The Secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), Satish Jarkiholi, stoked a controversy on Monday by stating that 'Hindu' is not an Indian word, but Persian.
Elaborating the RSS' philosophy, Bhagwat said that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life.
There has been a spurt in targeted killings in Kashmir, the victims being people from Hindu community. In fear of losing lives, Kashmiri Hindus have started to flee the valley.
On Saturday evening, representatives of the local peace committee, Aman Committee, met and hugged each other on cameras, spreading the message of brotherhood between both the communities.
Thiruvananthapuram: Acclaimed film actor Kamal Haasan on Friday hinted that he may form a political party but made it clear he won’t ally with “saffron” — the Hindu Right.The 62-year-old superstar, who has acted in more than 220 films, made the announcement after meeting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here.And stating that he won’t align with […]
Ayodhya: Ayodhya is a fortress ahead of the ‘Dharma Sabha’ organised on Sunday by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) where prominent Hindu seers were likely to spell out their stand and strategy for construction of a grand Ram temple. The Uttar Pradesh administration has taken over the town. The massive rally is expected to begin […]
Patna: A Muslim in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life. Jawed Alam on Tuesday donated blood to Rajesh Kumar in Gopalganj district, a district health official said. The boy was rushed to the emergency of Sadar hospital by […]
Lucknow: A senior leader of a Hindu outfit — Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha — on Friday slammed veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan for his “Hindu terror” remarks and said people like him should be “shot dead”. Referring to the statement made by Haasan on Thursday in a column in a weekly magazine, Mahasabha leader Pt. […]
New Delhi: The appointment of 36 non-Brahmin priests, including six Dalits, in temples in Kerala is a “major step” to ensure that “all Hindu believers get their due share in priestly functions”, the CPI-M has said. When Yedu Krishnan, 22, began his priestly functions at the sanctum sanctorum of the Shiva temple at Valanjavattom in […]
Lucknow: An angry mob on Saturday attacked a Jawed Habib salon in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district and vandalised the property over the use of Hindu gods’ caricature in one of his advertisements. Police said the mob was led by workers of the Hindu Jagran Manch, who attacked the beauty salon in Motinagar in the district […]
London: A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Kalavati Mistry and Miriam Jefferson met more than 20 years ago on a training course in the US and tied the knot in a Hindu ceremony last week in Leicester, the Daily Mail reported. […]
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said “Gau Rakshaks” (cow vigilantes) are committing acts of terror against innocent people and warned that continued attacks will stoke anarchy in the country. The Member of Parliament alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its government did not want to stop Gau Rakshaks as they had […]
Kendrapara: At least 14 Christians of three families were allegedly “re-converted” to Hinduism at a “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) ceremony at Baulakani village in Odisha s politically-sensitive Kendrapara district, according to a local VHP leader. The “purification ceremony” was conducted at the village temple under the stewardship of local Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday, VHP leader Umesh […]
New Delhi: A Muslim group on Wednesday accused the BJP government of communalising triple talaq, while terming its proposal of Uniform Civil Code an attempt to impose Hindu personal law. “BJP has made a lot of noise (about triple talaq and nikal halala). Without questions, they are communalising and politicising the whole issue,” Indian Muslims […]
As I read about the ‘honour killing’ of Amrita Singh, the Rourkela girl strangulated to death by her relatives for the ‘crime’ of marrying a Muslim man, my mind inevitably went back 30 years in time when another inter-faith love story blossomed in the same Steel City but later went horribly wrong. Little, it seems, […]
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