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India’s achievements in science and technology have been in focus ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi used examples from the Mahabharata and Ramayana to illustrate the country’s scientific temperament in ancient times. The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has approved the first research project in its effort to map the country’s ancient scientific achievements, [...]

Jaisalmer: The Central government has started the process of giving citizenship to Pak-Hindus by relaxing rules, while some antisocial elements who are unhappy with the move, set fire to huts of Pak-Hindus at Mohangarh area in Jaisalmer district. Demanding justice, the Pak-Hindu migrants took out a procession and submitted a memorandum to the collector. They [...]

A Hindu monastery worker has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, police said, the latest in a string of attacks on secular and minority targets. Nityaranjan Pande, who was in his 60s, died on the spot after several people attacked him early on Friday, AFP news agency said citing police. His murder comes after the [...]

Get to know about the compulsion behind the migration of Hindu community from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh? [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on Monday on a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with President Barack Obama to review bilateral ties and address a joint session of the US Congress. Modi arrived at the Joint Base Andrews from Switzerland where he secured the European nation’s support for India’s NSG membership ahead of [...]

Aside from the Bhagavad Gita and a sampling of the vast compendium of Hindu dharmic teachings, relatively few important texts have a comprehensive and detailed modern translation.  This is especially true for the Vedas.  For insight and understanding in English of ancient texts, such as the Vedas, one must often rely upon translations dating back [...]

In Chhoti Sadri, Dhola Pani region of Rajasthan, India villagers stripped and beaten up cow smugglers. Two trucks full of cows were illegally going to slaughter house. Four cows died due to suffocation, which made the villagers angry. Angry villagers then torched one truck outside the Gaushala and later striped and beaten the truck driver. [...]

After a one-day police remand, the two men were sent to judicial custody. Police said one of them had created the image, while the other had circulated it. Saxena said the issue was volatile and could have caused tension ahead of Ramzan, so police requested the organisations not to take to the streets.Days after some [...]

Tirupati: An unidentified man was found reading the Bible, which he was carrying at Vishnu Nivasam, TTD pilgrim complex, located opposite to Railway station here on Sunday. According to sources, some devotees resting on the spacious veranda on the ground floor noticed the man sitting next to them reading the Bible and objected it, only [...]

India’s greatest river, the Ganges, is one of the world’s dirtiest. The river is revered by Hindus, but it is also the sewer that carries away the waste from 450 million people. Pollution from industry, agriculture – and even waste from religious ceremonies – has turned its sacred waters into a toxic and deadly cocktail. [...]