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The chair of the Republican party of Hawaii is urging fellow party members to disavow his own congressional candidate in the 2nd District after the GOP candidate attacked Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for her religion and faith. GOP candidate Angela Kaaihue issued a press release last week saying that Gabbard and former Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa [...]

When Rajeev Ram stood on the Olympic podium alongside doubles partner Venus Williams to receive their silver medal in tennis, children much like the boy he once was sat rapt in front of their televisions at home. For Hindu American children, Ram is a new role model, one of the first Americans who share their religion [...]

Sindh, July 28, 2016: Pakistani Hindus came out on streets to protest against religious extremism that has been unleashed over it after the allegations by the Bharchundi Sufi Peers that a Hindu man desecrated Quran. The man in questions had converted to Islam 4-years back after being tired of rampant persecution and is said to [...]

Tulsi Gabbard, the first ever Hindu elected to the US House of Representatives, has asked a Californian educational board to give Hinduism its due place in school text books and not to describe it inaccurately as ‘religions of ancient India’. California State Board of Education is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 [...]

Washington: California Lt Gov and a group of 40 top academicians have sought “accurate and fair” representation of Hinduism in school text books in the US state, which is currently in the process of revising. “I strongly encourage you to consider the perspective of young Indian-American and Hindu-American students and whether the proposed framework accurately [...]

The criminals behind the destruction of a sacred millenia-old temple claimed they were serving god. Members of the Christian sect Jehovah’s Witness reportedly destroyed a sacred Indigenous archaeological heritage site in central eastern Mexico in an act of apparent religious intolerance, claiming the traditional rituals practiced at the ancient ceremonial place were “not Christian,” local media [...]

A former US Marine sergeant of Indian origin, Imran Yousuf, has been hailed as a hero for saving scores of lives at a Florida night club when a terrorist went on a rampage killing 49 people. When Yousuf, who was working as a bouncer at the Pulse night club catering to the gay community in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu (13th May 2016) – The Christian-majority Kanyakumari district saw a horrendous case of temple desecration by its majoritarian Christian police. The Koottalumoodu Bhagavathi Amman temple In Kanyakumari district of Tamilnadu (where christians are majority), conduct summer time festival every year. During the festival they burst firecrackers as part of festival at mid [...]