Geneva, Oct 11 (IANS) The attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar were carried out with the premeditated aim of not only expelling them but also to prevent them from returning, said a UN human rights…
Jaipur, Oct 11 (IANS) A fortnight after a Muslim folk singer was murdered in a Rajasthan village, the exodus of several families of that community from the area has invited severe criticism from the civil…
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IANS) The Bangladesh Foreign Minister on Tuesday said that Myanmar was prepared to clear the area inhabited by the Rohingyas at least a month before a rebel attack against security posts on…
Vatican City, Oct 10 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis will next month visit Myanmar and Bangladesh on a six-day visit when he will meet their political and religious leaders and is likely to raise the issue of…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that though yoga has nothing to do with religion, some people unfortunately give religious overtones to the ancient scientific system, which is…
Vatican City, Oct 9 (IANS/AKI) The whole of humanity has an permanent responsibility to seek peace, Pope Francis tweeted on Monday, calling the search “an open-ended task”. “The search for peace is an open-ended task,…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday did not stay the Kerala High Court order cancelling the marriage of a Hindu woman to a Muslim man and giving her custody to her…
Tokyo, Oct 9 (IANS) An investigation has been launched by the police after graffiti was discovered at numerous locations of the iconic Zenkoji Temple in central Japan, the local media reported on Monday. The temple…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench the question whether a woman loses her original religion and embraces her husband’s religion after marrying under the Special Marriage…
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Monday hailed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for appointing 36 non-Brahmin priests to serve in temples administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). “Bravo Travancore Devaswom Board….
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A lawyer has filed a police complaint against self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa for sitting on the chair of a SHO in an east Delhi police station and “insulting” the police…
Kollam (Kerala) Oct 8 (IANS) On his first visit to Kerala after becoming President, Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday paid glowing tributes to the manner in which different faiths and religious communities go about in…
Tirupati, Oct 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday offered prayers at the famed Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala here. He along with his wife Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari and son Daham Sirisena offered…
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) A government-appointed panel for revising India’s Haj policy has recommended abolishing subsidy for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mekkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia besides allowing women devotees aged over 45…
Naypyidaw, Oct 7 (IANS) The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), classified as a terrorist organisation by the Myanmar authorities, on Saturday said they are open to talks with the government. ARSA rebels were behind an…
Kozhikode (Kerala), Oct 7 (IANS) Kerala BJP President Kummanem Rajasekheran on Saturday slammed the state government for filing an affidavit in the Supreme court opposing a NIA probe into the case of a young Hindu…
Panaji, Oct 7 (IANS) The RSS has been the Home Ministry’s main target but Left-aligned forces are targeting the Sanatan Sanstha because we are “soft targets”, a spokesperson for the Goa-based Hindu rightwing organisation said…
Agra, Oct 7 (IANS) Asia’s oldest convent, St Patrick’s Junior College in Agra, is celebrating 200 years of the foundation of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (CJM) with four days of activities. Mother Superior…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) The government plans to announce the much-awaited new Haj Policy 2018-2022 on Saturday, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Friday. The minister said a four-member committee…
Kullu, Oct 6 (IANS) The weeklong Kullu Dussehra festivities, unique to this Himachal Pradesh town, ended on Friday as over 225 assembled deities started their journey back to their temples in beautifully decorated palanquins amid…