Holi Bhai Dooj 2025 date: Is it on March 15 or 16? Check muhurat timing, and important tilak rituals you should rememberHoli BHai Dooj Date: Holi Bhai Dooj will be celebrated on March 16, 2025. Sisters apply Tilak on their brothers' foreheads, and brothers pr...
14 Mar, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu backs IIT Madras director over cow urine benefits, says 'modern science is...'Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu defended IIT Madras director Prof V Kamakoti, who faced criticism for highlighting cow urine's medicinal properties....
22 Jan, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
Plea in SC seeks direction to Centre, states for steps to eradicate superstition, sorceryA plea filed in the Supreme Court seeks directives for the Centre and states to eradicate superstition, sorcery, and similar practices. The...
20 Jul, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
Kerala human sacrifice: CPI(M) says accused are not its active membersThe CPI(M) said it was a fake propaganda spread by the BJP and the Congress to tarnish the image of the CPI(M) which is in the forefront fi...
14 Oct, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Not just doctors, Rajasthan may soon see sarkari-certified 'jyotists' in hospitals tooNewborns in Rajasthan hospitals will get 'janmapatris' by professional astrologers.
19 Feb, 2019, 09.20 AM IST
Burari deaths: Relatives dismiss 'religious angle', suspect foul playKetan Nagpal, whose maternal grandmother was one of the deceased, alleged that they were killed and dismissed the police theory that it cou...
02 Jul, 2018, 09.32 AM IST
Will HD Kumaraswamy bless Siddaramaiah's anti-superstition bill?The legislation aims to protect people from evil practices done in the name of superstitious beliefs.
23 May, 2018, 10.28 AM IST
Karnataka dilutes Anti-Superstition BillThe bill is to be introduced for passage in the Karnataka legislature during the winter session in December.
28 Sep, 2017, 11.51 PM IST
Cabinet clears anti-superstition bill with dilutionsThe bill, however, explicitly exempts vaastu and astrology from being considered superstition, along with several other exemptions under th...
28 Sep, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Karnataka Cabinet clears anti-superstition billAfter omitting the word superstitious, it is now titled The Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic ...
27 Sep, 2017, 08.41 PM IST
Why 'child angels' are making headlinesMental health authorities, while cautioning against superstitious practices, acknowledge the therapeutic utility of these dolls as stress r...
07 Feb, 2016, 04.28 AM IST
SC to examine PIL seeking ban on animal sacrifice during religious festivalsSC agreed to examine a PIL which has sought a ban on all forms of animal sacrifice during religious festivals, but it did not agree to an i...
24 Sep, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
New complaint lodged against 'godwoman' Radhe MaaA new complaint was filed at the suburban Borivali police station here against 'godwoman' Radhe Maa alleging her involvement in promoting s...
12 Aug, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Assam to enact anti witch-hunting law“There has been a recent instance where people are killed in the name of witch haunting in Kokrajhar and in Jorhat. "
26 Aug, 2013, 09.49 PM IST
Superstitious? come here & make moneyFaith, actually, isn't always a driver: often, superstitious stuff can lie beyond the domain of religious belief, while yet seeking sanctio...
23 Aug, 2013, 10.07 AM IST
- Vaastu, lucky charms popular at workplaces in India: Survey
While vaastu shastra and feng shui are the most common practices followed at the workplace, personal favourites are lucky charms like stone...
19 Nov, 2012, 04.59 PM IST
The moral routeThe one question that pragmatists have never satisfactorily answered is why, if religious claims are false.
16 Aug, 2011, 05.25 AM IST