of the first traditional Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi was performed on Saturday in the presence of officials from India and the United Arab Emirates…
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Saturday decided to allow members of the Sikh community to travel on the national highway on Sunday to participate in post-Baisakhi celebrations at a gurdwara…
By Saeed Naqvi There was a singular absence of frenzy last week in Ayodhya on the occasion of Ram Navmi. As the campaign for election 2019 rose to a crescendo, one would have expected the…
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) With a long white flowing beard, white robes and a red ’tilak on the forehead, Acharya Pramod Krishnam looks more like a godman and less like a politician, who is set…
Rome, April 20 (IANS) Pope Francis presided over a Way of the Cross procession here in honour of migrants and the victims of human trafficking and lamented that they often find closed doors at the…
Bhopal/New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Two days after joining the BJP and being fielded for Lok Sabha polls, Malegaon bomb blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday said then Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare had…
Bhopal/New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Two days after joining the BJP and being fielded for Lok Sabha polls, 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday said then Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare…
Bhopal/New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who sparked a controversy on Friday by saying that Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare had died during the 26/11 terror attack…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Churches in West Bengal witnessed a flood of the devout on the occasion of Good Friday spreading a message of peace, tolerance and forgiveness. It was all about visiting various churches…
Chandigarh, April 19 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday lashed out at BJPs Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Sadhvi Pragya for insulting a decorated dead police officer and accused the hardline leader of…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Saudi Arabian government has issued a formal order, notifying increase in Indias Haj quota to 2 lakh from 1.75 lakh, about two months after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Johannesburg, April 19 (IANS) At least 13 people have died and many injured in South Africa after a wall collapsed at a Pentecostal church at the start of an Easter service, authorities said. The incident…
Bhopal/New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday sparked off a controversy by saying that Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) The Congress on Friday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s concern for the Sabarimala tradition “a bluff”, and promised to bring in laws to protect the sanctity of the Lord Ayyappa shrine…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) Christians in Kerala on Friday were out in large numbers and local hurches were overflowing as they participated in the Good Friday mass. This Friday’s mass commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus…
Rome, April 19 (IANS) For the first time in 300 years, the “Holy Stairs”, which are believed to be the original stairs that Jesus Christ is said to have walked on while on his way…
Paris, April 19 (IANS) France on Thursday paid a day of tribute to hundreds of firefighters who had put their lives at risk to douse a blaze which devastated Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, one of…
Jaipur, April 18 (IANS) A retired IAS officer, who adopted Islam three years back while serving as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Rajasthan government, has again introduced himself as a Hindu while filing his…
New York, April 18 (IANS) A man carrying a pair of full two-gallon cans of gasoline was arrested after entering St. Patricks Cathedral in New York, the police said. The 37-year-old entered the cathedral just…