Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Conveying his greetings to the people of West Bengal on the occasion of Rath Yatra, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Saturday said this is an occasion for joy and festivity which…
Bhubaneswar, June 24 (IANS) The stage is set for the annual Rath Yatra festival scheduled to be held in Odisha’s pilgrim town Puri on Sunday. Thousands of devotees have already arrived in Puri while the…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) At least 400 devotees from different countries, including Russia and China, would offer traditional vegetarian dishes from their countries to Lord Jagannath during the 46th edition of the Rath Yatra festival…
Alappuzha (Kerala) June 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday wrote to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asking for a probe into the death of a Kerala priest in Scotland. Catholic priest Martin…
Riyadh, June 24 (IANS) Saudi security forces thwarted a plot to attack the Grand Mosque in Makkah, home to the holiest site in Islam, exchanging gunfire with one of the suspects who blew himself up…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Acclaimed Buddhist leader and head of the Drukpa Lineage, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, has been bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by the Wolfson College of Oxford for preservation of culture…
Vatican City, June 23 (IANS/AKI) It is the “small” people, not the powerful ones who God calls and who are able to hear his voice, Pope Francis said on Friday, urging Catholics to “make yourself…
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday claimed that the BJP-led Central government is planning to conduct 2019 elections during Ramadan and said his party was ready to face the poll battle…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India on Friday said that there were “some difficulties” in the movement of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims via Nathu La in Sikkim but discussions were on with China. “Yes, there…
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) In a major setback to the Uttar Pradesh government, Allahabad High Court on Friday quashed an order removing six members of the Shia Waqf Board. The court ordered immediate reinstatement of…
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday condemned the lynching of a senior police officer here as a “brutal act”. “Deeply disturbed and condemn the brutal act at Nowhatta,” the…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) Traffic jams are a common sight in parts of Hyderabad, especially in the Old City, during peak hours every single day. But during the holy month Ramazan, the…
Vienna, June 23 (IANS) A top Austrian official has called for closure of Islamic kindergartens here, saying they are “not needed”. In an interview a local daily, Minister for Integration Sebastian Kurz on Thursday said…
Washington, June 23 (IANS) A federal US judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of over 100 Iraqi Christians who might face death or persecution if returned to their birth country, media reports said. Attorneys argued…
Jammu, June 22 (IANS) Against the backdrop of exchange of heavy firing by Indian and Pakistan armies on the Line of Control on Thursday, bonhomie between the BSF and Pakistan Rangers was on display at…
Mosul, June 22 (IANS) The Islamic State has destroyed an iconic 12th-century mosque in the city of Mosul that was the ideological heart of the terror group and the birthplace of its self-declared caliphate. Iraqi…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The silence was broken by a siren, followed by an azaan — a prayer call — from the Jama Masjid. It was time to break the…
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) Pandemonium prevailed inside the Punjab assembly on Thursday after a Sikh legislator from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that his turban was taken off as marshalls pushed his party legislators…
Rome, June 22 (IANS/AKI) Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Wednesday said he will “in all probability” meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow in…
Aizawl, June 21 (IANS) The International Yoga Day was observed on Wednesday on a low key in predominantly Christian Mizoram after an influential civil youth group asked people to refrain from doing yoga exercises. The…