New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a commemorative stamp on the centenary celebrations of the Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India, and appreciated Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of…
Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Buddhist leader and environmentalist, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa – the spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa Order – was felicitated in a US Congressional resolution for empowering women in the Himalayas…
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to polarise voters on communal lines. Addressing a gathering here, Akhilesh Yadav said it…
Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Buddhist leader and active environmentalist the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa — the spiritual head of the 800-year-old Drukpa Order — was bestowed with a US Congressional resolution for empowering women in the…
Ranchi, March 6 (IANS) Jharkhand’s ruling BJP has taken strong exception to a delegation of tribal Christian priests, led by Ranchi Archbishop Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, meeting Governor Draupadi Murmu and demanding that the amendments to…
Kozhikode (Kerala), March 5 (IANS) Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday lashed out at the Catholic priest accused of rape, saying that he should be dealt with like a criminal. The priest, 49-year-old Robin…
Varanasi, March 4 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav accompanied by his wife and MP Dimple Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple, hours after Prime…
Varanasi, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered several litres of milk, Ganga jal and flowers at the fabled Kashi Vishwanath temple here and performed aarti at the sanctum sanctorum during a…
Vatican City, March 3 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican on Friday attacked the exploitation of agricultural workers, which it blamed for the deadly fire that killed two Africans and gutted an asylum-seeker camp in southern Italy. “The…
Guwahati, March 3 (IANS) Days after BBC was banned from India’s tiger projects for five years for questioning protection measures in Kaziranga national park, Survival International has launched a campaign to boycott the park as…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Actor Gajendra Chauhan, whose tenure as Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chairman ends on Saturday, has come out in support of CBFC’s decision to refuse certification to Malayalam…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Observing that ‘jihadi terrorism cannot be tackled through military action alone, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday urged the United Nations to evolve policies to ensure demographic balance through…
Lakhimpur, March 2 (IANS) Communal tension gripped the city of Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, after two young men made and circulated an objectionable video of deities of another religion. The accused are friends…
Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis presided over a ceremony on Rome’s Aventine Hill Wednesday to mark the start of the 40-day Christian fasting period of Lent. The traditional Ash Wednesday celebration began in the…
Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) Prominent child abuse survivor Marie Collins has quit a Vatican panel set up by Pope Francis to tackle the problem of paedophile priests, citing her frustration at a lack of cooperation…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said the Centre will establish five world-class institutions to provide better education in technical, medical, ayurveda and unani fields to students belonging to…
Vatican City, March 1 (IANS/AKI) Catholics should show down-and-outs “great humanity” and not treat them like “stray dogs”, Pope Francis has said. “Homeless people have great dignity. We need to speak to them with great…
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) Hailing the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) victory in DSGMC elections, party President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said it was proof of “complete rejection” of AAP and Congress by the Sikh…
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Angry over Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan’s reported video clip asking people to beat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph with shoes, the BJP members on Wednesday disrupted the…
Vatican City, Feb 28 (IANS/AKI) To truly welcome migrants, host nations must know how many they can integrate, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. “Each country must know the number of migrants it is capable of…