Washington, Jan 4 — Ami Bera, an Indian-American physician from California and Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu ever elected to the US House of Representatives, created history as they were sworn in as members of the 113th Congress
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Hindus Pakistanis continue to arrive in large numbers in India making it clear that they will not return back to their own country. Many are moving into refugee camps in Rajasthan.
Mumbai, Aug 13 — Several pro-Hindu groups Monday demanded a ban on "fanatical" Muslim bodies and the arrest of their leaders whose fiery speeches sparked violence leaving two dead here
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Srinagar, May 29 — Scores of Kashmir Pandit devotees thronged the Khirbhawani temple shrine in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday amid emotional scenes of Hindu-Muslim amity.
Using buses, taxis and even two-wheelers, Hindus paid obeisance at the holiest Hindu shrine of Mata Khirbhawani in Tullamulla village, 24 km from summer capital Srinagar in Ganderbal district.
Elaborate security arrangements had been made by the authorities as most devotees arriving at the shrine were ...
New Delhi, May 8 — The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the government to eliminate the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in the next 10 years.
Coming out against the government policy of subsidies to pilgrims going for Haj to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia every year, an apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai also cut the strength of goodwill delegation sent by the ...
New Delhi, May 2 — The government will make a statement on the alleged forcible conversion of Hindu women in Pakistan, Home Minister P. Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha Wednesday after the BJP raised the issue.
Responding to the concerns raised by Murli Manohar Joshi, Chidambaram said he would consult Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna before making a statement.
Speaking during Zero Hour, Joshi alleged ...
Islamabad, April 22 — A pond considered sacred by Hindus abutting a 900-year-old temple complex in Pakistan is drying up after tubewells began supplying the water to a cement factory and to two villages, said a media report Sunday.
The Hindu temple at Katasraj in Punjab province is considered sacred due to a pond, which according to Hindu mythology was formed from Lord Shiva's tears.
Jammu, April 19 — The Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to issue an ordinance to protect Hindu temples in the Kashmir Valley, a demand that Kashmiri Pandit migrants had been raising since their migration from Kashmir in the 1990s, according to official sources here.
The sources told IANS Thursday that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed the Revenue Department to prepare a note for promulgation of an ordinance for ...