Amritsar, Jan 1 (IANS) Thousands of devotees thronged the ‘Harmandir Sahib’, also popularly known as the Golden Temple, here on Sunday to offer prayers on the first day of the New Year. The rush of…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Bangladesh’s first Bengali Cardinal visited eastern India’s oldest church on New Year’s Eve and wished message of peace and goodwill to the people of both countries. “I wish all people on…
Shimla, Dec 31 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday said steps will be taken to popularise the Bheema Kali temple overlooking the state capital by linking it by road. Addressing a public…
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a case of suspected money-laundering against NRI televangelist Zakir Naik and his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), officials said on Friday. The ED first…
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a case of suspected money-laundering against NRI televangelist Zakir Naik and his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an official said here on Friday. The ED…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Sanatan Sanskriti Sansthan, which works for promoting secular values, national integration and brotherhood, has urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to ensure improved condition of the…
Panaji, Dec 30 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said that he does not agree with Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao’s comments about “rampant corruption and weak governance” in the state, and will meet…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 29 (IANS) New York Police Department (NYPD) will now allow Sikh officers to wear turbans and beards marking another milestone for members of that religion although it restricts the…
London, Dec 29 (IANS) Sikh campaigners have urged the British government to release the secret files said to hold details of its involvement in Operation Blue Star conducted by the Indian Army in 1984 to…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 29 (IANS) The New York Police Department (NYPD) will now allow Sikh officers to wear turbans and beards marking another milestone for members of the religion to wear the…
Panaji, Dec 29 (IANS) Former RSS Goa unit chief Subhash Velingkar on Thursday accused Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of scripting a political conspiracy ahead of the 2017 assembly polls…
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offered prayers at the Buddhist holy shrine of Bodh Gaya on Thursday, a day after he arrived there to attend the Kalachakra puja in early…
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Civil society activists have urged Pakistan’s Sindh government to pass the protection of minorities bill in its present form without making any changes under pressure from religious scholars. A consortium of…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) The New York Police Department (NYPD) has come up with new rules allowing Sikh police officers to wear turbans instead of traditional police hats, officials said. The NYPD has said…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and four legislators of his party, who included his brother too, got relief when a court in Telangana on Thursday acquitted them in a case related to…
Panaji, Dec 28 (IANS) With assembly polls just a couple of months away, Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Wedesday said the influential Roman Catholic Church will guide its faithful to vote for genuine candidates….
Panaji, Dec 28 (IANS) The Roman Catholic Church in Goa has accused the central government of not taking it into confidence during the formulation of the National Education Policy. It also claimed that its charitable…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Prominent Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Wednesday termed the governments latest move to bring an ordinance to amend the 50-year-old Enemy Property Act as “undemocratic and infringing the fundamental…
Patna, Dec 28 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offered a special prayer at Budha Smriti park here after participating in a tree plantation drive on Wednesday, officials said. “The Dalai Lama visited Budha…
Tirupati, Dec 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday offered prayers at Lord Venkateshwara temple here. Accompanied by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, he had ‘darshan’ around 2 p.m. The President, who is…