Tirupati, Nov 9 (IANS) Devotees visiting the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala were hit hard on Wednesday as taxi drivers and owners of hotels and shops refused to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination…
Nahan (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday participated in the International Renuka Fair organised in the state’s Sirmaur district. He along with his wife Pratibha Singh paid obeisance…
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) The central government will examine the demands of private tour operators who facilitate Haj and Umrah pilgrimages, particularly those pertaining to service tax and restoration of Haj quota, Union Minister of…
Tirupati, Nov 9 (IANS) Devotees visiting Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala were hit hard on Wednesday as taxi drivers and owners of hotels and shops refused to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination currency…
Philadelphia, Nov 9 (IANS) Vandals broke the window of a Muslim family’s home in a Philadelphia suburb overnight on Monday. Wasif Qureshi, a cardiologist and the local head of civic engagement group Emerge USA, said…
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Muslim clerics in West Bengal attacked the central government on Tuesday for interfering with Muslim Personal Law. At a gathering of clerics from across the state, Mohammad Qamruzzaman, general secretary of…
Benglauru, Nov 8 (IANS) Clad in a colourful sari, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday visited a 700-year-old Hindu temple here and took blessings of its presiding deity Someshwara, a form of Lord Shiva….
Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Two Pakistanis have moved the Peshawar High Court against the alleged ongoing demolition of a non-functional Hindu temple in Peshawar. They have sought orders for placing the old structure under the…
Amman, Nov 8 (IANS) King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Monday that Jordan will continue to defend Arab and Muslim causes, reported the state-run Petra news agency. “We will continue to uphold our historical…
Vadodara, Nov 7 (IANS) Nine persons were killed and three critically injured in an accident near Karjan on National Highway-8, police said on Monday. Those killed belonged to one family of Surat district. They were…
Rome, Nov 7 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Monday decried people trafficking, calling it a “modern form of slavery”, a “true crime against humanity” and a “scourge which especially affects women and children”. “One of the…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Kerala government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it favours the entry of women of any age into Sabarimala temple, saying it stands by the “original affidavit” filed…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) At least five persons, including three women and two children, were killed on Monday morning when a speeding train mowed them down near a railway station in Bihar’s Samastipur district, police…
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) The four-day Chhath festival ended peacefully in Bihar on Monday morning with millions of people, mostly women, ignoring the morning chill and taking a dip in the river to offer prayers…
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday extended greetings to the people of West Bengal on the occasion of Chhath Puja. “On the occasion of Chhath Puja,…
Patna, Nov 6 (IANS) Millions of people, mainly women, marked the festival of Chhath on Sunday across Bihar by fasting, praying, singing traditional devotional songs and making offerings to the setting sun. The four-day Chhath…
Dhaka, Nov 6 (IANS) Bangladesh police have stepped up security and arrested scores of men days after a violent mob vandalised dozens of Hindu temples and homes over alleged blasphemy, a police official has said….
By Rohit Srivastava New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Parliament should ban the “heretical” triple talaq and those who resort to it should be jailed for three years, former Union minister Arif Mohammad Khan, a prominent…
Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) The idol of Hindu goddess Lakshmi, stolen from a vandalised temple, was found in a mosque in Bangladesh’s Nasirnagar, six days after communal violence rocked Brahmanbaria district, even as a Muslim…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The central government has put IRF Educational Trust of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, under prior permission category. This would prevent the trust from receiving foreign funds without permission from…