Vatican City, Dec 20 (IANS/AKI) God completely forgives any sin if the person who committed it has expressed sincere regret and remorse, Pope Francis tweeted on Monday. “Nothing of what a repentant sinner places before…
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday declared that a Shariat court cannot function from the Makkah Masjid a mosque here, said a senior advocate. The court also ordered the state government…
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) With Christmas just a few days away, Google has integrated its famous Santa Tracker into artificial intelligence-powered Google Assistant letting a user to check the location of Santa by asking…
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) With less than a fortnight to go for the 350th birth anniversary celeberations of the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took stock of the preparations here…
Panaji, Dec 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday exhorted voters in the Catholic-dominated region of Salcete in south Goa not to fear the BJP. “No one needs to be scared of the BJP….
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and state Congress president Amarinder Singh will stay at the headquarters of the Radhasoami sect on Saturday night, party sources said. The visit and stay of…
Aizawl, Dec 17 (IANS) Days before Christmas, the Mizoram government signed a ceasefire agreement with a militant outfit to facilitate people of the Christian-dominated state to celebrate the carnival and New Year under undisturbed ambience,…
Karachi, Dec 17 (IANS) Succumbing to the pressure exerted by religious parties, which threatened to launch a protest movement and lay siege to the provincial assembly building, the Sindh government has announced that it would…
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump says that after taking office he will build safe zones in Syria to protect the civilian population and will get the Gulf states to pay for them….
Geneva, Dec 16 (IANS) The evacuation of civilians and fighters from the Syrian city of Aleppo was stalled and medical NGOs were forced to leave the area on Friday, a World Health Organisation representative said….
Agartala, Dec 16 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims in Tripura on Friday held special prayers for Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya community. “Thousands of Muslims held special prayers for the welfare of the oppressed Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar,”…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (IANS) Christmas is a week or so away but the cash crunch in the wake of the November 8 demonetisation has cast a long shadow over the Yuletide spirit in Kerala. The…
Beirut, Dec 15 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad congratulated Syrians on Thursday following his government’s recapture of Aleppo, where an operation is underway to evacuate rebels and civilians. In a video published by local media,…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea by two IAF personnel seeking to grow beard, saying IAF’s policies on personal appearance were not intended to discriminate against religious beliefs….
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and UK-based scholar in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu John Ralston Marr have been named for this year’s SIES-Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati National Eminence Award, an official said…
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Breaking its silence, Facebook on Thursday said that it would not help US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to create a list of Muslims present in the US. In a statement…
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Cultural programmes, students’ parade and guided tour for enthusiasts will be the high water mark of the sixth edition of Christmas Festival slated to be held here from December 16-23, a…
Damascus, Dec 14 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the jihadists who attacked Palmyra a few days ago came to the city with the support of the United States, or at least with its…
Dharamsala, Dec 14 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile said on Wednesday it would accept cashless donations for the ‘Kalachakra’ (Wheel of Time) ceremony to be held in in Bodh Gaya in January. The 34th ‘Kalachakra’ would…
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday said it will file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged derogatory remarks against…