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Breathe in, breathe out. “We need to direct our attention inward and connect to the breath,” yoga instructor Rachel Brathen writes in her New York Times best-selling book about the practice. “Focusing on our breath keeps us present, calms the mind, and allows us to develop the awareness of the body we need to practice [...]

KEMAH, Texas – A Dairy Queen owner is making headlines for airing his anti-Hindu beliefs at his business. On Highway 146, a large sign in front of a Dairy Queen boasts the owner’s anti-Hindu sentiments.Mohammad Dar, a Muslim, says that it’s wrong for people to follow a religion – something man-made rather than a set [...]

Jackson Township, New York: State police are investigating a case of ethnic intimidation in Monroe County. Someone dumped a cow head at the home of a Hindu man over the weekend. Hinduism is a religion where the cow is a symbol of life and should never be killed. None of the 20 or so cows [...]

Federal agents seized an ancient Afghan statue from a Manhattan gallery Wednesday morning, part of a string of seizures that began Friday and have coincided with Asia Week festivities in New York. The object, identified by authorities as an eighth-century marble sculpture of the Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati, seated on a tiger skin, was [...]

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is on a new mission. It now wants to wean away India’s tribal people from possible influences of Naxalism and conversions by the Christian missionaries, through welfare measures. The Sangh wants the government to shift its focus to the 10-crore tribal population who still fail to enjoy the fruit [...]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s State minister for religious affairs, Pir Aminul Hasnat Shah, speaking in parliament, said that interior ministry has already given permission to heads of government institutions to grant leave to minorities on their religious festivals. For the first time, minority communities in Pakistan will have public holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter festivals after [...]

New Delhi: Security agencies have killed three out of 10 suspected Pakistani terrorists who had entered India via Gujarat to carry out terror attacks during Maha Shivaratri festivities, a report said on Tuesday. Officials tracked down all the 10 suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists. While three terrorists have been neutralised, a massive search operation is on [...]

The whole earth is sacred. Earth, which is a well-endowed, beautiful Goddess, the wife of Vishnu, the Lord who sustains the universe. Such a Goddess, who deserves our reverence, must forgive us for we step on her so carelessly. The poet thinks of the earth in such lofty terms. The earth, so patient, so passionate, [...]

Mysore is likely to remain tense today following a bandh call to protest the killing of a Hindu activist, Raju. The police have launched an investigation into the murder of the 39 year old activist who was killed on Sunday near the Netaji circle which falls under the Udayagiri police station limits. [...]

On September 21st, 2013, Maulana Kalbe Sadiq was honored by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Art of Living International Center in Bangalore, India. He addressed the evening gathering and strongly denounced violence saying, “Anyone who kills the innocent cannot be a Muslim.” He also shared that when he accidentally found that many verses in [...]