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India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment anywhere in the country.In a policy statement released Friday, the ministry advised state governments to reject any proposal to establish a dolphinarium “by any person / persons, organizations, government agencies, private or public enterprises that involves import, [...]

A Buddhist monk set himself on fire in Sri Lanka to protest the slaughter of cattle for their meat, authorities said Friday. It was the first attempt at self-immolation by a monk in that country. “Policemen near the temple doused the flames and rushed the monk to hospital,” a police spokesman said, according to AFP. [...]

An explosion ripped through a temple inside the premises of the 26th battalion Assam Rifles in Aizawl early on Thursday morning. The explosion shattered 26 window panes and some window frames, the police said. Police suspected that the explosive used was gelatin and the bundle of gelatin sticks must have been thrown from the main [...]

NEW DELHI: The latest match-fixing scandal is another chapter in the sorry saga of corruption which has embroiled India. In an attempt to bring back core values to society, management schools are now using ancient texts to bring about a slow change in society. And they are reaching out where it matters first and most [...]

Four young American women turn up at a Hindu temple confused with questions about Hinduism but end up even more confused by the looks of it. But the video should be watched because this is very typical with 99 percent of Hindus especially running temples when they try to explain hinduism to non Hindus when [...]

Michael Lawson Christian fundamentalist secretly recorded in 2010 by HHR on a sting operation to expose Lawson’s anti-Hindu propaganda. He Often travels to India to make anti-Hindu films which are shown to politicians and others in the West.   [...]

Controversy over Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla’s lighting a candle in front of a Durga idol in 2011 has resurfaced again with the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) announcing a protest rally on May 23. The MNF has announced that the party would organize a rally called ‘Milem Biak Duhlohna Kawngzawh’ or anti-idol worshiping rally [...]

An amendment to the Equality Act 2010 has banned discrimination based on caste. What will be the effect of this? The starry-eyed idealists who backed the legislation purport that it will give protection to Asians in Britain who have hitherto been denied the safety net of basic dignity. These anti-caste groups are equivocal that Hindu [...]

KANPUR: In a horrific incident, two temple priests were burnt alive by unidentified miscreants in Orai district late on Wednesday night. Another priest is reported to be missing, police said adding, his role in the crime is being investigated. “Unidentified miscreants raided the Balkhandi Devi temple near Tikri village under the limits of Sirsa Kalar [...]

Unidentified criminals set a 200-year-old Hindu temple ablaze at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur in the wee hours yesterday. Police and locals said miscreants torched the Kali Mandir at Mahendradi village sometime after midnight. Dadon Kanta, chairman of Haridashdi-Mahendradi upazila, suspects that Jamaat or BNP men are behind the attack. Police, meanwhile, arrested Haridashdi-Mahendradi union unit [...]