Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) A woman Information Technology employee was assaulted by a mob after she protested against loud music in East Kolkata’s Kasba area, police said on Saturday. Police have arrested one person in…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said the increased allocation in the 2017-18 Budget for his ministry will help in the socio-economic and educational…
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A Pakistani Minister has said that including the country in a list of those whose citizens have been temporarily barred from visiting the US would be “counterproductive”, a media report said…
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven Muslim nations, media reports said. US District Court Senior Judge James…
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 100,000 visas have been revoked since US President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban a week ago, media reports said According to the Washington Post on on Friday, the attorney revealed…
Vatican City, Feb 2 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Thursday called for cities to open their arms to the needy in society – the poor, the marginalised and refugees. “We live in cities that throw up…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser in the 1970s, a media report said….
Tel Aviv, Feb 2 (IANS) Israeli police on Thursday continued their push to evict settlers from the illegal Jewish settlement of Amona in the West Bank, where youths were resisting at a synagogue, a media…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser to the police in the 1970s, a…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates said that the decision of the US President to ban the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries is a sovereign decision…
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that the union budget is “very disappointing” for minorities. He said the budget looks hardly inspiring, with “nothing worthwhile for any section the society and…
Vatican City, Feb 1 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Christians to stand by their faith and believe in resurrection and eternal life, admitting that we all fear death. “We are all a bit afraid…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Registration for the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra commenced on Wednesday, the External Affairs Ministry which organises the annual pilgrimage said on Wednesday. According to a ministry statement, this year the Yatra…
Lahore, Feb 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump as a dinosaur with a concrete wall for a tail, of Trump as a member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan with the slogan “The Un-Islamic…
Phnom Penh, Feb 1 (IANS) Cambodia on Wednesday began to enforce new entry tariffs for the first time in 25 years for the Angkor Wat temples, which are on the Unesco’s World Heritage list, a…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Goddess Saraswati, considered the deity of music, culture and learning, was worshipped across West Bengal with traditional gaitey and religious fervour on Wednesday. Women and girls decked up in traditional bright…
Kathmandu, Feb 1 (IANS) Nepalese Hindu families on Wednesday visited temples across the country to worship the goddess of knowledge and wisdom as they marked the Shree Panchami festival. Parents helped their children write messages…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) At a time when Islamophobia is riding high with US President Donald Trump’s ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani journalist-writer Reema Abbasi believes Sufism can…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday visited the Golden Temple here with his younger son AbRam and “Raees” producer Ritesh Sidhwani to seek blessings after the success of their…
Vienna, Jan 31 (IANS) Austria’s governing coalition has agreed to ban full-face veils in courts, schools and other public places, the media reported on Tuesday. The prohibition will apply to the naqab and burqa, the…