Delhi celebrates Maha Shivaratri with offerings, fasts and prayers
February 20th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) For Shiva devotees across the capital, Monday started early. With a ritual bathing of Shivalingams and prayers, the devotees geared up for the festival of ... Read more...
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Masonic Hall transformed into Hindu Temple in England
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), April 22 (ANI): Former Central Masonic Hall in Hull (England, UK) is Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre now.Before it, Hindus in North and North-East Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire either had ... Read more...
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Mysore royal house unveils spring-summer collection
March 11th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 10 (IANS) In keeping with its tradition, the royal house of Mysore late Thursday presented its enchanting spring-summer fashion line of 2011 at the imposing Bangalore Palace here.With ... Read more...
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Government fudging figures to fool people: BJP
March 8th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The government Tuesday faced a lot of flak from the opposition parties over inflation, corruption and illegal money stashed abroad, apart from what they ... Read more...
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India celebrates Mahashivratri with fasting and prayers (Roundup)
March 2nd, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore/Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) Millions of hindu devotees across the country and the world celebrated Mahashivratri with ritual bathing, fasting and prayers.People thronged temples in thousands during the ... Read more...
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Fasting, prayers mark Mahashivratri in Delhi
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) It was an early start to the day Wednesday for Shiva devotees in the capital, who celebrated Mahashivratri with ritual bathing and prayers.People also thronged ... Read more...
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Hindu fundamentalist group protest New Year celebrations in Coimbatore
January 1st, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Jan 1 (ANI): The activists of Hindu fundamentalist group 'Bharath Sena' protested outside hotels, which have organised New Year celebration parties, in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city on Saturday.Carrying banners and flags ... Read more...
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Ashok Singhal accuses Sonia Gandhi of attempt to destroy Hindu culture
December 30th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Dec 30 (ANI): Lashing out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal has alleged that she was destroying Hinduism and that she was "deputed by ... Read more...
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UK’s 2nd Hindu school to admit non-Hindus also
December 30th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 30 (ANI): Proposed Krishna-Avanti Primary School (KAPS) in Evington (Leicester, East Midlands, UK), when it opens in September, will be based on "Hindu ethos" but will admit pupils of ... Read more...
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VHP President Singhal charges Sonia Gandhi of spoiling Hindu culture
December 25th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Dec 25 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Ashok Singhal has accused Congress President Sonia Gandhi of spoiling the Hindu culture and creating differences of among religions in the ... Read more...
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Jolie-Pitt Hindu wedding tickles Canada
December 17th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 17 (IANS) The reported decision by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to have a Hindu wedding in an ashram in Rajasthan next year to formalize their live-in ... Read more...
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UK’s 2nd Hindu school to open next September
November 27th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 27 (ANI): United Kingdom's second Hindu state school will open next September in Evington (Leicester, East Midlands), according to reports.To be named Krishna-Avanti Primary School (Leicester), this "Free School" ... Read more...
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Karnad withdraws resignation from Goa panel
August 19th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 19 (IANS) In a flip flop, veteran artiste Girish Karnad has withdrawn his resignation from a high profile think tank promoted by the Goa government.
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat told ... Read more...
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Karnad snubs Kamat; refuses to be part of state council
August 17th, 2010 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 17 (IANS) In a major snub to Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, celebrated playwright Girish Karnad has refused to be part of a think tank promoted by the state government ... Read more...
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Sohrabuddin encounter: Modi slams CBI case against Amit Shah
July 30th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Bhavnagar (Gujarat)/New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday publicly slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case against his close aide and former State Home Minister ... Read more...
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South Indians were the ancient money bags in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city (IANS Books)
March 5th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Vietnam - the bloody stage for a 30-year-war with France and then the US - was once home to a bustling Hindu settlement devoted to ... Read more...
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Indian Muslims are also Hindus,says RSS chief
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 22 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat late Sunday created a flutter at a public meeting here by claiming that Indian Muslims were originally Hindus and follow Hindu ... Read more...
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Kicked out over nose ring, Indian-American teen back in school (Lead)
October 27th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) An Indian-American girl kicked out of her school in Utah state for wearing a traditional nose ring is back in her class after she exchanged it ... Read more...
