Bhubaneswar, Nov 16 (IANS) The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes by the Union government has affected the temples and tourist footfalls in Odisha. The tourist footfalls in Jagannath temple in Puri have…
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) A woman was killed and three others seriously injured when a godwoman and her private securitymen went on a shooting spree during a wedding function in the state’s Karnal town, police…
Jerusalem, Nov 15 (IANS) Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished several Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The OCHA…
Berlin, Nov 15 (IANS) The German government has banned a prominent conservative Islamic group and raided some 190 sites in connection with it across 10 federal states. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday ordered…
Vatican City, Nov 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis greeted football world champions Germany in an audience at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a friendly match against Italy. Bayern Munich players Thomas Mueller and Mats Hummels…
Bhopal, Nov 14 (IANS) Renowned classical danseuse Sonal Mansingh on Monday pitched for traditional Indian attire to visit temples. “One should enter temples wearing Indian traditional clothes. People of other communities take care of what…
Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) Bangladesh on Monday announced a cash reward of 100,000 taka ($1,265) to anyone giving information leading to the arrest of those who attacked Hindu minority people and their properties in Brahmanbaria…
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states will hold an emergency meeting in Mecca on Thursday to discuss a missile attack by Houthi militias and allies of ousted…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday greeted the people on the occasion of Gurupurab, which marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. Gandhi said Guru Nanak was a poet, a…
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions such as Christmas and New Year. The ban includes forbidding the schools from providing holidays on such occasions or changing the…
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Education Ministry has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions, such as Christmas and New Year, the media reported on Monday. The ban includes forbidding those schools from providing holidays…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday greeted the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti — also called Gurpurab — and urged people to “unite to bring happiness in the…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the occasion of Gurpurab and urged the people to draw inspiration from the teachings of Guru Nanak. “Gurupurab wishes to…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Climate change and water rights are deeply inter-connected, globally. Seasons seem to be inverting in the Himalayas where you see snow in summer and entire villages that…
Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) Thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Monday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ – the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru,…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday greeted people in the country and Indians staying abroad on the birth anniversary of founder of the Sikh faith, Guru…
Vidisha (MP), Nov 13 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in parts of Vidisha town on Sunday as agitated mobs protesting the killing of a Bajrang Dal leader the previous day went on a rampage and set…
Sabarimala (Kerala), Nov 13 (IANS) A variety in the food served free and quality drinking water are among the new facilities being offered to pilgrims as the famed Sabarimala temple opens on Tuesday evening for…
United Nations, Nov 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan, which has killed at least 52 people, and voiced his hope that the perpetrators would be swiftly brought to…
Quetta, Nov 13 (IANS) The death toll in a horrific bombing in a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province rose to 52 on Sunday, with the Islamic State claiming responsibility, the media reported. Women and…