Preparations on for Sikh festival in Malaysia
bySingapore: Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside of the Punjab state in India, in…
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President, prime minister greet people on Buddha Purnima
byNew Delhi, May 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted the countrymen on the eve…
President greets people on Buddha Purnima
byNew Delhi, May 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted people on the eve of Buddha Purnima, saying Lord…
Khalid Mujahid: War on terror continues to terrorize
byGood luck to the UPA as it attempts to put a positive spin on its nine years in power. But let me insert here…
Pope hopes China’s Catholics can pray without fear
byVatican City, May 24 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to…
Belarus dismisses US report on religious freedom
byMinsk, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian foreign ministry has dismissed part of the Religious Freedom Report published by the US State Department about…
Kashmir ‘preacher’ arrested for sexual exploitation
bySrinagar: A self-styled “religious preacher” was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he…
Governments failing to protect minorities, says US
byWashington, May 21 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concern at global problems of discrimination and violence against religious groups, including…
Facebook booked over group exhorting cow slaughter
byLucknow, May 20 (IANS) An FIR was Monday registered here against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the…
Kerala church says no to Chinese coffins
byThiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) A Kerala church has asked its followers not to use Chinese made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly. “Swarga…