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Mumbai: Seven people were injured after a portion of the first floor of a ground plus one structure collapsed in Madanpura, Byculla. The incident at Fanuswala Building was reported around 12.50 pm on Wednesday. While five people were treated on OPD basis at Bhatia Hospital, the other two, Gulam Rasool (24) and Mohammad Sayyad (59), were hospitalised and their condition is stable.It is a more than 100 year old building of a Christian organisation, Salvation Army. The upper floor had several resid ...Read More >
BJP leaders swiftly criticised Yadav, arguing that his statements reflect political appeasement at the expense of cultural traditions.Source : ANI Union Minister Giriraj Singh has hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, labelling him an "enemy of sanatanis" after Yadav's controversial comments on the Ayodhya Deepotsav celebrations. Singh criticised Yadav for having a "problem with Diwali but not with Christmas", following the opposition leader's questioning of the Yogi Adityanath- ...Read More >
New Delhi: Raising questions on the state's "involvement and interference" in conversion procedures under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and terming it conspicuous, Supreme Court Friday quashed criminal proceedings under the law against the vice-chancellor and other officials of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science after finding infirmities in the probe.Without going into the validity of the UP law, which is pending in the apex court, a ben ...Read More >
KOCHI: A convent-run sch-ool's curbs on wearing the hijab in Kerala's Kochi have spiralled into a religious and political dispute, with three students seeking transfer certificates and CPI alleging the controversy is being stoked by Sangh Parivar to deepen communal divides.The row began recently when a class 8 student attended St Rita's Public School in the Kochi neighbourhood of Palluruthy wearing a hijab, which the management said violated its dress code.The girl's parents complained to CM Pin ...Read More >
The BJP slammed Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks, saying that he has a "problem when Ayodhya is shining". ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned government's spending on Diwali celebrations * Yadav suggested India should learn from global cities that illuminate for months during Christmas * BJP criticised Yadav, citing past violence against devotees under Samajwadi Party rule in UP Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Sw ...Read More >
Itanagar: More than 10,000 indigenous faith believers took part in a mega rally in Itanagar on Saturday to register their resentment over the prolonged delay by the state govt to frame rules and implementing the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978.The rally was organised by the Indigenous Faith and Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP).The Gauhati High Court, in its directive to the state govt in Sept 2024, instructed it to frame the rules for the APFRA, 1978, within ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 18 Oct: Thousands of Indigenous faiths' believers on Saturday took out a peaceful march themed 'Chalo Itanagar', organized by the Indigenous Faith & Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP), demanding immediate framing and implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA) 1978. Indigenous faiths' believers from Tawang to Longding joined the march, as the IFCSAP renewed its longstanding demand for immediate framing of rules and implementation of the APFRA. ...Read More >
Panaji: A significant correction in international bullion prices brought back the sparkle on Dhanteras, encouraging hesitant customers to invest in gold on Saturday. Jewellers in the state, who had expected a subdued Diwali, were pleasantly surprised by the strong buying interest.The higher-than-expected footfall was driven by the sharp drop in gold prices on Friday on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). After weeks of rising valuations, both gold and silver prices saw a steep correction. The pr ...Read More >
The Catholic Congress, an organisation of the laity under the Syro-Malabar church, on Friday told the Kerala high court that the upcoming Malayalam movie Haal starring Shine Nigam has "objectionable content" which could cause "religious disharmony". IMAGE: A screengrab from the controversial Malayalam movie, 'Haal'. Photograph: Courtesy 'Haal' official teaser The claim was made by the Christian organisation in an application filed in the High Court seeking impleadment in a plea moved by the fi ...Read More >
Kochi, Oct 17 (PTI) The Catholic Congress, an organisation of the laity under the Syro-Malabar church, on Friday told the Kerala High Court that the upcoming Malayalam movie 'Haal' starring Shine Nigam has "objectionable content" which could cause "religious disharmony". The claim was made by the Christian organisation in an application filed in the High Court seeking impleadment in a plea moved by the film's producers alleging an inordinate delay by the censor board (CBFC) in issuing the censo ...Read More >
Kochi, Oct 17 (PTI) Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday accused the ruling CPI(M) of "manufacturing" the hijab controversy to divert attention from the Sabarimala gold missing case. Speaking to reporters, Chandrasekhar said the row over hijab use at St Rita's Public School in Palluruthy, Kochi, was being used to shift focus away from the alleged theft of 4.5 kilograms of gold from the Sabarimala temple. "This is a political tactic to draw attention away from the Sabarimala gold ...Read More >
Acharya Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham has announced a 10-day padyatra from Delhi to Vrindavan, starting November 7, to promote Hindus, Hindutva and Hindustan. Shastri clarified that the initiative is not against Muslims or Christians. Spiritual leader Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Acharya Dhirendra Krishna Shastri on Wednesday announced a 10-day padyatra from Delhi to Vrindavan, starting November 7, to promote Hindus, Hindutva, and Hindustan, reject casteism, and clarify that the initiati ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The third major global rating agency Moody's Ratings has reaffirmed its Baa3 (BBB-) sovereign rating on the country and retained the outlook at stable, one month after rival Fitch also maintained the rating at the lowest investment-grade level. On the other hand, the largest agency S&P had on August 14 upgraded the country to BBB from BBB- for the first time in 18 years. "The rating affirmation of BBB- rating and stable outlook reflect our view that India's prevailing credit strengths i ...Read More >
A conversion racket was busted in Lucknow. The Nigohan police arrested a man accused of converting more than 50 Hindus in Baktauri Kheda village of the Nigohan area by luring them with promises of miraculous cures and financial support. The accused has been identified as Malkhan, alias Matthew. He was targeting uneducated families belonging to the SC community and luring them to convert to Christianity. Healing sessions used for conversion Police said Malkhan had converted to Christianity abo ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 28 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday said the Nair Service Society (NSS) is a "secular organisation that has always upheld secular values", and its stance on the Sabarimala issue "should not be misinterpreted as a political alignment with the Left." According to Chennithala, the recent statement by NSS General Secretary Sukumaran Nair, that they trust the state government, represents NSS's stand on the Sabarimala issue. "We accept that. They have ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 26 (PTI) The Archdiocese of Bangalore on Friday welcomed the ongoing Social and Educational Survey -- widely referred to as the "caste census" -- while expressing hope that omissions of certain castes linked to Christianity in the published lists will be restored after the final analysis of the survey. Addressing a press conference, Archbishop of Bangalore Peter Machado urged the government to ensure fair representation of all Christian communities and called on members of the Ch ...Read More >
