Religion News

At this temple, devotees offer brooms to deity

Devotees come with brooms and line up at a 10-year-old temple in Uttar Pradesh everyday - not to clean the premises but to offer the 'jhadus' to the deity, Hindu god Shiva.

Visit Tibet, Dalai Lama tells Australian MPs

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Wednesday urged Australian MPs to visit Tibet.8:05 PM on December 09

Club Babri cases, move apex court, says CPI-M

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) demanded Wednesday that all cases related to the Babri mosque razing must be clubbed before the Supreme Court and it should be urged to give an early verdict.8:02 PM on December 09

End discord at Ayodhya in the name of religion, say youth

A hospital at Ayodhya rather than a temple or a mosque - as politicians play the blame game over the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition, that is the radical solution for peace offered by a section of the youth who were either not born or too young to know what was happening that December of 1992.12:01 PM on December 08

Say no to religious sites on public land: apex court

The Supreme Court Monday restrained all courts across the country from passing any judicial order that might end up facilitating construction of unauthorised religious structures on public land.10:01 PM on December 07

Anglo-Indians seek Vatican intervention in Kerala church row

Anglo-Indian MP Charles Dias has sought the intervention of the Vatican to end alleged 'discrimination' against the community by the Latin Catholic hierarchy in Kerala.2:00 PM on December 07

Mosque demolition anniversary 'private affair' in Ayodhya

The 17th anniversary of the Babri mosque's demolition Sunday evoked little response from the people of Ayodhya and remained a 'private affair' in this ancient temple town as authorities had banned any public assembly on grounds of security.6:03 PM on December 06

Protests, celebrations mark Babri demolition anniversary

The 17th anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition saw both protests as well as celebratory marches by different groups in the capital Sunday.12:00 PM on December 06

Ludhiana tense as curfew continues

Ludhiana, Punjab's largest city and a major industrial hub, continued to remain tense Sunday morning as curfew continued in most parts of the city following two days of violence Friday and Saturday in different parts.12:00 PM on December 06

Iran summons Swiss envoy over ban on minarets

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Saturday summoned Switzerland's ambassador to Tehran and harshly criticized the outcome of a Swiss referendum to ban the construction of minarets on mosques.12:03 AM on December 06

Former Akal Takht head held guilty of religious misconduct

Darshan Singh, a former head of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, was Saturday declared a 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the top Sikh clergy here.12:03 AM on December 06

Omar Abdullah takes up Haj pilgrims' problems with centre

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken up with the central government the problems Haj pilgrims from the state faced in Saudi Arabia, official sources said Saturday.10:02 PM on December 05

One killed in Sikhs' protest in Ludhiana

One person was killed and 15 were injured Saturday in a clash between the police and Sikh protesters who tried to disrupt a religious conference of controversial sect leader Ashutosh Maharaj in this largest city of Punjab.4:00 PM on December 05

No regrets over Babri razing: RSS chief

On the eve of the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said Saturday that the Hindu group has 'no regrets' about the razing of the mosque in Ayodhya 17 years ago.2:01 PM on December 05

350 items on a platter - a feast for the gods

With 350 vegetarian items on the menu, it was a feast for the gods at the Vaishnavite seminary Radhashyam Math in this Hindu holy town on the Orissa coast. It happens every year, but the seminary outdid itself this week as hundreds of devotees and other visitors sat cross-legged on the floor and lapped up the feast from specially designed leaf plates.10:00 AM on December 05