UAE distributes Braille Quran in Palestine
byJerusalem, June 4 (IANS/WAM) The UAE’s Human Appeal International (HAI) has launched a campaign under which Quran books in Braille are being distributed in…
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Sheila Dikshit meets Shinde over Karbala violence
byNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit met Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde over the possibility of withdrawing the FIR against those…
Dalai Lama’s teachings drawing young Indians
byDharamsala, June 3 (IANS) More young Indians are annually arriving in this Himalayan hill town to lend their ear to the teachings and and…
Bihar to have CCTV cameras at Mahabodhi, Vishnupad temples
byPatna, June 3 (IANS) CCTVs will be set up at Bodh Gaya’s 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism’s holiest shrine, and at the famous Hindu temple…
Khalifa Mosque inaugurated in Kazakhstan
byShymkent (Kazakhstan), June 3 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Minister of Justice Hadef Bin Jouan Al Dhaheri inaugurated the new Sheikh Khalifa Mosque here in Shymkent…
Srinivasan came to venue hours in advance
byChennai, June 2 (IANS) Even though the crucial meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here was slated for 2.30…
Bangladesh court approves blasphemy trial against bloggers
byDhaka, June 2 (IANS) A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka Sunday gave the go-ahead for the trial of four bloggers in two cases filed…
Rudraksh trees to be planted in Vrindavan
byVrindavan, June 2 (IANS) Rukraksh trees are to be planted in a big way this monsoon in Vrindavan, the land of Lord Krishna. Jagan…
Thai king in hospital, PM sends ‘Maha Bodhi’ sapling
byBangkok, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not meet Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thursday as the monarch is indisposed and hospitalised. The…
Security reviewed for Amarnath pilgrimage
byJammu: Senior police officers met here today to review security arrangements for the forthcoming annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Himalayan heights…