Vatican City, March 20 (IANS) Pope Francis on Monday begged forgiveness for the church’s failures during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in which close to one million ethnic Tustis were killed. The papal statement followed Francis’…
By Saeed Naqvi It was a spectacular celebration. The beating of drums, sprinkling of colours, group songs, dancing continued well after dusk. As I watched from my window, a thought crossed my mind: Why had…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) “India will survive only if cow survives,” BJP MP Shankarbhai N. Vegad said on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat was taking part in a discussion…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Two Indian clerics who reportedly went missing in Pakistan returned to Delhi on Monday, rubbishing Pakistani media reports that they were detained there on spying charges. Syed Asif Ali Nizami…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Two Indian clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, returned to Delhi on Monday, family members said. Syed Asif Ali Nizami, 80, and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami, both clerics…
Washington, March 20 (IANS) A former police official said he was detained at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and held for 90 minutes earlier this month because of his name, the media reported….
Washington, March 20 (IANS) A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped and taken as a sex slave by the terror group IS has demanded investigation from the Iraqi government and the UN and asked for justice,…
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday gave his approval to the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2017 on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, turning it into law. The law aims to protect…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the world needs to discuss and deliberate as to why it is facing the scourge of violence and how to stop the “wanton destruction”….
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) A Catholic priest from Kerala was attacked by an Italian on Sunday when the former was leading the Sunday mass in a Melbourne church. “The priest, Tomy Mathew, was stabbed in…
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) Mohsin Raza, a former Ranji Trophy player, was sworn in on Sunday as a minister of state in the new BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. He is the lone Muslim face…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran on Sunday asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to resign for allegedly acting at the “behest of a few bar hotel owners” in Kerala. In December, the Supreme…
London, March 19 (IANS) BBC Asia has apologised after it posted the question “what is the right punishment for blasphemy?” on its Asian Network Twitter account, a media report said on Sunday. The tweet that…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) Members and leaders of the Sikh community in Peshawar expressed their disappointment at being “left out” of the national census, saying they feared their community would not be adequately represented in…
Karachi, March 19 (IANS) Two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan have been found, Sindh Police officials told the local media on Saturday. The two clerics of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah were reportedly found…
Karachi, March 18 (IANS) Two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan have been found, Sindh Police officials told the local media on Saturday. The two clerics of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah were found in…
Gandhinagar, March 18 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said Muslim women voted for the BJP during the just concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections because the party raised the issue…
Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) A local court, which earlier convicted three persons in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case, on Saturday deferred the sentencing and will now announce the quantum of punishment on March 22….
Riyadh, March 17 (IANS) Iranian pilgrims, after an absence last year during tensions between the regional rivals, will participate in this year’s annual Hajj, Saudi Arabia on Friday said. “The ministry of hajj and the…
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) The Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday confirmed that a request had been received from India seeking assistance in tracing two clerics who went missing after visiting Lahore’s Data Darbar. Foreign Office…