Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answersThis unfettered access - which can be challenging to find among human gurus - is what's drawing more people to AI for spiritual guidance. T...
28 Aug, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
Kerala's snake boat racers keep tradition afloat in face of floods and financial challengesKerala's picturesque backwaters host a thrilling wooden boat race where hundreds of dedicated rowers compete for their village’s pride and ...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
The invention of Hinduism: How a civilisational ecosystem was flattened into a western religious mouldThe intertwining of colonial ambition and Brahminic scholarship led to a revised interpretation of Hinduism that echoes Western religious s...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
'Vance announces divorce, marries Charlie Kirk’s widow by end of 2026': NYT author's chilling prediction amid hug row goes viralUS Vice President JD Vance is facing backlash. He expressed a wish for his Hindu wife to embrace Christianity. Photographs of him hugging C...
01 Nov, 2025, 08.20 AM IST
Stereotyped, exoticised, then erased: How Hindi cinema shaped North India's misconceptions about ChristiansStereotypes about Christians in North India, fueled by their portrayal in Hindi cinema, persist despite the community's small size. Early f...
12 Apr, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Indo-Mediterranean: Minorities are under threat from Syria to BangladeshThe Indo-Mediterranean region faces escalating conflicts and human rights abuses, particularly targeting women, ethnic, and religious minor...
25 Mar, 2025, 10.56 PM IST
Christians now a minority in England and WalesIt found the number of people in England and Wales identifying their ethnic group as white had fallen by around 500,000 since 2011, from 86...
29 Nov, 2022, 08.07 PM IST
‘Hindu Rashtra’ draft proposes Varanasi as capital instead of Delhi; Muslims and Christians to lose voting rightsAccording to the draft, Muslims and Christians will also enjoy all the rights of a common citizen, barring the right to vote. They would be...
13 Aug, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Parliament passes law removing leprosy as ground for divorceThe Rajya Sabha on the last day of the Budget session passed the Bill without debate after consensus on the issue.
13 Feb, 2019, 02.13 PM IST
State key to fertility rates, not religion: Government dataIn Chhattisgarh, the Muslim TFR of 2.1 was lower than the 2.2 for Hindus, and in Odisha Muslims had the lowest TFR among the three sizeable...
19 Jan, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Fertility rate below replacement level for all religions but Hindus and MuslimsThe community with the lowest fertility rate of 1.2 was the one with the highest level of education, especially for women, the Jains.
13 Jan, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
Fertility rate below replacement level for all but Hindus & MuslimsThe average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, or total fertility rate (TFR), has dropped below replacement for all reli...
12 Jan, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu in the US House asks board to describe Hinduism accuratelyCalifornia State Board of Education is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public school...
12 Jul, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
Indian American Christians seek end of violence on ChristiansA septuagenarian nun was raped in a convent in Ranaghat on March 14. The horrific crime sent shockwaves not only in the state and country b...
20 Mar, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
Attack against minorities in India increases: US Congressman Joe PittsIn a very troubling pattern, India's historic pluralism is being replaced with intolerance, division, and majoritarianism- Joe Pitts
30 Jan, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
Poor Muslims already enjoy quotas in K'taka, Kerala, BiharUttar Pradesh, with most Muslims, is yet to offer reservation to the community.
26 Mar, 2010, 12.37 PM IST
- Guv returns Gujarat conversion bill
Gujarat governor Nawal Kishore Sharma on Tuesday returned the controversial Gujarat Freedom of Religion (amendment) Bill, 2006, saying the ...
01 Aug, 2007, 01.19 AM IST