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…
Kannur (Kerala), Feb 28 (IANS) A Catholic priest in Kerala was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, who subsequently gave birth to a baby boy, police said. Robin Vadakkanchery, 49, a parish…
Vatican City, Feb 27 (IANS/AKI) Merciful God will help Catholics up should they stumble on life’s “uncertain” journey, Pope Francis said on Monday. “When the journey is uncertain and you fall, God, rich in mercy,…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Ministers Uma Bharti and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday echoed Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s stand on the BJP fielding Muslim candidates in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Bharti,…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Union minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the BJP made “a huge mistake” by not fielding any Muslim candidate in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. “I am really feeling…
Ayodhya, Feb 27 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on Monday claimed that there was a wave in favour of his party in Uttar Pradesh and said constructing a grand Ram temple here was “very…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) The US Police has said that over 100 headstones were vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, local media reported. This came less than a week after similar vandalism was…
Mandi, Feb 26 (IANS) In a record of sorts for this Himachal Pradesh town, on Sunday over 2,000 musicians played the traditional ‘bajantri’ at the same point of time, an official said. The performance by…