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A former Los Angeles police officer and self-styled preacher, has sparked outcry by suggesting that Nepalis should not rebuild their “pagan shrines” and instead convert to Christianity. Tony Miano, an outspoken conservative who has previously been accused of homophobia, triggered angry responses when he posted a series of messages on social media, expressing sympathy for [...]

More than 20 thousand Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh personnel with much needed medical supplies and other help were the first to reach earthquake damaged zones in Nepal . Swami Ramdev who had a narrow escape as the stage he was giving a lecture from collapsed has also chosen to remain in Nepal to direct relief efforts [...]

Bhagirath Koirala, a Hindu priest, was falsely accused of inciting panic on April 10 by making a bomb threat, and complicity PAINESVILLE, OHIO – Today, the Painesville Municipal Prosecutor moved and Judge Michael A. Cicconetti of the Painesville Municipal Court agreed to dismiss all criminal charges against Bhagirath Koirala (age 67) of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Mr. [...]

In the latest attack on Hindu houses of worship in the US, a temple has been vandalised in Texas horrifying both Hindus and non-Hindus, who have offered to help the temple clean the damage. In the attack at the North Texas Hindu Mandir in Lake Highlands suburb of Dallas, vandals painted symbols of devil worship [...]

Srinagar: Ram Navmi was Sunday celebrated with religious fervor and enthusiasm at Shri Ram Ji Mandir, Barbar Shah in Srinagar City while devotees carried out a Janki procession from Kathleshwar Mandir Habbakadal that passed through city centre Lal Chowk. The Hindu Welfare Society Kashmir (HWSK) had organized nine daylong celebrations at the Mandir. “The welfare [...]

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation claimed on Saturday that the spiritual guru had received death threats from the Islamic State terror group during his visit to Malaysia.  Three letters with threats were received by the manager of the hotel where Ravi Shankar is staying at Penang in Malaysia, said Shikha Grover, a [...]

A Texas woman explained her unusual mug shot after she was arrested and charged with setting fire to a yoga studio. “Most people can’t understand the smiling mug shot,” Nancy Duarte told KTVT-TV from jail. The 41-year-old Duarte, who goes by Suzanne, said she smiled in the photo to help let go of the anger [...]

NEW YORK: A Sanatan Dharam temple was vandalised in Washington state with windows broken and the word “Fear” painted on it, less than a fortnight after another temple was attacked. Members of the the Sanatan Dharma Temple in Kent, about 30km from Seattle, who came for worship Friday “were greeted by shards of broken glass [...]

Bothell, Wash. — A Pacific Northwest Hindu temple finds itself on the receiving end of hate. Words of anger are written on a place of worship, just a day before big event planned at the Hindu Temple Cultural Center in Bothell. Leaders from the temple discovered the graffiti on the side of their building Sunday [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Islamist radicals are at war with the U.S. and the Obama Administration has refused to recognize the “enemy,” America’s first-ever Hindu lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard has said. “What is so frustrating now as we look at the situation there, our administration refuses to recognize who our enemy is. And unless and until that happens, then it’s [...]