Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) The annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath, which draws thousands of devotees every year, concluded here Wednesday. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday celebrated 'Raksha Bandhan' with children here Wednesday. Th...More

Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) In a novel way to promote environmental awareness on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, a Lucknow zoo Wednesday asked its visitors to tie a rakhi around a tree ...More

Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) 'Madrassas have nothing to do with terrorism,' a religious group says in a report that also negates the allegations that Muslim seminaries in India are breedin...More

Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) Wearing their best clothes, sisters went to meet their brothers Wednesday to tie rakhis on their wrists and in return get beautiful gifts and also a promi...More

Amritsar, Aug 5 (IANS) Punjab Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla Wednesday tied colourful rakhis on the wrists of Border Security Force (BSF) personnel posted at the Attari border...More

Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) The All India Catholic Union (AICU) Tuesday demanded an independent audit of all properties owned by the Roman Catholic Church across the country, but firmly ...More

Srinagar, Aug 4 (IANS) Over 400,000 pilgrims from all over the country visited the Himalyan Amarnath shrine this year during the two-month long pilgrimage which comes to a close W...More

Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) Zoozoo is donning a new role this Raksha Bandhan. The black-and-white creature that made a dazzling debut in the cellphone service provider Vodafone's ads ea...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan saying it reinforced the sanctity of traditional familial ties. ...More

Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) With a 17th century church being vandalised in Goa, Speaker Pratapsing Rane Tuesday said increasing instances of religious structures being desecrated reflect...More

Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi's attempt to buy a flat took a curious turn Sunday with a Mumbai social worker accusing him and director Mahesh Bhatt of 'foment...More

Kannur (Kerala) Aug 1 (IANS) The family of Catholic priest James Mukalel, who was found dead on the roadside in Karnataka's Dakshin Kannada district earlier this week, have decide...More

Bhopal, Aug 1 (IANS) Two years after introducing 'surya namaskar' in schools, the Madhya Pradesh government has now directed that students in state-run schools have to recite a 'b...More

Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) The controversy over having a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for Haryana to manage Sikh shrines in the state has started afresh...More