80,000 photos: How a Thai woman extorted ₹100 crore by blackmailing monks after sexIn Thailand, "Ms. Golf" has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing at least nine Buddhist monks after engaging in sexual relations with t...
18 Jul, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
"We do not ask people to get married or take up monkhood": Isha foundation issues clarificationThe Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru to promote yoga and spirituality, has issued a statement regarding ongoing legal matters surroundi...
03 Oct, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
OBC reservation issue, monk row intensifies polarisation in BengalWest Bengal prepares for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections amidst heightened communal tensions over the OBC reservation issue and CM M...
30 May, 2024, 04.25 PM IST
Some RKM and BSS monks working for BJP, alleges Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee, at a rally in Hooghly, named Bharat Sevasram Sangha monk Kartik Maharaj (or Swami Pradiptananda) in Murshidabad for his po...
20 May, 2024, 01.05 AM IST
Jay Shetty's Monk Saga: Did the self-help guru fabricate his journey? New report reveals truthRenowned British podcaster and life coach Jay Shetty faces scrutiny following allegations of plagiarizing social media content and embellis...
06 Mar, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
Who is Amogh Lila Das? What he said about Vivekananda?The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) recently banned Amogh Lila Das, a monk and ISKCON's vice president of the Dwar...
16 Jul, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
ISKCON bans monk Amogh Lila Das over controversial remarks on Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna ParamahansaISKCON has banned monk Amogh Lila Das from public events for one month due to his controversial comments about Swami Vivekananda and Ramakr...
13 Jul, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
Jamiat's Arshad Madani says 'Manu worshipped Allah', Jain Muni storms off stage with other religious leadersJamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani on Sunday stoked controversy at the prominent Muslim body's general session by claiming tha...
12 Feb, 2023, 09.10 PM IST
Multiple FIRs filed, BJP demands immediate arrest of TMC MP Mahua MoitraAn unrelenting Moitra tweeted, "Bring it on BJP! Am a Kali worshipper. I am not afraid of anything. Not your ignoramuses. Not your goons. N...
07 Jul, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Vishal Dadlani apologises to Jain monk Tarun Sagar, in personVishal stood before Sagar with folded hands and was even made to hold his ears and apologised as directed. The composer was also asked to s...
21 Sep, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
Chinese media slams Dalai Lama's call for talks with ISWhile traveling in France, the Tibetan spiritual leader had mooted talks with Islamic State extremists, saying talks are "the only way" to ...
16 Sep, 2016, 09.17 PM IST
Ashutosh's effigies burnt in Gujarat for 'comparing' Mahatma Gandhi with tainted ministerCondemning Ashutosh, the AAP election in-charge of Gujarat, over his controversial blog, the BJP said it "won't tolerate insult to Mahatma ...
04 Sep, 2016, 11.30 PM IST
Why Mayawati's BSP, and not SP, is BJP's main adversary in UP pollsSince the last BJP government led by Rajnath Singh was voted out at the beginning of the new millennium, UP has seen a bipolar polity with ...
07 Jun, 2016, 05.22 AM IST
All top Tibetan monks should be certified by government: ChinaChina said all the 358 top Tibetan Buddhist monks revered as 'Living Buddhas' should be certified by the government as it commemorated the ...
08 Dec, 2015, 09.14 PM IST
Woman journalist asked to shift from front row; Sena seeks apologyRashmi Puranik, working with a Marathi news channel, was among the first to reach the venue where Fadnavis was felicitated for banning cow ...
01 May, 2015, 03.25 PM IST
Buddhists under jihadist threat: Radical Myanmarese clericThe controversial cleric Ashin Wirathu addressed a convention, organised by the hardline Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or Forces of Buddhist Power.
28 Sep, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
- Tibetan theme in new Benetton ad
Famous for shocking people and even hurting the sensibilities of some social groups in the process, Italian fashion group Benetton now seem...
15 Aug, 2008, 12.37 AM IST