Bhubaneswar July 23 (IANS) To 'forget the past and build a cohesive society', a Christian group in Orissa Thursday said it will mark as peace and harmony day Aug 23, when a Hindu ...More

Bangalore, July 23 (IANS) The Karnataka government will ban the ritual of burying disabled children neck-deep in mud during eclipse for curing polio or other disabilities, Chief M...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Maintaining that homosexuality is against Indian culture, religious leaders at a meting here passed a resolution Thursday opposing the Delhi High Court ...More

Dharamsala, July 23 (IANS) Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will get honorary citizenship of Warsaw during his visit to Poland next week, his aides said here Thurs...More

Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Over 350,000 people have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in the Kashmir valley since the two-month-long pilgrimage began June 5. ...More

Hyderabad, July 17 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has given alternate land for a mosque demolished during the construction of the international airport at Shamshabad on the ...More

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Should the education imparted at madrassas be broad-based to include subjects like English, maths, science and computers to make it employment oriented? ...More

Chandigarh, July 12 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed US-based architect Moshe Safdie will beautify the surroundings of the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Harmandir Sahib, popularly ...More

Sardana, July 12 (IANS) This temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district doesn't have an idol or a priest and devotees don't make floral offering. They offer liquor to the deity --...More

Agra, July 11 (IANS) Conservationists have expressed concern over the decision to allow free entry to the Taj Mahal for three days from July 19 when the annual Urs pilgrimage of M...More

Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) A helicopter crashed near the Amarnath cave shrine Thursday morning killing one woman pilgrim on the spot and wounding five occupants, police said. ...More