Shimla, March 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday announced to extend the state’s food subsidy scheme to the Tibetans living in exile. In his budget speech, Singh said: “There has been…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The Pakistani parliament has adopted the landmark Hindu Marriage Law to regulate the community’s marriages in the country. The Hindu Marriage Bill, unanimously passed on Thursday, will be the first personal…
Rome, March 10 (IANS) A region in the Italian Riviera is going to ban women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil or niqab in hospitals and public offices, a media report said. Officials in the…
Vatican City, March 9 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis says he has experienced times of “emptiness” and “spiritual dark” when he prayed to God for strength. In an interview to German weekly news magazine Die Zeit published…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Dismissing China’s objections over Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh in April, the Indian government on Thursday said it has no say in his travel…
by Brij Khandelwal Agra March 9 (IANS) Defying age-old restraints, over a 1,000 widows living in Braj area on Thursday splashed colours and threw flower petals on one another at the Radha Gopinath temple in…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Congress of running a “shop of secularism” and asked the party to end this. Reacting to Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s comments that…
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) A woman from the Hindu community was axed to death in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a media report said on Thursday. According to the police, a group of people attacked Zania Kuma–ri…
Rome, March 8 (IANS/AKI) Rolling Stone’s Italian edition features Pope Francis on the cover of its March issue, which hits newsstands on Thursday. “The Pope says sensible things, such sensible things,” the magazine said in…
Gandhinagar, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attended the 116th meeting of the Somnath Temple trust at Somnath in Gujarat, official sources said. During the meeting, the Prime Minister suggested that the…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) — an organisation established to safeguard the constitutional and legal rights of minorities and which was once headed by Hamid…
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) A portion of the land parcel gifted by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to a mosque in Nashik district has been declared ‘non-Wakf’ property allegedly to benefit a Pune-based realtor, two opposition…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) “India’s spirituality is India’s strength. But unfortunately some people link spirituality with religion,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. “The two are very different,” he said after releasing a…
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…