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For all that India is; it is not
By Amir Ullah Khan and Raju Bhupathiraju A recent PEW report on “Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation” has been widely seen and reported across the world. It brings a new set…
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Watch: Karni Sena president delivers hate speech at mahapanchayat
Gurgaon: Karni Sena president and Haryana BJP spokesperson Suraj Pal Ammu on Sunday delivered a hate speech at a mahapanchayat against ‘love jihad’ and ‘religious conversions’ at Pataudi, Haryana. According to a…
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Tamil Nadu women can now receive training to become priests: Minister
Chennai: In a bold move towards gender equality, the minister of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department announced that women who wished to be priests can now do…
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Guru’s blessings continue for Malerkotla
Punjab bore the brunt of communal Partition of India. In the transfer of population, Muslims from eastern side of Punjab shifted to Pakistani side while Hindus and Sikhs migrated from the Pakistani…
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Muslim woman turns cremator at a Hindu crematorium
Thiruvananthapuram: Subina Rahman is a 29-year-old Commerce graduate with a husband and an eight-year-old son and she is now doing a job which most people will shy away from. She is busy working…
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UP: Muslim youths help cremate 60-year-old Hindu man who died of COVID-19
Balrampur: A group of Muslim youth helped cremate a 60-year-old Hindu man, who died of COVID-19 here, as his family members were hesitant to go ahead with the ritual for fear of…
- India
COVID-19: Left to fate, 2 Muslims cremate bodies of Hindus in Bhopal
Hyderabad: Two Muslim workers of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation have been performing the last rites of Hindu coronavirus (COVID-19) victims whose kin have refused to cremate the bodies due to fear of getting…
- India
Muzaffarnagar riots: Court allows withdrawal of cases against 51 accused
Muzaffarnagar: A special MP-MLA Court on Saturday allowed withdrawal of cases against 51 accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The leaders against whom the cases have been withdrawn include UP minister…
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Under attack from Hindu rightwing clusters, Dr Truschke gets support from Rutgers University
Illinois: Over two dozen US and international civil and human rights organizations have expressed solidarity with Dr Audrey Truschke, Associate Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University against the ongoing systematic campaign of vilification against…
- India
Rashmi Samant was asked to quit because of views, not religion: Oxford Hindu Society
The student organizations ‘Campaign for Racial Awareness & Equality’ (CRAE) and ‘Hindu Society’ from the Oxford University in the UK have refuted the allegations of racism and intolerance towards Hindu students concerning…
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Hindu mistaken for Muslim buried in Saudi; widow seeks mortal remains to India
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs to remain present in the court with the status report on the next date of hearing while…
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Telangana’s inclusive nationalism has stood tests of time
Adapa Satyanarayana The distinct identity of Telangana is rooted in cultural synthesis and pluralism from times immemorial. The character of Telangana and the Hyderabadi culture represented co-existence, mutual interaction and harmony of…
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Christians angry over Daman administration’s circular to venerate Hindu Goddess Saraswati in all schools
By Abdul Bari Masoud New Delhi: The Christian community is up in arms against the Union Territory Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu administration over an official circular compelling all schools including…
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Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea rejected; comic to approach MP high court
Indore: The bail plea of stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui has been rejected by the sessions court in Indore today. Faruqui’s lawyer and senior advocate Anshuman has confirmed this to the Indian Civil…
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What happened at Munawar Faruqui’s show? Check eyewitness account, videos
An eyewitness who attended comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Indore on January 1, 2021, has come forward with their account of the events. Faruqui and four others who organized the event have…
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Comedian Munawar Faruqui, 4 others arrested for remarks on Hindu deities
Indore: Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian from Gujarat, was arrested along with four others after the son of a BJP MLA complained against him for alleged indecent remarks made against Hindu deities and…
- India
Muslim man converts before marrying a Hindu, couple under Haryana Police protection
Yamunanagar: A Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism before marrying a Hindu woman, and his wife are under police protection here following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Haryana…
- India
Delhi HC adjourns to Nov 19 plea for recognition of same-sex marriage
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday transferred to another bench and adjourned to November 19 a plea seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act. A division bench of Chief…
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Karwa Chauth celebrated with designer masks and COVID henna
Hyderabad: Hyderabad: Yet another festive occasion is all set to celebrate amid Covid-19 pandemic. This Karwa Chauth might not be as grand as before, but what makes this time different are swanky…
- India
Imam carries dead body of Hindu neighbour who died of Covid
Ranchi: In a rare display of humanity and communal harmony, an Imam of a mosque carried the dead body of his Hindu neighbour to crematorium and performed the funeral rites. The incident…
- Telangana
Editors like Gopalan Kasturi of The Hindu are a rarity
Dasu Kesava Rao Mr. G. Kasturi was the longest serving Editor of the prestigious newspaper in the country, The Hindu. He headed the editorial team from 1965 to 1991. His death anniversary was…
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Let’s hope Hindus stand up for Muslims!
Buran I wish RSS learnt something from it. Why are they poisoning the minds of their core voters by telling lies about Muslims? Only to get the 30% vote share and get…
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Is TRS aiming at Hindu vote bank by owning PVNR’s legacy?
Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government recently took everyone by surprise when chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) announced the year-long birth centenary celebration of former Congress prime minister P. V. Narasimha…
- Telangana
Muslim youth perform last rites of Hindu COVID victims
Kareem Nagar: Amid corona fears, a group of Muslim youth belonging to Koratla, Kareem Nagar district is lending a helping hand in performing the last rites of Hindu brothers and sisters. Besides…
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Former judge equates Hindu ethos with secularism—Mahajir argues otherwise
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Celebrated poet writer activist patriot Rahat Indori passed away recently. About him, something at the end. Recently a retired judge sent me an article titled “Want to preserve secularism…
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Next up, Nithyananda’s Hindu parliament of Kailaasa
Bengaluru: Absconding godman Nithyananda now aims to follow up on his ‘Reserve Bank of Kailaasa’ with a Hindu parliament in the next six months, he said on Sunday. “With the grace of…
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Bahrain prosecutes woman for destroying Hindu statues
Cairo: Bahraini police said Sunday they had taken legal steps against a woman who destroyed Hindu religious statues inside a shop. The woman appeared in a viral video destroying Ganesha idols inside…
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SC backs daughter’s share in joint Hindu family property
New Delhi: Holding that daughters cannot be deprived of their right of equality, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that they will have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property even if the…
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BJP, Hindu outfits chant ‘Kavacham,’ observe ‘Vel Puja’
Chennai: Cadres and supporters of the BJP and various Hindu outfits on Sunday chanted the ‘Kanda Sashti Kavacham’ hymn and held a ‘Vel Puja’ across Tamil Nadu. Amid chants of ‘Vetri Vel’…
- India
India’s Hindu nationalists reverse the tide of history
By Mihir Sharma New Delhi: This week, an Indian prime minister, dressed like a priest-king in a saffron scarf, a silver crown and a lockdown-lengthened beard, performed a sacred ritual in the ancient capital…
