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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday said no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism shall be a member of Scheduled Caste. It held that a person from the Scheduled Caste community lost the status after converting to a religion other than Buddhism and Sikhism and could not invoke Scheduled Castes and…
US House(L); refugees fleeing East Pakistan in 1971 (R, AP file photo) US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking to recognise the atrocities committed by Pakistani army and its allies, against Bengali Hindus in 1971, as war crimes and genocide.Landsman, a Democrat from Ohio, moved the resolution on…
A Texas-based conservative activist stirred a row after questioning the presence of a 90-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas.Carlos Turcios, a Republican activist from the Dallas–Fort Worth area, shared a video of the statue on X, claiming that “third World Aliens are slowly taking over Texas and…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday reiterated that Hindu families should consider having at least three children.Addressing a social-harmony meeting at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Lucknow, Bhagwat expressed concerns over what he described as a declining Hindu population and called for uniting and empowering the Hindu society.“There is a need…
A congregant of the Re’ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, stands during a service, in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File) Singapore has been named the world’s most religiously diverse country in a sweeping study of 201 nations, reflecting how evenly its population is spread across…
During a recent Plano City Council meeting, comedian Alex Stein caused a stir by mocking Hindu customs, specifically cow veneration along with the traditional uses of cow dung and urine. Clad in Indian garb, his satirical commentary prompted several Indian-American attendees to walk out in protest. A satirical speech delivered by US comedian and YouTuber…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat called the Hindus in Bangladesh to unite against the adverse atmoshpere that has developed in the aftermath of the Sheikh Hasina‘s outser followed by surging anti-India sentiments.Highlighting the presence of 1.5 crore Hindus in Bangladesh, Mohan Bhagwat said that putting…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Hindu prayers from sunrise to sunset on Basant Panchami at the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, while permitting Muslims to offer namaz from 1 pm to 3 pm on the same day.The court also directed that a list of persons from the Muslim community…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday welcomed BCCI’s decision to instruct Shah Rukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders to release Bangladesh player Mustafizur Rehman from their roster ahead of Indian Premier League.BJP leader Sangeet Som thanked BCCI for its decision and hailed it as a “victory of the Hindus of the entire nation.”“Thanks to…
NEW DELHI: A young woman whose birthday celebration was disrupted at a cafe in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on Sunday said that the right-wing activists stormed the venue, assaulted her friends and falsely accused two Muslim guests of “love jihad”, even though most of those present were Hindus.Speaking to The Times of India, the woman, a…
