Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) The Durga puja spirit peaked on Sunday in West Bengal as devotees from across the country and abroad converged at the Belur Math for Kumari Puja (worship of a pre-pubertine girl)…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) A grouping of Muslim women on Sunday welcomed the government’s stand that Triple Talaq violated the issue of women’s equality and must go. “We … whole-heartedly welcome the stand taken…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday greeted all Indians on Durga Puja, hoping it inspires an equal participation of women in the task of nation-builiding. “On the auspicious occasion of Durga…
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) Devotees from across the country and abroad gathered at Belur Math, the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, for the worship of a pre-pubertine girl as the goddess…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (IANS) Durga Puja celebrations have picked up pace in the twin cities of Odisha — Bhubaneswar and Cuttack — with people thronging the pandals to seek blessings of Goddess Durga. More than…
Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday offered a golden crown worth Rs.3.5 crore to Hindu goddess Bhadrakali in Warangal. Accompanied by his wife Shobha Rao and some cabinet colleagues,…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Durga Astami. “Heartiest greetings (to the nation) on the occasion of Durga Astami,” Kejriwal said in…
By Vikas Datta A small band of prominent people, including women and children, refusing allegiance to the ruler, were forcibly confined on a dusty plain for over a week, refused access to water, and eventually…
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) After a scintillating start, the Durga Puja spirit soared on Saturday which marked Maha Saptami — Day Two of the Puja — as thousands of revellers decked up in their best…
Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) A 13-year-old girl of a Secunderabad family died after observing a fast for 68 days, prompting an NGO working for child rights to demand registration of a criminal case against those…
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A day after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung dissolved the Delhi Waqf Board, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that the move came because its chairman Amanatullah Khan was targeting…
Agartala, Oct 8 (IANS) Departing from the normal, a Durga Puja pandal (marquee) here is paying tribute to the 19 Indian Army soldiers martyred in a terrorist attack on their camp in Uri in Jammu…
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) After a scintillating start, the Durga Puja spirit soared on Saturday which marked Maha Saptami — day two of the Puja — as thousands of revellers decked up in their best…
By Saeed Naqvi Kash Hindustan mein hota janam Abbas ka Barh ke hum Hindu utha lete alam Abbas ka (If only Abbas were born in Hindustan, We Hindus would have held aloft his emblem) –…
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) From flagging-off celebrations at marquees to penning theme songs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has immersed herself in the Durga Puja celebrations much before the festival began on Friday. The…
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao, religious leader of Goan Catholics who account for more than a quarter of Goa’s population, has appealed for special prayers for peace for “Mother India”, especially in…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Union government on Friday told the Supreme Court that ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikaah halaal’ and polygamy as practised by the Muslims in India were not “integral to the practices of…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday arrived on a five-day visit to West Bengal to celebrate Durga Puja at his ancestral house in Mirati in Birbhum district. Mukherjee flew in a helicopter…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Notwithstanding intermittent showers, thousands of men, women and children, turned up in their best on the streets of the metropolis making rounds of the marquees as the five-day Durga Puja festival…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Women will continue to be barred from entering the sanctum sanctorum of Sufi saint Haji Ali’s Dargah in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court on Friday continued with the interim order…