Muslim NGO awards scholarships to 15 Hindu students
byMumbai, June 16 (IANS) Fifteen Hindu students were among 350 awarded academic scholarships by a Muslim NGO, Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra (Arshad Madani) here Sunday. Awarding…
Religion
Rains disrupt chaar dhaam yatra in Uttarakhand
byDehradun : Uttarakhand governor Dr Aziz Qureshi had expressed his reservations on the arrangements of the ‘char dhaam’ yatra even before it had started….
Dalit Muslims support Nitish Kumar
byPatna, June 16 (IANS) Dalit Muslims marched here Sunday in support of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s likely decision to end his party’s alliance with…
Dalai Lama to have audience with Australia’s homeless
byDharamsala, June 16 (IANS) Globe-trotting exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, who is revered as a spiritual guru in the Orient and the West…
Syrian kids honoured for memorising Quran
byAmman, June 16 (IANS/WAM) The UAE-Jordan camp for Syrian refugees organised a ceremony to honour Syrian children who memorised parts of the Holy Quran….
Sri Sri voices concern over Ganga pollution
byBangalore, June 15 (IANS) Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Saturday voiced concern over the pollution in the Ganga when Uttar Pradesh…
Pakistan to declare Panja Sahib a holy city
byChandigarh: The Pakistan government has decided to declare Panja Sahib, a place of religious significance for the Sikh community, as a holy city, a visiting…
Christians object to rosary-on-belly scene in ‘Policegiri’
byMumbai, June 14 (IANS) A Mumbai community NGO Friday strongly objected to what it termed a “blasphemous” item number featuring starlet Kavitta Verma, likely…
Pope Francis targets Catholics living together
byVatican City, June 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has decried the number of Catholics now cohabiting and said he would order a study to tackle…
Choppers to Kedarntah shrine disturbing wildlife : Valley Residents
byDehradun : Even as the residents of the villages in and around the Kedarnath shrine one of the holiest Hindu temples at a height of…