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A church body in Mizoram has gone a step further and urged people not to take part in Yoga Day. Two days before the Centre’s plans to celebrate International Yoga Day kicks off, church bodies in both Nagaland and Mizoram have expressed their opposition, saying the events to mark the day would hurt religious sentiments [...]

Ahead of International Day of Yoga, as designated by the United Nations, the Greek Orthodox Church in Greece has lashed out at the popular relaxation and exercise. The Holy Synod, the Greek Orthodox Church’s governing body in Athens, denounced yoga, saying it is “incompatible” with the Christian faith. According to a statement issued by the [...]

Hindus are supporting the demand of “Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada” for apology by Pope “for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children in Catholic-run residential schools”. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, agreed with [...]

Outfit president Rajinder Singh said around 17 members, in three teams, carried out the “operation” Signages of roads named after Muslim personalities such as Emperor Akbar and Firozshah, among others, were found defaced late Wednesday. The names have been blackened and posters of right-wing group — Shiv Sena Hindustan — were pasted on them. The [...]

A personalised registration has set a new British record after selling for more than £230,000, according to the DVLA. KR15 HNA was bought by a London-based businesswoman during an auction at the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield. It is the most expensive current style registration to be sold by the DVLA. The previous record was set [...]

A new Upper House MP in New South Wales has become the first politician to be sworn in to an Australian parliament on the Hindu religious text, the Bhagavad-gita. Daniel Mookhey, 32, was chosen by the Labor party to fill the casual vacancy created by Steve Whan’s unsuccessful tilt at a Lower House seat in [...]

A religious spat has broken out between two neighbours in rural Auckland after one erected a 6.4m statue of the Hindu god Shiva. Ravin Chand told the Herald on Sunday that he installed the 30-tonne religious effigy so that he and his family could pray to it. But neighbour Bryce Watts, a Catholic, said the [...]

British government has revoked visas issued to two prominent members of right-wing Hindu organisations in the south Indian state of Kerala after the Indian community here filed complaints against their visit. Sasikala Teacher, chairperson of Kerala-based Hindu Aikya Vedi (United Hindu Front), and N. Gopalakrishnan, director of Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, were invited to [...]

WEST BENGAL: Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal is fast becoming a massive riot-hit state for Hindu-Muslim conflicts. Four people have been killed and over eight have sustained injuries after a communal clash broke out between two communities in two villages of Nadia district of West Bengal on Monday afternoon. People killed in the violence include Maru Hajra, [...]

While the massive earthquake has flattened several centuries-old structures in Nepal, the Pashupatinath temple has suffered only slight damage. Much like the Kedarnath shrine, which withstood the devastating flash floods of 2013, the Pashupatinath temple too has stood up to nature’s fury. Both are among the sub-continent’s most revered Shiva shrines. While devotees prefer to [...]