Congress demands ban on ‘Kya Super Kool Hain Hum’ in Goa
August 16th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) The Congress in Goa Thursday demanded a ban on the Ekta Kapoor produced film "Kya Super Kool Hain Hum," saying the film offended the sensibilities ... Read more...
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Facebook gambling app evokes public outcry
August 7th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) The first Facebook app to allow players to gamble with real money has provoked an outcry from Christian groups, the Telegraph reported Tuesday.Bingo Friendzy, developed ... Read more...
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Christians want next vice-president from community
June 18th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Hours after the Congress hinted at a second term for Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari, some Christian organisations here Monday demanded considering a person from the ... Read more...
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Hindu, Buddhist groups growing steadily in US
May 10th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Hindu and Buddhist groups have grown steadily in the US, being concentrated in Texas, California, the New York Metropolitan Area, Illinois and Georgia, says a new ... Read more...
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Madan Mohan Malaviya: As secular as Gandhi (IANS Book Review)
May 1st, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: A Valiant Visionary"; Author: Madhuker Upadhyay; Publisher: All India Congress Committee; Pages: 180, Price: Rs.300The best testimony that the Congress had virtually disowned Pandit Madan Mohan ... Read more...
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Pornography websites with ‘.xxx’ addresses open for business
April 19th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 19 (ANI): After ICANN approved the .xxx domain name for pornographic websites, the new pornography-only suffix has been added to the Domain Name System, better known for .com, .gov, .net ... Read more...
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10 killed in sectarian clashes in Cairo (Lead)
March 9th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 9 (IANS) Ten people were killed and over a 100 injured in overnight clashes between Muslim and Christian groups in the Egyptian capital, Xinhua reported Wednesday.The health and ... Read more...
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Karnataka to drop cases against Christians
February 18th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 18 (IANS) The Karnataka government Friday said it would withdraw cases registered against over 300 Christians when they protested attacks on churches in 2008."The government will take steps ... Read more...
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Row over Bhardwaj’s stand on doctorate
February 6th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 6(IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj is caught in a row over his refusal to accept Bangalore University's decision to give an honorary doctorate to a noted Kannada scholar known ... Read more...
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Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks
January 29th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 29 (IANS) Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the judicial panel, which absolved the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu groups of attacks on churches in Karnataka, ... Read more...
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Why is a Goan Pedro always a drunkard, asks filmmaker
December 1st, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 1 (IANS) A Goan filmmaker will now tap the doors of the archbishop, asking him to examine the stereotypical portrayal of Catholics in Bollywood cinema.Rajendra Talak, whose film "O ... Read more...
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‘Secretariat’ - Hollywood’s latest bid to recruit cinemagoers from Bible Belt
October 10th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct (ANI): A new flick 'Secretariat'-that opens and closes with a quote from the Book of Job, and at a key moment the gospel hymn "Oh Happy Day" serenades the audience-is ... Read more...
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Growing resentment as Virginia to execute ‘borderline mentally ill’ woman
September 13th, 2010 - 1:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Virginia, Sep 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The scheduled execution of a 41-year-old "borderline mentally sick" woman is creating a controversy in the United States. The woman in question is Teresa Lewis and she ... Read more...
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US court stops Obama government’s funding of embryonic stem cell research
August 24th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 24 (ANI): A US district court has issued a temporary injunction against expanded federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, which was part of a new policy outlined ... Read more...
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US court stops federal funding of embryonic stem cell study
August 24th, 2010 - 9:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (DPA) A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping expanded federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, which was part of a new policy outlined ... Read more...
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US church to burn Quran on Sep 11
July 31st, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 31 (IANS) A church in Florida, US, is reportedly planning to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the anniversary of the Sep 11, 2001, terror attack, ... Read more...
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Five killed in stampede at Kenyan rally
June 14th, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, June 14 (DPA) Two explosions at a rally in the Kenyan capital led to a stampede in which at least five people died and 80 were injured.
The Sunday rally was organised ... Read more...
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Italy summons Pakistani diplomat over attacks on Christians
March 25th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 25 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Rome to discuss the recent attacks reported against minority Christians in Pakistan.
