Hindus
- India
Plea claims Badaun’s mosque is site of temple, seeks permission for Hindus to offer prayers
Budaun (UP): A plea has been in a court here claiming that Jama Masjid Shamsi in Badaun city is a temple of Lord Shiva and seeking permission for followers of the Sanatan…
- India
Minority status for Hindus: Centre gets six weeks for consultations
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted six more weeks’ time to the Central government to hold consultations with various State governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus…
- India
SC closes 11 pleas related to 2002 Gujarat riots, terms them ‘infructuous’
New Delhi: Terming as infructuous, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed as many as 11 petitions, including the one filed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), almost 20 years ago seeking…
- India
VHP meet stresses blanket ban on conversion
Prayagraj: The meeting of the guide board of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Kashi province, was held on Sunday at Alopi Bagh-based ashram of Jagatguru Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati Ji in Prayagraj. The unity…
- Politics
BJP may destroy the country but Hindus can’t: Upendra Kushwaha
Patna: While BJP leaders are using the Vishnupad temple controversy, where a Muslim Minister entered along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to attack the government, JD-U Parliamentary Board President Upendra Kushwaha…
- Pakistan
Mob in Pak’s Hyderabad wanted to burn flats owned by Hindus, attack temples
Hyderabad: Business centres and shops remained closed in most parts of Pakistan’s Hyderabad on Monday following unrest over an incident of alleged desecration of the Holy Quran, media reports said. Law enforcement…
- India
Ayodhya: Islamic foundation raises funds for construction of mosque
Lucknow: An action plan is being prepared to garner funds for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village on five-acre land given to Muslims on the directions of the Supreme Court.…
- India
24 Pakistani Hindus get Indian citizenship
Rajkot: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Friday handed over citizenship certificates to 24 Pakistani Hindus who were living in India on a long-term visas in Rajkot and had…
- Featured News
Uniqueness of Indian culture: Hussaini Brahmins are Hindus but observe Muslim traditions
Syed Ali Mujtaba The community of Hussaini Brahmins is not well known in the country. They are Hindus but also have faith in Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad. They pay…
- India
Hindus, Muslims together drove British out of India: All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam
Bareilly: All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam organized a big programme on Monday on the anniversary of the Quit India Movement, where Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, Secretary General of the Tanzeem, recounted the importance and…
- Telangana
Muharram symbolises supreme sacrifice: KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that Muharram symbolises supreme sacrifice and tolerance. He noted that the Peer Panja (cutouts of hands) procession, which marks sacrifice, are being taken up…
- Offbeat
With no Muslims, Karnataka villagers observe Muharram every year
For almost a century, Muharram is observed by the villagers of Hirebidanur in Saundatti taluk of Belgavi district where not a single Muslim family resides. A rare occurrence in the world we stay…
- India
Can’t declare minorities in districts: HC on plea seeking minority status for Hindus
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated that religious and linguistic minority status has to be decided state-wise, and orally observed that it is difficult to entertain a prayer to identify…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Hindus-Muslims set an example of how to live in peace and harmony
Syed Ali Mujtaba Chennai: Hindus and Muslims of V Kalathur village in the Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu have amicably decided to bury their century-old differences and joined hands for the development…
- India
Fazil murder case: 7 accused ‘just wanted to kill someone’, say cops
At least seven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Mohammed Fazil who was brutally killed on July 28, a day after BJP Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru was…
