Amritsar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, Wednesday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to send a team to Austrian capita...More

Dharamsala, Aug 12 (IANS) The spiritual head of the Tibetan community, the Dalai Lama, Wednesday appealed to Myanmar's ruling junta to release human rights activist Aung San Suu K...More

Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) Radical Sikh group Dal Khalsa Tuesday demanded the Sikhs' highest temporal body, the Akal Takht and Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committe...More

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Haj Committee of India Tuesday advised those above 65 and below 12 years and pregnant women to avoid going for the Haj pilgrimage in view of swine fl...More

Jammu, Aug 9 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who arrived Sunday in the Buddhists dominated town of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on a three-week visit voiced his concern...More

Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Bihar have been performing special prayers and rituals at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya to appease the rain god and end the o...More

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Backing the Haryana government's proposal for a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for managing Sikh shrines in the state, Haryana Ja...More

Amritsar, Aug 7 (IANS) Offering a middle path to address the controversy over Haryana's move to create its separate Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh organis...More

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A body representing Indians in North America Friday appealed to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to pardon two Sikhs in Canada ex-commun...More

Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 7 (IANS) He is a man of god, but Kerala native Fr. Alexander Kurien also plays a crucial role in the American scheme of things. He is, after all, the direc...More

Patna, Aug 7 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to cancel its plan for an online facility for Hindus to offer 'pind daan', a religious service seeking salvation for the dead ...More

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Akali Dal will not allow the Haryana government to meddle with the internal matters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), party leader...More

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were repeatedly disrupted Thursday following protests from the Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Haryana go...More

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned Thursday following noisy protests from the Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Haryana governm...More

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned Thursday morning due to noisy protests over a reported move to have separate gurdwara management committees in dif...More