New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed satisfaction on a successful budget session, which he said had been “very meaningful and useful”, and advised BJP MPs to work like Lord…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Ruling out any legal hurdle in building the Ram temple at the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday caleld for enactment of a…
Rome, April 11 (IANS) Pope Francis has opened a free launderette in Rome in the latest of a series of initiatives for poor people that has included help with housing, showers, haircuts, meals and medical…
Jakarta, April 11 (IANS) An Indonesian court on Tuesday postponed the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s Christian Governor until the city’s April 19 election, as hundreds of Muslim protestors called on the government to suspend him….
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 11 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Tuesday wrapped up his week-long tour of Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing had strongly objected to. The Dalai Lama left by helicopter for…
Rome, April 10 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican on Monday opened a free launderette in Rome’s central Trastevere district where the city’s homeless can wash, dry and iron their clothes and bedding, the pontifical alms office announced….
Vatican City, April 10 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has confirmed that his visit to Egypt will go ahead in late April despite the deadly bomb attacks against two Coptic churches there that killed at least 47…
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 10 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Monday delivered his last sermon to thronging devotees here and thanked the Arunachal Pradesh government, especially Chief Minister Pema Khandu, for the…
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Punjab’s opposition party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday said the killing of Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in November 1984 was “most certainly a genocide”. SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal,…
Cairo, April 10 (IANS) A day after two church bombings claimed by the Islamic State killed at least 49 people, Egypt’s cabinet on Monday approved a countrywide state of emergency for three months. The state…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday called for a nationwide ban on cow slaughter. “We have been striving to protect the cow. Sampoorna Bharatvarsh me gauvansh hatya…
Aizawl, April 9 (IANS) The Christian-dominated state of Mizoram on Sunday celebrated “Palm Sunday” to commemorate the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem city on the last Sunday before his crucifixion. The day was celebrated…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) A youth allegedly beheaded his mother with a sword apparently in an attempt to please goddess Kali in Purulia district of West Bengal, police said on Sunday. Narayan Mahato (28), a…
Cairo, April 9 (IANS) At least 33 people were killed and 77 injured in two separate bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important…
Cairo, April 9 (IANS) At least 21 persons were killed and 59 injured in an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Tanta during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, the…
Cairo, April 9 (IANS) At least 13 persons were killed in an explosion at a Coptic Church in Tanta city of northern Egypt on Palm Sunday. The blast that targeted St George’s Coptic Church also…
Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday offered prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Mouinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. “She along with a few members of her delegation arrived at the dargah…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (IANS) People in Kerala on Sunday turned up at churches in large numbers to take part in the mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday. Starting this Sunday till Easter Sunday, it…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. “Greetings to all my fellow countrymen in India and abroad on…
Aligarh, April 8 (IANS) Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, Salma Ansari, the wife of Vice President Hamid Ansari, said on Saturday that just saying ‘talaq’ thrice does not amount to a divorce….