Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Sree Narayana Guru spiritual pilgrimage circuit at a function held near here at the spiritual abode of the renowned social reformer.


Foundation stone laid for Sree Narayana Guru pilgrimage circuit


IANS Automatic

Jammu and Kashmir's former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday praised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for deciding to name a forest reserve in Nankana Sahib district after Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak.


Mehbooba praises Imran Khan for naming forest after Guru Nanak


As millions of devotees continue to gather in the Kumbh nagri to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, a timely book throws light on the "divine purity" of the Ganga, with its findings suggesting that the pious river has been synonymous with the "threshold of the afterlife" since time immemorial.


Ganga synonymous with threshold of afterlife, says new book


Congress MP Sushmita Dev has said she stands by her statement that the Congress would scrap the triple talaq bill if it comes to power and instead go for an alternative that emerges out of discussions within the Muslim community.


Sushmita Dev defends remark on scrapping of triple talaq bill


Four Kerala nuns, who protested last year demanding rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal's arrest, and were handed transfer orders, got relief on Saturday when the church authorities cancelled transfer orders and allowed them to continue, here at the convent, as long as the case was in court.


Church revokes transfer orders of four Kerala nuns


A Canadian man who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for 40 years.


Canada mosque shooter jailed for life


Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Friday dared the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress to clear their stands on the Ram temple construction.


Amit Shah dares SP, BSP and Congress to clear stands on Ram temple


The US is not pursuing action against the Sentinelese tribe members who killed an American missionary trying to enter their forbidden island, according to the top State Department official for religious freedom.


US not pursuing action against Sentinelese tribe for killing missionary


Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress for its promise to withdraw the  Triple Talaq Bill, saying that 32 years after legislatively overturning the Supreme Court's Shah Bano judgment, the party has taken another step to drive Muslim women to live a life which is an "antithesis of human existence".


Jaitley slams Congress over Triple Talaq Bill


At a time when the long-standing, contentious issue of the Ram Mandir is back in the spotlight, the seers and saints of Ayodhya, identified as the final 'karta-dhartaa' (doers) in the decades-old movement for construction of a grand Ram Temple here in Uttar Pradesh, are a divided lot.


'Sant versus sant': Route to Ram temple paved with discord


A team from Pakistan will visit India on March 13 to discuss and finalise the modalities for visit of pilgrims to the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahab through the Kartarpur corridor with New Delhi on Thursday accepting the dates proposed by Islamabad.


Pakistan team to visit India on March 13 for Kartarpur corridor discussions


The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said on Wednesday that it decided on not holding any agitational programme on the issue of Ram temple at Ayodhya for the next four months on the advice of Hindu religious leaders and also because it did not want the issue to be linked to elections.


Decided against any agitational programme on Ram Temple on advice of 'sants': VHP


The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the Sabarimala temple, on Wednesday joined the Kerala government in supporting entry of women of all ages into the hilltop shrine, saying that any practice has to be consistent with the Constitution's dominant theme - "all persons are equally entitled".


TDB changes stance, now backs entry of all women to Sabarimala


The Pandalam royal family, the custodian of the Sabarimala temple's jewellery, on Wednesday slammed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for changing its opinion and now supporting the entry of all women to the hilltop shrine.


'Sabarimala temple custodian toeing Kerala government's stand'


The Devaswom Board, managing the affairs of Lord Ayyappa's Sabarimala temple, on Wednesday joined Kerala government in supporting the entry of women of all ages in the temple, saying that any practice has to be consistent with the dominant theme of the Constitution -- "all persons are equally entitled".


Devaswom Board changes stance, backs entry of women in Sabarimala temple


Facebook has banned four groups in Myanmar involved in spreading hate and inciting violence in the country.


Facebook bans 4 Myanmar groups


More than three days after theft of three crowns from the temple of Sri Govinda Raja Swamy in Tirupati, the police are yet to achieve a breakthrough.


No breakthrough in Tirupati temple theft case


The madrasas (Islamic seminaries) and the education imparted in them must be modernised to make it sustainable, US-based Muslim philanthropist Frank Islam said here on Tuesday.


Madrasa education be modernised to make it sustainable: Frank Islam


Pope Francis held an open air Mass in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as part of his historic trip as the first head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula and called on Christians to promote peace in the region.


Pope Francis holds open air Mass in Abu Dhabi


Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba held a high level meeting on Tuesday to fast-track the implementation of the Kartarpur corridor project.


Home Secretary chairs meet on Kartarpur project


A massive fire broke out in the tent belonging to the "Naath" sect, with which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is associated, at Kumbhnagar in Prayagraj on Tuesday, officials said.

Page 28 -