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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 [...]

LAHORE: Up to 124 Hindu pilgrims crossed over to Attari from Wagah on Wednesday after a seven-day visit to their religious places here. Led by Shiv Partab Bajaj, one delegation had a overnight stay at Gurdawara Dera Sahib in Lahore and departed for Katas village in Chakwal for their rituals at Katasraj, a complex of [...]

The trailer contains a reference to the Hindu deity Krishna The trailer released last week for the upcoming X-Men movie has ruffled a few feathers within the Hindu community in the U.S., with the head of a Hindu organization objecting to a reference to the deity Krishna by one of the characters. “Lord Krishna was [...]

Police are looking for a man who set fire to 40 religious Hindu flags outside a home in Queens, cops said Sunday. The incident, which was caught on surveillance and being pursued as a hate crime by the NYPD, happened on 89th Ave. and 80th St. in Woodhaven around 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 26, police [...]

New York, July 2:  A bronze religious statue from the 11-12th century, stolen from a temple in India and worth $1 million, has been recovered by US customs officials as part of a three-year investigation into former New York-based art dealer Subhash Kapoor. An anonymous collector of Asian antiquities voluntarily surrendered the stolen Chola bronze [...]

 Last year violence broke out near a Mosque in Bommanhalli, Bengaluru and what was being termed as minor tiff was in fact a case of some youth trying to impose the Wahabi preachings. When the seniors in the administration of the Mosque opposed these youth, there were clashes in which 4 persons were injured seriously. [...]

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 [...]