Aden/Kolkata/Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Friday united against the BJP-led government for its stand on the minority institution-character of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Almost all opposition members were…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan body that monitors religious freedom abroad, has expressed disappointment at the denial of visas for what it said was a long…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Hindu Ezhava leader Vellapalli Natesan’s Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the coming assembly elections in Kerala. Union…
Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban…
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 24, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress vice president on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday accused the opposition of targeting union minister Ram Shankar Katheria of deflecting public attention from a VHP leader’s murder in Uttar Pradesh as the minister denied…
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) The name of Mustafabad tehsil in Yamunanagar district in north-east Haryana has been changed to ‘Saraswati Nagar’, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. The renaming of Mustafabad – having a population…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday said that Sadhvi Prachi, who is described as a leader of the outfit, is neither a leader, nor a spokesperson or any office bearer….
Agra, March 1 (IANS) A Catholic priest on Monday opened a yoga and nature cure centre in the city’s Dayalbagh area to “benefit the suffering humanity”. Father John Ferriera – who said he had treated…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) After arresting five suspects, police in Kerala say that more arrests are likely on charges of abusing and threatening a leading woman anchor of a popular TV channel. The telephone of…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the first World Sufi Forum…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Only select officials knew about the plan to execute Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed killer of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Qadri, trained as an elite commando and who was a bodyguard…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter is adulated as a king and an ancestor, experts…
Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban…
Sydney, Feb 29 (AFP) Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell today admitted the Catholic Church “mucked up” in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not “defend the indefensible” before an Australian inquiry. Pell…
Jammu, Feb 29 (IANS) Registration for the 48-day long Amarnath Yatra to the Himalayan Cave Shrine, to be held from July 2 to August 18, will begin on Monday. P.K. Tripathi, CEO of the Yatra…
Ranchi, Feb 28 (IANS) Mahishasur, whom the popular belief views as the ‘demon’ slain by Goddess Durga, is not an object of inspiration or veneration for any tribal community in India, said Prakash Oraon, a…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has been petitioned against a Maharashtra government order leaving out Muslims from its new list of national leaders and heroes for celebrating their anniversaries and special days….
