Vatican City, Dec 7 (IANS/AKI) Christians and Hindus must be “lights of peace” in order to challenge violence and hatred in the world, the Vatican’s top interfaith dialogue official has said. “Our aim is that,…
Ranchi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Jharkhand government is yet to decide on whether to act against a senior tribal IAS officer over her Facebook post even though she has submitted her reply to a show-cause…
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) Punjab Police have detained senior leaders and activists of radical Sikh organisations ahead of ‘Sarbat Khalsa’, officials said on Wednesday. Among those detained were Gurdeep Singh, Parminder Singh and 30 others…
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) Scores of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) are expected to join the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh to be held in Patna and the main Sikh shrines in Punjab. “Sikh…
Berlin, Dec 6 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a burqa ban in Germany while making her pitch for a fourth term as Chancellor, local media reported on Tuesday. Addressing her conservative Christian…
Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) The burial of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa’s body instead of cremating it as per rituals of the Iyengar community she belonged to, had raised questions but experts say it is…
Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) Following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s death, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday cancelled his visit to Kurukshetra in Haryana to inaugurate the ‘Gita Mahotsav’. Cultural and other celebratory events were…
Dharamsala, Dec 5 (IANS) Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday sought intervention of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to save one of the world’s largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet and…
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Observing that the delivery of justice to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots had been delayed for the past 32 years, an Amnesty International official on Monday said the SIT formed…
Sabarimala, Dec 5 (IANS) The famed Sabarimala temple has dedicated free meals to around 75,000 pilgrims on Monday to wish for the speedy recovery of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, a senior temple official…
Sabarimala, Dec 5 (IANS) The famed Sabarimala temple has dedicated free meals to around 75,000 pilgrims on Monday to wish for the speedy recovery of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, a senior temple official…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) AIADMK members on Monday took part in special prayers at places of worship across Tamil Nadu for the speedy recovery of Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. The 68-year-old Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the International Gita Mahotsav on Tuesday at Kurukhetra in Haryana, his office said on Monday. The Gita Mahotsav or Bhagawad Gita Jayanti Samaroh is celebrated…
London, Dec 5 (IANS) A number of Hindu temples in Britain have banned the new ?5 note after it emerged that it contained animal fat. The National Council of Hindu Temples said the new currency…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 5 (IANS) Security was beefed up on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa continued to be critical on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. Security at…
Damascus, Dec 5 (IANS) At least 34 people were killed on Sunday by intensified airstrikes on rebel-held areas in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, a monitor group reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Amritsar, Dec 4 (IANS) Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and his delegation, who came to attend the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process conference on Afghanistan’s peace process on Sunday were…
Tirupati, Dec 4 (IANS) Scrapped notes valued Rs.10 lakh were found in the possession of popular Telugu actor and TDP legislator N. Balakrishna’s wife Vasundhara Devi at Renigunta Airport near here. The cash was found…
By Vishal Gulati Amritsar, Dec 4 (IANS) Narendra Modi distributed food to devotees at the Golden Temple here on Saturday night thus becoming the first Prime Minister to serve the community kitchen, or langar, at…
Baghdad, Dec 4 (IANS) At least four people were killed and nine others injured in a car bomb explosion in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a government statement said. The attack took place on Saturday…