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Defying stereotypes, a Muslim boy and girl have bagged all three medals instituted for the BA course in the ancient Indian language by the Gujarat University. Two of the medals for Sanskrit were won by Taiyab Sheikh, a student of Y S Arts and Commerce college in Devgadh Baria in Panchmahals district. The third went [...]

MANSEHRA: Hindus in Hazara have demanded the government to reclaim the land of the oldest Hindu temple in Pakistan, the Shiva Temple Chiti Gati in Mansehra. The Evacuee Trust Board sold part of the land, measuring five kanals (1 kanal is approximately 500 square metres), to a local landlord about 25 years ago in violation of [...]

Yet again religious fanatics have attacked temples, houses and shops of Hindus in four districts. Since Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was handed down a death sentence in a war crimes case on February 28, more than 26 temples, 175 houses and dozens of shops of the minorities across the country have been vandalised, torched [...]

‘Miscreants’ vandalised a Saraswati idol at a temple beside the residence of ruling-party Member of Parliament (MP) Mohammad Atiur Rahman Atique in Sherpur city’s Madhabpur. The ‘Madhabpur Puja Temple’ committee informed the police about the incident that took place on Friday night. Hindus have been offering prayers at this temple for the past 77 years, [...]

Recently, people gathered outside the high commission of Pakistan in London to seek justice and protest against persecution of minorities. February 24, 2012 is a black day in the history of Pakistan. On this day last year, a Sindhi Hindu girl, Rinkle Kumari, was kidnapped by a Member of Parliament affiliated to the ruling Pakistan [...]

With the Growing interest in Yoga and Ayurveda around the world its not surprising that David Frawley’s (Vamadev Shastri) popular book ‘Yoga and Ayurveda’ has hit at number 2 on Turkey’s Best Sellers List this week. ‘Yoga and Ayurveda’ together form a complete approach for optimal health, vitality and higher awareness. YOGA AND AYURVEDA reveals [...]

The group, predominantly Bangladeshi-Americans, came together over political unrest in Bangladesh. Life in the small South-Asian country has been disrupted over the past several months, many blaming Jamaat-e-Islami militant political group. The protesters outside of the United Nations are calling for a ban of the group that many view as a terrorist organization and one that has [...]

The manner in which the students at the Wharton School were forced to drop the Indian politician Narendra Modi from their event after some faculty members used factual inaccuracies to demonize the speaker has a surreal parallel in the world of literature. In “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the following exchange takes place in the court [...]

 Lord Shiva, Hanuman and goddess Durga do not represent any particular religion but are regarded as supernatural powers of the universe, the Nagpur income tax appellate tribunal has said. The observation came when the tribunal was hearing an appeal by Nagpur-based Shiv Mandir Devstan Panch Committee Sanstan against an income tax commissioner’s order denying it [...]

Government today ruled out granting refugee status to Pakistani Hindu immigrants who have crossed over to India to escape persecution there. “At the moment, we cannot grant them refugee status,” Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said replying to a discussion on a private members’ resolution in the Lok Sabha. He, however, said no [...]