India

AHMEDABAD: Even as Pakistani-origin singer Adnan Sami was granted Indian citizenship, many disillusioned families are going back to the neighbouring country after spending many years in Gujarat. In the past one year, at least 100 families — most of them Sindhis and Kutchi Gujaratis — have returned to Pakistan after spending many years in Gujarat [...]

I speak to audiences, wherever i go, about the plight of my brethren – the Kashmiri Pandits – who have been horrific victims of intolerance. Over 300,000 Pandits had to flee the land of their forefathers, arguably the finest countryside on this planet, overnight on January 19, 1990. It was the culmination of a long [...]

A massive Muslim protest rally against Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari for his alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed turned violent in Malda district on Sunday, leading to arson and gunfire in which two persons reportedly sustained bullet injuries. The protesters set on fire about two dozen vehicles and attacked the Kaliachak Police [...]

New Delhi: A decade after setting up Muslim Rashtriya Manch, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is now considering to establish a Christian outfit to reach out to the community people. According to a report published in Economic Times, top RSS leaders had recently held a meeting with Christian leaders as part of a plan to [...]

MEERUT: In a case of suspected child trafficking and conversion, 23 children in the 5-14 age group were rescued from a children’s home called Emmanuel Seva Group in Meerut’s Shastri Nagar on Wednesday afternoon. The children claimed to have two names – one which their parents gave them and the other a Christian name the [...]

Activists of the Shiv Sena Hindustan on Thursday staged a dharna outside the SDM office here against alleged atrocities being committed on Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh and demanded Prime Minister’s intervention. Led by Sena’s vice-president Manish Sood, the protesters also submitted a memorandum to SDM Balbir Raj Singh, demanding that the Prime Minister take [...]

 A fresh row is brewing at the Sabanayagar temple, also known as Thillai Natarajar temple, here, over recent constructions undertaken at the premises. Historians and archaeologists are calling for declaration of the temple as a national monument and heritage site to preserve its antiquity, while Podhu Dikshitars, who are the administrators of temple, have expressed apprehension [...]

Actress Sonali Bendre says imparting education and values is not only the duty of schools as parents should also try and inculcate them through vedic teachings. “We cannot put all the onus onto schools. What are the parents doing? There has to be some responsibilities that parents have to take. It is not that you [...]

“Significantly, PM Narendra Modi had made beef exports an election issue. In a poll rally in Nawada, Bihar, in April 2014, he had referred to ‘pink revolution’. More recently, incidents like the Dadri lynching and the Kerala House raid had led to a debate on ‘intolerance’ with several BJP members speaking against consumption of beef.” [...]

Thursday was a day for differing claims, as the police said that they had foiled the proposed beef festival in Osmania University, even as the organisers asserted that students had celebrated the event in their hostel rooms. The university resembled a war zone, with heavy deployment of police in and around the campus and barricades [...]