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Dead Indian Australian woman ‘hid relationship’ with her eventual murderer, claims father
August 17th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Aug.17 (ANI): An Indian Australian woman, who was found dead in her Brisbane home, is said to have lied repeatedly to her family about her ongoing relationship with her alleged murderer, ... Read more...
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Hindu activists protest conversion of a woman to Christianity in Bhopal
July 26th, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, July 26 (ANI): Activists of Hindu radical groups on Sunday protested outside a church against the conversion of a Hindu woman to Christianity in Bhopal city.Protestors demanded a case should be ... Read more...
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Worshippers cry foul as Madhya Pradesh ‘de-fangs’ Nagpanchmi
July 26th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, July 26 (IANS) Nagpanchmi, the festival of snakes, which was celebrated Sunday, left many Hindu worshippers disappointed when they went to temples but found no snakes. The forest ... Read more...
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Muthalik held for inciting communal clashes in Mysore
July 25th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) Pramod Muthalik, who earned notoriety when members of his right wing Hindu outfit bashed up women in a pub in Karnataka in January this year, has been arrested ... Read more...
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Sri Rama Sene disrupts India-Pakistan seminar, evicted (Lead)
April 15th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Members of the Sri Rama Sene, the rightist group that hit the public eye with its attack on women in a Mangalore pub, tried to disrupt a ... Read more...
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Hindus urge Brazilian popular TV soap opera makers to depict “authentic Hindu culture”
March 23rd, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hindus have urged the makers of "Caminho das Índias" (A Passage to India), a popular Brazilian television soap opera, to show the Hindu culture in its authentic form.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, ... Read more...
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Modi orders stop to temple demolition drive in Gujarat
November 21st, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday decided to stop further demolition of illegally constructed temples in the state after his meeting with Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president ... Read more...
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Modi’s temple demolition irks VHP, Congress alike
November 20th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government's drive against temples encroaching streets in this Gujarat capital and elsewhere has invited the wrath of the opposition Congress and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) ... Read more...
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Pragya being falsely implicated: Gujarat BJP
October 27th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Oct 27 (IANS) Pragya Singh Thakur, a Hindu monk arrested for last month's bomb blasts in Gujarat and Maharashtra, is being falsely implicated, Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Purushottam Rupala ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to recommend ban on Hindu group
October 13th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Monday said it would recommend a ban on the Sanatan Sanstha, terming it a "fundamentalist organisation" allegedly involved in the recent bomb blasts in Thane ... Read more...
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Foreign tourists play Dandiya dance at Sun Temple of Khajuraho
October 7th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Narender Singh Parmar
Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), Oct.7 (ANI): Dandiya, the traditional dance form of Gujarat and Maharashtra, was organized for the first time at the famous Sun Temple in Khajuraho. It ... Read more...
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Victim of terrorism - the common man
September 17th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by admin
By Shobha ShuklaRecently I had the privilege to hear Mr. Ajit Sahi, the Editor-at-large of Tehelka, speak on the 'Myth Of Terrorist Organisations----SIMI fictions'.His painstakingly collected and carefully analyzed information speaks of ... Read more...
RSS chief blames ‘foreign hands’ for unrest in India
September 15th, 2008 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 14 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief K.C. Sudarshan Sunday blamed "foreign hands" for terrorist and Maoist violence in the country. "The disintegrating forces are becoming active in the country ... Read more...
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Watch ‘Love Guru’ with a sense of humour, Iskcon tells Hindus
June 20th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 20 (IANS) Rejecting the notion that controversial film "The Love Guru" is offensive to Hinduism, the Hare Krishna movement has called upon Hindus to take the comedy released Friday ... Read more...
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Saamna flays Hindus held for Thane bomb blasts
June 18th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna has advocated build-up of Hindu response to counter the "growing Islamic terrorism" in the country while ridiculing members of a Hindu fundamentalist organisation ... Read more...
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For Maharashtra farmers, urbanised weather predictions hold no meaning
May 25th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by admin
Bhedval Village (Buldana) (Maharasthtra), May 25 (ANI): While people in cities refer to media reports to have an idea about the weather in the days ahead, farmers in Bhedwal village of ... Read more...
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Astrological garden of Bhopal
April 24th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, April 24 (ANI): A unique garden comprising various plants related to different zodiac signs and planets as per Hindu belief has been raised here.
These plants are stated to be ... Read more...
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