Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has cancelled its plan to create posts for music and Physical Education (PE) teachers in government primary schools, weeks after facing criticism from several radical organisations, local media reported on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met a delegation of senior bishops from the Syro-Malabar Church who met him in the national capital to discuss issues concerning the Church and the Christian community in India.
Morbi, Nov 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended the grand celebration of the 118th birth anniversary of Dada Bhagwan held in Gujarat's Morbi.
Hanoi/Moscow, Nov 3 (IANS) India’s role as a global custodian of Buddhist heritage was further reinforced last month as over 90,000 devotees visited the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery in Elista area of Russia's Kalmykia, the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe, to pay homage to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha between October 11-18.
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A 49-year-old blind Christian man in Lahore has been arrested and charged under Pakistan’s most severe blasphemy statute, after a Muslim coworker accused him of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, an allegation his family says is fabricated and rooted in harassment and extortion.
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) It is never easy for a serving Union Minister to speak publicly about the pain inflicted upon him and his community during a period of mass violence carried out in revenge. Yet Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri recently did just that, recalling the horror of the genocide-like situation the Sikh community faced after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
Jabalpur, Nov 1 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale, said on Saturday that the organisation has successfully added 10,000 new locations for Sangh's work since the last meeting held in October 2024.
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) On the 41st anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and the families of victims gathered at the “Sach Di Deewar” (Wall of Truth) at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi to light candles and pay homage to those who lost their lives.
Jabalpur, Nov 1 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale, said on Saturday that the caste-based census should serve its real purpose and it shouldn’t be politically motivated, asserting that the Sangh does not function on caste lines.
Amaravati, Nov 1 (IANS) At least nine devotees, mostly women and children, lost their lives in a tragic stampede at the Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Kasibugga in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district during the Ekadashi celebrations on Saturday, as the massive gathering of worshippers led to chaos and panic.
