An Indian politician has reportedly claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan to be the next President of India. Amar Singh, one of the leaders of Samajwadi Party before he quit, is said to have made the claims during an exclusive interview with local media channel Zee News’ […]
Source: Reuters BELHE, INDIA | BY RAJENDRA JADHAV A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India’s richest state is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, […]
Source: Times of India DHAKA: Bangladesh will celebrate its 45th Independence Day on Saturday, March 26th, the day it emerged as a sovereign nation, breaking the shackles of suppression of […]
Source: International Business Times By Priyanka Mogul A number of British Lords have criticised India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supporting Hindu extremism. The concerns were raised in UK parliament […]
Source: Associated press VRINDAVAN, India (AP) — Aruna Samaddar threw fistfuls of colored powder into the air. Blue and red and green, the cheerful colors settled on her white sari […]
Source of news: Mohammad Kashif Khalid, Zaeem Halqa Daru-s-Salaam Qadian Today Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya halqa Daru-s-Salaam Qadian organised a successful event of tree plantation drive in Daru-s-Salaam colony qadian. Khuddam took […]
Source: BBC India has in recent weeks seen some of its most concerted protests because of caste. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in violent protests by […]
The Hindu: A group of about three dozen activists affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Muslim Mahasangha (ABDMM), a non-profit welfare body which claims to bring India’s Dalits and Muslims together, staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar Friday afternoon along with a pack of well-bred dogs. Chanting anti-government slogans, the president […]
Source: BBC Wedding celebrations are supposed to be happy events but in northern India, a shocking number end tragically, thanks to a surprisingly tenacious tradition of celebratory gunfire. Take the […]
Source: The New York Times Each time I visit Mumbai, I make a pilgrimage to an old five-story building with crumbling balconies on Nepean Sea Road. It’s where I lived […]
Source: BBC Four Kashmiri students were allegedly beaten up at a private university in northern India over rumours that they were cooking beef in their hostel room. The police intervened […]
Source: BBC Every year, Professor Dora Koop leaves her home in Montreal to teach a 10-day business school programme in India. Among her favourite pastimes there is observing something uniquely […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Surbhi Kaul, Verbier MAR 15, 2016 – 11:00 It is estimated that between 300,000 to 500,000 military and paramilitary soldiers are deployed in Kashmir, mainly along the border with Pakistan (Keystone) Lured by virgin snow, adventurous skiers are ignoring travel advisories to stay away […]
thehindu.com: After New Delhi denied visas to members of the USCIRF for the seventh year, State Department spokesman John Kirby backs the commission. The United States on Monday expressed disappointment over India denying visas to members of the United States Commission of International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). A USCIRF team was […]
The flashy Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh — whose devotees call him a “messenger of god” and “saint” but not a businessman — lent his name to a line of organic products, expanding beyond the music videos and movies he makes and stars in. (Courtesy of Ajay Dhamija) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/guru-inc-indias-holy-men-enter-the-world-of-big-business/2016/02/26/6ee7a542-d596-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html “Our […]
Source: The Guardian India has denied visas for a delegation from the US government agency charged with monitoring international religious freedom. The delegation from the US Commission on International Religious […]
Source: BBC Years ago, during a visit to my village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, I heard a female relative boast that as a high-caste Brahmin, she […]
The masjid comes as a relief to the lone Muslim family in the village, and others in the area, who otherwise had to travel to Jagraon or Raikot to offer namaz – See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/hindus-sikhs-rebuild-mosque-shut-since-1947/#sthash.06slCjP0.dpuf In a remarkable show of fraternity and communal harmony, Hindus and Sikhs from Malla […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
Yogesh Joshi, Hindustan Times, Pune, Updated: Feb 25, 2016 13:47 IST Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt reached Mumbai post his release from Yerawada prison on Thursday morning after serving 42 months for possessing an AK-56 supplied by gangsters behind a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993. Dutt […]