Indian police, Hindu hardliners halt church wedding
Source: Yahoo News New Delhi (AFP) – A group of hardline Hindu activists and police stormed a church in central India and stopped a wedding midway after accusing the pastor […]
India: Impact of Wahabi Islam is growing
THE PHENOMENON of Islamist terrorism has received considerable attention in recent times. Pointing to a trend of increasing radicalisation of Indian Muslims, Indian intelligence has expressed concern that it is becoming a paramount national security issue. However, in looking at Islamist fundamentalism as one of the causes for communal polarisation […]
Indians take to Buddhist chanting to alleviate urban stress
Source: Associated Press By NIRMALA GEORGE NEW DELHI (AP) — The bank executive, the book publisher and the social worker had one thing in common: Their hectic lives in the […]
The migration superpowers
Apr 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own — a republic of the rootless — it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, with a […]
It’s better for women to perform in dance bars than begging on streets
Source: TOI “It’s better for women to perform in dance bars than begging on streets or indulging in unacceptable activities,” the SC said. The Maharashtra assembly had on April 12 unanimously passed the Dance Bar Regulation Bill, which has provisions for stringent actions against the violators.The new bill fixes accountability on […]
8th Century Kerala Mosque Finally Lets Women In. But Conditions Apply
Kerala | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Updated: April 24, 2016 02:34 by Taboola The Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid in Kottayam is for the first time allowing women, from the local community, to come inside. Kottayam: Highlights Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid popular with male tourists in India and abroad Women […]
Swachh Bharat: 1019-yr-old Nathrsha mosque cleaned
TNN | Apr 24, 2016 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/configspace/ads/AS_Top.html Trichy: The 1,019-year-old Nathrsha Mosque that stands in the heart of the city was cleaned by civic body workers on Saturday. As part of […]
Pope Francis has broken a pledge.
Source. The Daily Beast. “We are not only disgusted and alarmed, but we realize there is a serious danger,” Minnesota attorney Jeff Anderson said during a press conference last week. “Pope Francis has broken a pledge. This priest is a predator who needs to be stopped, and they have chosen not […]
India: Noor Mosque of Qadian completes its 106th year
On 23rd April 1910, Hadhrat Hakeem Maulana Noor ud din (r.a.) inaugurated the Noor Mosque in Qadian, and led the Asr prayer. On 14th March 1914, in the very same mosque, Hadhrat Mirza Bashir ud din Mahmood (r.a.) was chosen as the second caliph of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. […]
India: Eminent Urdu writer Joginder Paul passed away
Joginder Paul Passed Away – 1925 – 2016 Eminent Urdu novelist & short story writer Joginder Paul passed away in India on 23 April 2016. He was famous for his unique style in this genre. He was born 5th September 1925 in Sialkot, emigrated to Nairobi but moved back to […]
TIME magazine names Priyanka Chopra, Raghuram Rajan, Sania Mirza, among 100 most influential people
New Delhi, Apr 22: Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, tennis star Sania Mirza, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and founders of Flipkart Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal have been appeared in the TIME list of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World, released on Thursday. […]
US lawmakers write to House Speaker asking him to invite PM Modi to address Congress
Source: TOI The lawmakers said the US partnership with India is based on a foundation of shared values, including the rule of law, electoral democracy, and religious pluralism and this renewed partnership has found champions in the leadership of both parties, including both President Clinton and President George Bush, and […]
India says 330 million people affected by severe drought
Source: BBC The Indian government has told the Supreme Court that 330 million people are affected by drought in the country. It said that nearly 256 districts across India, home […]
India mulls granting citizenship to Pakistani Hindu migrants
Source: Dawn The Indian government is considering a proposal aimed to simplify the procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan, the Times of India reported on Sunday. The proposal also envisages allowing “minority communities of Pakistan staying in India on a Long Term Visa” to buy property, […]
India: Prince William, Kate recreate Diana’s iconic Taj Mahal photo
AGRA, INDIA—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge invoked nostalgia Saturday as they sat and smiled for photos on the same marble bench in front of the Taj Mahal where Prince William’s late mother, Princess Diana, had posed alone for a memorable 1992 photo. Winding down their weeklong royal tour of […]
Thrill of the chaste: The truth about Gandhi’s sex life
Source. Independent It was no secret that Mohandas Gandhi had an unusual sex life. He spoke constantly of sex and gave detailed, often provocative, instructions to his followers as to how to they might best observe chastity. And his views were not always popular; “abnormal and unnatural” was how the […]
Expect More Rapes With Women Allowed Into Shani Temple, Says Shankaracharya Swaroopanand
Source: NDTV HIGHLIGHTS Earlier, he had warned of the ‘harmful effect of Shani (Saturn) on women’ Women were banned from entering Shani Shingnapur temple’s inner sanctum Court overturned ban saying women, men must have equal access to temple The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or […]
Britain to hire 400 doctors from Indian chain
Source: The Times Of India By Paul Gallagher Hundreds of general practitioners (GPs) are being recruited from India to help fill the growing demand-supply gap in general practice and meet a UK government pledge to add 5,000 doctors by 2020. Health Education England, the non-departmental body of the Department of Health […]
Prince William and Kate Middleton Begin Tour of India
Source: Time By Rafiq Maqbool (MUMBAI, India) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects at one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks Sunday as they began a weeklong visit to India, their first royal tour in two years. Prince William and his wife, the former […]
Eventually a good news for Pak bride arrives – after 13 years
Source. TOI AMRITSAR: Finally, the arduous journey of 13 years of a Pakistani bride of making rounds to ‘babu’s offices’ seeking Indian citizenship came to a pleasant end after she received a much sought after communique from Department of Home Affairs and Justice directing Gurdaspur administration to issue her a […]