The foreign ministry in Rome summoned the Pakistani ... Read more...
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Missing Chinese lawyer charged for subversion
March 16th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar. 16 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has confirmed that missing lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges.While Yang didn't reveal the charges against Gao ... Read more...
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UK Christian police group’s fury over ‘disproportionate ‘ funding to Muslim counterparts
March 13th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 13 (ANI): British Home Office chiefs had to face a furious backlash after it emerged that they doled out a whopping 15 times more funding to a Muslim police support ... Read more...
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Protests continue in Telangana, no shutdown on Christmas
December 25th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 25 (IANS) The Telangana region remained relatively peaceful Friday though protests continued for the second consecutive day against the central government's move to put on hold the process of ... Read more...
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Malaysian Christian group slams government seizure of Bibles
November 4th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 4 (DPA) A Christian group in Malaysia Wednesday criticised the government's confiscation of some 15,000 Malay-language Bibles which contain the word "Allah," or God in Arabic.
In a statement, the ... Read more...
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‘Love jihad’: Courts ask Kerala, Karnataka police to probe (Lead)
October 26th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram/Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) Is there a movement called 'love jihad'? The courts in Kerala and Karnataka have asked police to probe charges that Muslim youths were luring non-Muslim women with promise ... Read more...
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Nigerian Islamists flee army onslaught: Report
July 30th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, July 30 (DPA) Nigerian Islamists have fled an army onslaught after four days of fighting that killed over 200 people, media reports said Thursday.
Boko Haram, a group called the Nigerian ... Read more...
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At least 40 killed in Nigeria clashes
July 27th, 2009 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, July 27 (DPA) At least 40 people have died in clashes between an Islamist sect and police in northern Nigeria, reports said Sunday.
Broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported that around 70 Nigerians wielding ... Read more...
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Christians urge Malaysian Govt. to remove conditions on usage of Allah
February 28th, 2009 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28 (ANI): Malaysian Chinese Association has urged the government to lift the condition on the usage of word Allah in Christian Publications.
MCA Political education Bureau head Gan Ping ... Read more...
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Christian man found murdered in Orissa’s Kandhamal district
February 21st, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21 (IANS) A 40-year-old Christian man has been found murdered in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said Saturday. At least 38 people, mostly Christians, were killed in the district in communal ... Read more...
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Hindu groups to stage protest at Obama’’s inauguration
January 10th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.10 (ANI): Hindu groups from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia plan to stage a demonstration at Lafayette Park (in front of White House), in ... Read more...
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Orissa may want central forces to extend Kandhamal stay
December 27th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (IANS) Orissa may seek an extension of the deployment of central forces in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district as authorities feel there are still undercurrents of tension prevailing in ... Read more...
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Group of Ministers formulate six-point strategy for peace in Orissa
November 20th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneshwar, Nov 20 (ANI): A Group of Ministers (GOM) sent from the Centre to Orissa''s Kandhmal District has announced a six-point strategy to strengthen peace, normalcy and communal harmony in the ... Read more...
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Orissa’s Kandhamal district getting back to normal
October 9th, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (IANS) Life is limping back to normal in Orissa's Kandhamal district after more than a month of anti-Christian attacks that left at least 35 people dead and forced thousands ... Read more...
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Lily Cole bares all for French playboy
October 3rd, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 3 (ANI): English model Lily Cole has been featured on the French Playboy cover wearing nothing but white socks and clutching a teddy bear.The model, who is also a ... Read more...
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Marks & Spencer to stand by Lily Cole despite nude Playboy photoshoot
September 20th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 20 (ANI): British retailer Marks & Spencer has decided to stand by model Lily Cole despite her recent agreement with Playboy magazine to pose naked.The 20-year-old will feature in ... Read more...
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Rights body to probe anti-Christian violence in Orissa
September 16th, 2008 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will send a team to Orissa to probe the recent violence against Christians that led thousands of them to flee their ... Read more...
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BJP wants Kerala minister’s ouster over road blockade
September 16th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (IANS) Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president P.K. Krishna Das has asked Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to oust a cabinet colleague who participated in a road blockade to protest ... Read more...
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