Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) Eight years after the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib during the helm of the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal on Thursday unconditionally sought forgiveness of the Khalsa Panth (community) for failing to arrest the culprits.
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IANS) The Assam government has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools, officials said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Global Kashmir Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Tuesday welcomed the SC’s decision which declared the reading down of Article 370 as constitutionally valid and permanent.
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 12 (IANS) With reports of the famed Sabarimala pilgrimage coming to a standstill due to poor facilities, the BJP slammed the CPI-M led Pinarayi Vijayan Government for doing this on purpose and the Congress-led UDF MPs raised slogans like ‘Save Sabarimala’ and ‘Justice for pilgrims’.
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 11 (IANS) The famed Sabarimala pilgrimage’s present season has seen unprecedented rush of pilgrims and with the entire focus of the police on the statewide trip of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the otherwise properly organised pilgrimage has become a nightmare with pilgrims having to wait for more than 15 hours to get the temple 'darshan'.
Hathras, Dec 11 (IANS) A teacher in a school in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district has been dismissed because he did not respond to a greeting by a class 11 student, a school official said.
Varanasi, Dec 10 (IANS) Preparations are underway to “respond” to the critics of the ‘Sanatan Dharma’ through the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam.
Lucknow, Dec 10 (IANS) Islamic scholars have said that Muslim personal law mandates that women -- mother, sister, wife, daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter, stepsister, grandmother and great-grandmother -- should get shares in inheritance as directed by holy Quran.
Paris, Dec 9 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of "betraying" the French Republic and "compromising" with secularism, after he took part in a Jewish ceremony inside his official residence, the media reported.
Bengaluru, Dec 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday said that the objective of RSS is to ensure equality and unity among all the classes of the country.