New Delhi: Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya is once again making headlines, this time not for his on-field performance but for his personal life. The cricketer has sparked fresh dating rumours with model and actress Mahieka Sharma, following his separation from ex-wife Natasa Stanković and reported split with Jasmin Walia. Amidst the buzz surrounding Pandya's alleged new relationship, an old video of Natasa Stanković has resurfaced online and is now going viral. In the clip, the Serbian model and ...Read More >
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's comment on conversion and the caste system in Hinduism has drawn a blistering response from the BJP, which quizzed him about equality in Islam and suggested that he "set aside" his "Leftist lens". "Even if we say don't convert, some of them do it as a result of the system. In our Hindu community, if there was equality and equal opportunities, why would anyone convert? Did we bring untouchability," Mr Siddaramaiah said today . "There can be inequalities i ...Read More >
1. Karnataka HC declines to interfere with government's invitation to Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara 2025 The High Court of Karnataka on September 15 declined to interfere with the State Government's decision to invite writer and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose collection of Kannada short stories translated to English won the international Booker award 2025, to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival, which begins on September 22. A division bench passed the order while dismissing petitio ...Read More >
Bengaluru: BJP on Monday called the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah "ambassador of religious conversion," accusing him and the Congress government of creating a stage for such "conversions" in the state. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R Ashoka, criticised Congress for its policy on "Muslim appeasement and injustice to Hindus". Speaking to the media on Saturday, Siddaramaiah said that some people are undergoing religious conversion due to the system. "If Hindu society had equali ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Questioning the categorisation of castes within the Christian community by the Congress-led government in Karnataka, the state unit of BJP urged the government to provide immediate answers on whether there are multiple castes in Christian community and questioned if it was done to promote conversions to Christianity and to break Hindu community. Speaking to the media at BJP State Office Jagannath Bhavan in Bengaluru on Friday, the opposition party's chief whip ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (PTI) Senior BJP leader R Ashoka on Monday called Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah "ambassador of religious conversion" and accused him and the Congress government of creating a stage for such "conversions" in the state. Criticising the Congress for its policy on "Muslim appeasement and injustice to Hindus", Ashoka, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly said, if they continue this, the grand old party will not even win 20 seats in the state in the next elec ...Read More >
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 15 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed petitions challenging the state government decision to invite Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara. We are not persuaded to accept the contention that inviting a person of a different faith to inaugurate the event violates the legal or constitutional rights of the petitioners, the court observed. Earlier, the Karnataka state government invited Booker Prize winner ...Read More >
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 15 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed petitions challenging the state government's decision to invite Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara. "We are not persuaded to accept the contention that inviting a person of a different faith to inaugurate the event violates the legal or constitutional rights of the petitioners," the court observed. Earlier, the Karnataka state government invited Booker Prize win ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress on Sunday slammed RSS, accusing the Hindu group of highlighting an "anti-Christian sentiment" in the article titled 'The Timeline of Global Religious Conversion' in its mouthpiece Kesari.All India Congress Committee general secretary and Alappuzha MP K C Venugopal said the article aims to spread hatred and position Christians as adversaries of the nation under the guise of religious conversion."When the nuns wrongfully detained in Chhattisgarh were released, the true ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: At a rally in Madurai last month, Tamil superstar Vijaycompared himself to a lion and declared that next year's assembly elections in Tamil Nadu would be a battle between his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)."A lion knows how to live in a crowd and also how to live alone. It remains unique. A lion comes out only to hunt, not for entertainment -- and it always hunts living prey," he told supporters, drawing thunderous applause. As the actor- ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sep 5 (PTI) The Assam unit of the BJP on Friday claimed that the opposition parties in the state were trying to "manipulate" the public over the Centre's recent directive on immigrant foreigners, maintaining that it was not an extension in the deadline for eligibility to apply for Indian citizenship. The ruling party alleged that it was a ploy of the Opposition to use the order as an attempt to gain support ahead of next year's assembly elections. The Centre's order, issued under the ...Read More >
Union minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at Sayeda Hameed, a former planning commission member under the Manmohan Singh government, for supporting Bangladeshis in India. After visiting some evicted sites in Assam on Sunday, Hameed had said: "Bangladeshis are also human beings; the earth is very big, even Bangladeshis can live here... Why should a human being be thrown out so mercilessly?" Reacting to this, Rijiju posted on X: "It is not about religion, but our land! If Assam becomes demographically ...Read More >
Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that a vehicle just ahead of his convoy fell into a river when he was on his way to reach Ladakh's Drass, and that two people were rescued from the vehicle. The union minister of parliamentary affairs shared a post on his official social media handle, 'X', stating that his convoy was on time to reach the spot after the incident. He said that the two people who were inside the vehicle were safely rescued. "Before reaching Drass in Ladakh, one vehicle ...Read More >
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