Countdown for Maha Kumbh begins
byLucknow: The countdown for Maha Kumbh 2013, beginning Jan 14, has started, as hundreds of religious seers and followers of the Juna Akahada, Agni and…
Religion
Shiv Sena ‘clears out’ of Shivaji park
byMumbai: Exactly a month after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s death, his public cremation site from the historic Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai was…
Significance of Insignificance
byIn the ancient China a king wanted to document all the wisdom of his kingdom. He ordered his intellectuals to do so. They came…
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya – secular and diverse
byNew Delhi: A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya – which was controlled by local chiefs –…
White House petition on 1984 anti-Sikh violence gains support
byWashington: A White House petition seeking recognition of the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as “genocide” has crossed the threshold of 25,000 signatures for…
For that touch of mysticism: Bollywood’s enduring 786 connect
byNew Delhi: The number 786, revered in Islamic culture, has found prominence in Bollywood over and over again — remember Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘billa No.786’ in…
Notice to government, Google on anti-Islam film
byNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the central government and Google India on a plea that videos of the controversial anti-Islam…
Remove liquor vends from religious towns: Haryana khaps
byRohtak (Haryana): Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same village, Haryana’s khap…
Talibani Dictat: 3 Haryana families face social boycott
byRohtak (Haryana): The families of three youths, who eloped with a girl of the same gotra (lineage) and village, are being socially boycotted in Haryana…
Tibet owes its religion to India: Tibetan PM-in-exile
byNew Delhi: Attributing the success of the Tibetan democratic experiment in exile to Indian values and traditions, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay Monday said that…