Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) The Catholic church in Goa has steadfastly maintained it is against homosexuality. But a prominent Christian spiritual advisor has now said it is not against ...More

Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will sponsor five Sikhs to carry out research at the prestigious Cambridge University. However, the fiv...More

Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) Mumbai broke out into a riot of colours, with dances on the street, loud music and revelry as lakhs of people turned up to bid farewell to their beloved eleph...More

Hyderabad, Sep 3 (IANS) The death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash has impacted Ganesh immersion procession here Thursday with the org...More

Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that manages Sikh shrines across the country, Thursday lashed out at the Haryana government over its p...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 (IANS) If skyrocketing prices were not enough to dampen the Onam festivities Wednesday, heavy rain lashing Kerala since Tuesday evening also played a spo...More

Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) Overcoming opposition from his family and community, a Muslim man left his ancestral profession of singing qawwalis to sing Hindu hymns in the temples of Var...More

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs has revised its rules for allocation of quota for Haj pilgrims for private tour operators. This...More

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia Friday asked the power distribution companies (discoms) and the civic agencies to ensure uninterrupted water and power s...More

Lucknow, Aug 28 (IANS) With a view to curbing the rising incidence of 'talaq' (divorce), shariat (Islamic law) courts have been asked to act as marriage counsellors with a clear c...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 27 (IANS) Puri Shankaracharya Nishchalanand Saraswati Thursday demanded a ban on the Hindi film 'Kaminey' for allegedly demeaning Lord Jagannath. ...More

Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi told the Andhra Pradesh assembly Wednesday that the mortgaging of the jewellery of a Tirupati temple by the priest was...More

Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday instructed the state health department to set up swine flu monitoring centres at pilgrimage places like Thir...More

Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Bihar's police chief is being criticised for sporting a sandalwood 'tilak' on his forehead to work, with the criticism getting more strident after he asked me...More

Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 24 (IANS) The pilgrim's progress is all set to become easier. A proposal to construct a third cave at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir h...More