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- Celebrating BaisakhiHindu scriptures do not mention 'Baisakhi' explicitly as a festival, but they do insinuate seasonal, solar and harvest references that refl...
Shoe-doffing: From tradition to health & hygieneDuring a temple gathering, an IAS officer experienced backlash online for hesitating to take off his shoes, sparking a discussion on the ch...- TMC’s freebie politics left West Bengal in debt, says CPI(M)’s Bikash BhattacharyaA senior CPI(M) leader claims the West Bengal government is in a debt trap. He alleges funds are borrowed for doles and festivals, not job ...
- Maha Kumbh: Over 50 crore devotees take holy dip at Triveni Sangam, says UP govtOver 50 crore devotees have participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela at the Triveni Sangam, marking the largest congregation in human history. D...
- Who is Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari; the ex-Iskcon member caught in the middle of communal tensions in Bangladesh?Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has escalated following the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chinmoy Krishna Das, a prominent...
- Ayodhya festivals get 'State Fair' tag, govt fundsReligious events and fairs, otherwise held locally in Ayodhya on the occasion of Kartik Poornima, Ram Navami, Makar Sankranti and the Deepo...
- Communal flare-ups: Kumaraswamy asks Karnataka CM to call meeting of religious leadersSome Hindu outfits have been demanding that the loudspeakers on mosques should be removed and the Supreme Court's order on noise pollution ...
- Must not allow communal exclusion in Karnataka, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw"Karnataka has always forged inclusive economic development and we must not allow such communal exclusion- If ITBT became communal it would...
- Ban on Muslim vendors at Shivamogga temple fest: Congress protests, Bommai offers to look into complaintsIn another instance, Sri Mahalingeshwara temple at Puttur near Mangaluru, has said only Hindus can bid for bulk allotment of temporary stal...
- Ahead of Ram Navmi, Yogi Adityanath appeals people to celebrate at home; avoid temple gatherings and fairsThe government has directed district magistrates and police authorities of all districts to hold talks with religious leaders and take thei...
- HC asks Maharashtra to take urgent steps to check Godavari pollutionA bench of justices AS Oka and AK Menon also directed the government to take appropriate measures to curb pollution in other rivers and wat...
- Why Lingayats and other communities crave minority status in IndiaMinority status is the only way the grubby hands of the state can be prevented from interfering with educational and religious institutions.
- Why India doesn’t have a Uniform Civil CodeEach religious community in India has certain unique practices in family life, from marriage to inheritance and from marital separation to ...
- Govt will intervene if injustice done in the name of religious freedom: Bandaru DattatreyaOn October 7, the Centre had opposed before the Supreme Court the practice of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy among Muslims.
- 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...
- Ex-judge to decide on UPA’s Wakf grantA retired judge will now decide the tricky issue of de-notification of 123 prime properties and the right of Delhi Wakf Board (DWB) over th...
- Bombay High Court refuses 3 months time to Centre over Kumbh Mela fundsBombay High Court has refused to grant time to Union Government to decide on the fund allocation for the Kumbh Mela slated to be held in Na...
- Pushkar Fair to begin from October 31The tourism department has lined up a number of events for the week-long extravaganza in Pushkar of Ajmer district, Ajmer's Tourist Officer...
- UK rejects Diwali, Eid holidays in the countryThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has now provided its decision on the issue, ruling out any further public or bank holida...
- More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: StudyAbout 30,000 Hindus were admitted each year in the 1990s, by contrast, the US admitted an estimated 70,000 Hindu immigrants in 2012.
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