Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Incessant rain since Wednesday flooded vast areas of Kolkata, crippling life even as the skilled Kumartoli idol makers began to panic with the rains melting the clay idols of goddess Durga meant for delivery by Friday.
Friday, September 22, 2006 12:57:09 PM
'I'm a British citizen and an NRI but also a Hindu. So I must perform a very sacred ceremony every year,' says Praladh 'Paddy' Sharma, who travels to India every year to perform the 'shradh' or 'pitrupaksh' ceremony for his father and ancestors in line with the Hindu way of life.
Friday, September 22, 2006 9:31:12 AM
Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Catholic bishops, Muslim leaders and theologians in India have called for more inter-faith dialogue to bridge the gulf between the two religions, amid continuing tension following the Pope's remarks on Islam and his subsequent apology not fully quelling Muslim rage.
Friday, September 22, 2006 8:15:00 AM
Lucknow, Sep 21 (IANS) Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Thursday said a scientific method should be adopted so that Muslims across the country could celebrate Idd on a single day.
Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:30:44 PM
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Senior Congress Member of Parliament Iqbal Ahmad Saradgi was Thursday elected as chairperson of the newly reconstituted Haj Committee.
Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:31:51 PM
Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 20 (IANS) The nine-day Hindu festival of 'navratras' will commence at the famous Mansa Devi shrine in Haryana Sep 23.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:14:33 PM
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis spent time Tuesday with the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity saying it was 'important and inspirational'.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:56:41 PM
Gandhinagar, Sep 19 (IANS) The Gujarat Assembly Tuesday amended the Freedom of Religion act, providing for a strict penalty for forcible conversions even as the Congress said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was targeting the religious minorities of Muslims and Christians.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:23:44 PM
Lucknow, Sep 19 (IANS) The head priest of Banke Bihari Mandir, one of India's oldest temples, has been sacked for dressing up the idol of Krishna in a pair of denim and T-shirt.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:56:54 PM
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) From the competitive tennis court to the soulful company of the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, it was a morning well spent for Martina Hingis, who visited Mother House Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:45:10 PM
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