Nair, Ezhava communities unite in Kerala
September 4th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) In a move aimed at increasing their bargaining power vis-a-vis the government, the Nairs and Ezhavas, two of the most influential Hindu groups in Kerala, are ... Read more...
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Syrian Christians fear Islamist rule if Assad goes
May 15th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Christians living in conflict-torn Syria are afraid their community would fall victim of religious extremism if President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapses and Islamists come to ... Read more...
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BJP-MGP alliance win in Goa; to stake claim Wednesday (Roundup)
March 6th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Riding on a strong anti-incumbency wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) alliance Tuesday romped home, winning 24 seats in the 40-member Goa ... Read more...
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BJP-MGP alliance routs Congress-NCP in Goa (Roundup)
March 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Riding on a strong anti-incumbency wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (BJP-MGP) alliance romped home Tuesday by winning 24 seats in the 40 member ... Read more...
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Youth Festival kicks off in Mangalore Thursday
January 11th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, Jan 11 (IANS) Hundreds of youth from across India have descended on this Karnataka coastal town along the Arabian Sea for 'Celebrating Diversity in Unity' at the National Youth ... Read more...
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MIM wants immediate steps for reservations for Muslims
September 25th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief and member of parliament Asaduddin Owaisi Sunday urged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to take immediate steps for providing reservations ... Read more...
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5,000 tonnes of meat consumed a day in Kerala
September 4th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4 (IANS) Kerala - which leads the country in several indicators including literacy - is also the highest consumer of meat with a daily requirement of over 5,000 ... Read more...
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Fear grows as Nepal church escapes bomb attack
August 29th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 29 (IANS) Two years after a bomb attack on a church in Kathmandu valley killed three people during mass and injured nearly a dozen, Nepal's minority Christian community ... Read more...
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Muslim or Christian, in Kerala they want Vastu home
June 12th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) Gone are the days when Vastu Shastra was used only by Hindus while constructing their homes, says 60-year-old K. Muraleedharan Nair, who is much sought after ... Read more...
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Archbishop of Canterbury calls slain Pak Christian minister ‘a martyr’
March 8th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8(ANI): The Archbishop of Canterbury has called slain Pakistan Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti a "martyr", and urged the Pakistan Government to do more to protect its minorities.Dr Rowan Williams ... Read more...
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Apex court to go into quota for Dalit Christians, Muslims
January 21st, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Is denial of the Scheduled Caste reservations to Dalit Christians and Muslims - as available to Hindus, Sikh, and Buddhists - violative of Article 14 of the ... Read more...
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Car blast outside Egyptian church kills 21
January 1st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Jan 1 (ANI): A car explosion outside an Alexandria church has killed at least 21 worshipers.The Egypt's Interior Ministry said that several people had also been wounded in the incident. ... Read more...
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UN’s Ban condemns ‘deplorable acts’ of violence in Nigeria
December 27th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deadly violence which broke out in parts of Nigeria this weekend and reportedly killed at least 30 ... Read more...
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Patil visits ancient Ummayad Mosque in Damascus
November 26th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
Damascus, Nov 26 (ANI): Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil visited the Ummayad Mosque here on Friday, shortly after her arrival from the United Arab Emirates.The mosque is one of the oldest and ... Read more...
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Ground Zero mosque overshadows 9/11 anniversary
September 7th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
By JT Nguyen
New York, Sep 7 (DPA) The mosque project two blocks from the World Trade Center is too close for comfort for some who will attend Saturday's memorials for those ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian party seeks to join ruling coalition
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 3 (IANS) The Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) is pressing for full membership of the Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition, a party official has said.
The MIUP, which is ... Read more...
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NY Mayor backs building of 9/11 mosque
August 25th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 25 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has backed plans to building a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero, saying, opposing the project would "compromise our commitment ... Read more...
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Our minority government is for minorities: Karunanidhi
August 3rd, 2010 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Aug 2 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government may be by the "minority" DMK but it is for the minorities, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday said.
