Religion

Maha Shivaratri: Here are quotes, wishes, greetings to be shared with all on WhatsApp, Facebook

Here are Maha Shivaratri quotes, greetings and wishes to be shared with your well-wishers.

Feb 12, 2018

Pope Francis urges end to worldwide violence and conflict

Pope Francis invited Roman Catholics and members of all other religions on February 4 to observe a day of prayer, fasting and initiatives for peace on February 23, urging everyone to say no to violence and conflict.

Feb 4, 2018

NIA arrests Kerala man who 'tried to sell wife' to ISIS in Syria

According to an NIA officer, Rasheed was nabbed at the Chennai airport when he arrived there from Jeddah.

Feb 3, 2018

UP Shia Waqf chief tells Muslim opposers of Ram Mandir to 'join ISIS, move to Pakistan'

"Such people should join the forces of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi said as he referred to a section of Muslims who are "spreading Jihad in the name of mosques."

Feb 3, 2018

Sandeep Samra: Who is the British Sikh nurse who wanted to join ISIS in Syria?

A Birmingham court has sentenced Sandeep Samra to three and half years in prison for allegedly preparing to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State.

Jan 28, 2018

Kerala love jihad: Here's why SC directed NIA to stop probing Hadiya Jahan's marriage

The bench ruled that if the marriage is probed, "It shall be a bad precedent in law. 'X' married 'Y'- that is it. We cannot get into if the choice is independent..."

Jan 23, 2018

Putin takes icy plunge to celebrate epiphany

Russian president Vladimir Putin took part in the Orthodox Christian ritual of taking a dip into freezing water to celebrate Epiphany. The Russian leader stripped off to his bathing trunks before entering the water, crossed himself, and then completely immersed himself in the icy water.

Jan 19, 2018

Yuva Hunkar Rally: Mewani takes caste challenge to PM Modi in Delhi, accuses BJP, RSS of atrocities on Dalits

Mewani on the Parliament street on Tuesday said, "Through media I want to clarify that the way in Gujarat Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh Mevani crushed BJP's target of 150 seats, I am being targeted."

Jan 9, 2018

Mormon President Thomas S Monson dies aged 90

The president of the Mormon Church has died at the age of 90.

Jan 3, 2018

Mumbai violence: How caste sentiments over 200-year-old Bhima Koregaon battle sparked protests [PHOTOS+VIDEOS]

Here is why Mumbai burned on Tuesday because of a stone-pelting incident from a day ago.

Jan 2, 2018

Muslims bearing more children for 'conspiracy to take over India' by 2030, says Rajasthan's BJP MLA

The MLA said that he was inspired by a TV debate by Hindu Swabhimaan convenor Yati Narasimha Nand Saraswati. Read on to know what else he said.

Jan 2, 2018

Love Jihad incidents in 2017 which went beyond religion to alleged terrorist links

The year 2017 witnessed some major controversies around love jihad. Read to know more.

Dec 30, 2017

Pope Francis pleads for migrants driven from their land at Christmas Eve Mass

Pope Francis strongly defended immigrants in his Christmas Eve Mass on Sunday (24 December), comparing them to Mary and Joseph finding no place to stay in Bethlehem and saying faith demands that foreigners be embraced .

Dec 25, 2017

From bizarre fatwa to #AVeryMerryMuslimChristmas, here's what's going on this year before Christ's birthday

Indonesian Islamists have threatened to target Muslims wearing Santa hats to enforce a 2016 fatwa by the country's Islamic Clerical Council.

Dec 23, 2017

Red cross un-Islamic, Muslim doctor's shouldn't touch female patients, says Kerala Salafi preacher

The Salafi preacher advised the doctors not to touch female patients and avoid the male-female intermingling in all centers and hospitals.

Dec 22, 2017