New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Christmas was celebrated across the country on Thursday with great fervour, devotion and joy, as churches resonated with hymns, prayers and messages of peace, love and unity.
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday joined Christmas celebrations at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in New Delhi, participating in prayers alongside a large congregation of Christians from Delhi and several parts of North India.
Agartala, Dec 24 (IANS) Hundreds of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal members staged a protest rally in Agartala, demanding intervention of the Indian government against what they claimed were increasing atrocities on minority Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Guwahati, Dec 23 (IANS) The tense law and order situation in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district continued on Tuesday evening with reports of fresh incidents of arson amid ongoing unrest, prompting the authorities to further tighten security and step up efforts to restore normalcy.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Tuesday strongly criticised comments made by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, in which he suggested that Muslims should worship the sun, rivers and trees, saying the remarks reflected a serious misunderstanding of Islam and India’s pluralistic ethos.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) India erupted in protest on Tuesday over the brutal killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and over unbridled atrocities on the minorities under Muhammad Yunus’ regime.
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) With the harvest festival of Pongal fast approaching, the Tamil Nadu government is preparing to launch its annual gift scheme, with official sources indicating that distribution through the Public Distribution System (PDS) could begin in the first week of January.
Washington, Dec 22, (IANS) Strongly condemning recent killings, attacks on media institutions, and a rise in assaults against Hindu and other minority communities, two influential US lawmakers on Monday expressed grave concern over escalating violence and unrest in Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Dec 22 (IANS) Amid widespread unrest and violence in Bangladesh over the killing of student leader Osman Haidi, another student leader was shot in the head, local media reported.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat, on Sunday, criticised the move to lay a foundation stone for a Babri Masjid-like structure in West Bengal, calling it a "political conspiracy" aimed at reviving a settled dispute for electoral gains.