"We are not ashamed of ... 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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Another Hindu militant group on rise in Nepal?
June 6th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 6 (IANS) A year after a militant Hindu group came into prominence by engineering a bomb attack on a church in Kathmandu valley that killed three women, another ... Read more...
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Mangalore’s ‘table top’ airport surrounded by gorges
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) Flying into Mangalore has always been considered difficult because the airport is on the top of a hill and surrounded by deep gorges that are just 30 ... Read more...
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India placed on US ‘watch list’ on religious freedom
April 29th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 29 (IANS) A bipartisan US panel on global religious freedom has named Pakistan and 12 other nations as "countries of particular concern" while placing India on its ... Read more...
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Controversy Sparks As ‘Wiccan Sacrifice’ Makes Headlines
April 10th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to authorities, Angela Sanford, 30 is a self-described Wiccan who allegedly killed a man as an act of sacrifice. She stabbed Joel Leyba,52 thirteen times, after ... Read more...
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Islam, Christianity alien, so cannot get quota: BJP
March 26th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) "Islam and Christianity are alien" to India and, therefore, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) feels people from the minority groups, even if their socio-economic condition is ... Read more...
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30 hurt in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt
March 13th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 13 (DPA) Thirty people were injured when clashes broke out between Christians and Muslims in a rural area in northern Egypt, media reports said.
Fighting erupted late Friday in the north-western ... Read more...
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Oldest monastery in Egypt opens doors for pilgrims
February 5th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Al-Zaafarana (Egypt), Feb 5 (RIA Novosti) The oldest monastery of Saint Antony near Egypt's coastal town of Al-Zaafarana has opened its doors for pilgrims after almost five years of renovation, the head ... Read more...
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Varanasi’s Ravidassia sect shocks Sikh community
February 4th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.4 (ANI): The establishment of the Ravidassia Sect in Varanasi last weekend has shocked the world's 23 million-strong Sikh community.Founded by a radical Sikh sect called Dera Sachkhand ... Read more...
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I’ve gone back to childhood in Lahore: Artist Krishen Khanna (Interview, With Images)
January 11th, 2010 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) In his new series of works, leading Indian contemporary artist Krishen Khanna has travelled back in time to his days in pre-partition Lahore, which ... Read more...
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‘Nepal church, mosque bombers funded by Indian groups, armed by ULFA’
December 30th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 30 (IANS) Three months after being caught for masterminding attacks on churches and mosques in Nepal, the chief of an underground organisation that persecuted Christians and Muslims says ... Read more...
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Nepal church blast mastermind caught
September 6th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 6 (IANS) More than three months after a bomb went off during mass at one of Nepal's oldest churches, killing three women -- two of them Indians, police Sunday arrested ... Read more...
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Surya namaskar should not be made compulsory: court
August 29th, 2009 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order Friday directed the state government not to force educational institutions to conduct the yoga exercise suraya namaskar, or ... Read more...
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Pak Christians shut schools in Gojra following killings
August 3rd, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.3 (ANI): The Christian community in the town of Gojra has closed all schools and colleges in the area for three days as a mark of respect for the eight persons ... Read more...
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Armed miscreants from Jhang behind Gojra Christian riots
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 3 (ANI): A group of armed miscreants, with masked faces had come from Jhang and led the violence against Christians in Gojra on the pretext of desecration of the Quran.The ... Read more...
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Hindus urge President Obama to visit Hindu temple also in case of rotation of churches
July 7th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hindus urged US President Barack Obama to put a Hindu temple also on his list, if possible, in case he decided to attend a number of different churches in rotation.Hindu statesman Rajan ... Read more...
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Hindus urge Obama to visit Hindu temple also in case of rotation of churches
July 7th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada, July 7 (ANI): Hindus urged US President Barack Obama to put a Hindu temple also on his list, if possible, in case he decided to attend a number of different ... Read more...
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