History is useful to plan tomorrow but abusing history for advancing nefarious agenda is going to harm communal harmony and peace in our society.
The priest had said he would go to the mosque on June 17 and give a presentation on the Quran. The Ghaziabad administration had earlier issued a notice to him,...
For generations now, absence of consistent and rigorous public discourse about Goa’s colonial history had led to a tentatively harmonious co-existence of...
The Sanatan Sanstha has been in the dock over the controversial murders of rationalists and in the spotlight for bomb attacks in Maharashtra and Pune. But its...
For digital media and television channels, the incident was like manna from heaven -- a lucrative opportunity to garner viewership. It soon manifested as one...
Besides the district police force, contingents of Karnataka State Reserved Police have also been deployed. The roads have been barricaded and security pickets...
The notices have been sent to the Union Government and the ASI under Section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, under which parties are required to respond...
As the old city of Kashi swarms with media crews and camerapersons along with throngs of cops waiting on the sidelines, some of the city’s residents lament...
The applications were submitted in the court of Jyoti Singh as part of a suit filed in the name of deity Sri Krishna Virajman and Lucknow-resident Manish...
The people who have lived in this very 'Baba ki Nagri' have lost their roots. Earthly forces have denied them permission to stay close to the divine.
If Hindus and Muslims accept the historical facts of Gyanvapi with an open mind, this issue can be resolved amicably, and serve as a model for other disputed...
As the campaign to remove the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi gains momentum, another Ayodhya looms large over India.
The violent colonial past of Goa has resurfaced as a clash of ideology as the Hindu right-wing seeks to undo the wrongs of the Portuguese military and Catholic...
A maze of ‘shell’ trusts and other bodies—some registered, some not—have been legally contesting the claims on the land on which Mathura’s Shahi...
Shinde claimed that a commader of Khilji dynasty ruler Alauddin Khilji had demolished the Punyeshwar and Narayaneshwar temples in Pune and later dargahs were...
The Places of Worship Act 1991 was passed in the parliament in wake of the violence and communal turbulence amid the Rath Yatra-Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
A writer finds peace in the bylanes of Nainital, as she heads out to explore the city beyond the lakes
Successive BJP and Congress governments have been accused of razing temples in Rajgarh, leading to a political slugfest between the parties
The author discovers the hidden gems of Chanderi on an impromptu trip to Madhya Pradesh
Legal action is also being taken against those who do not follow the instructions as the police are measuring the noise level with the help of audiometers.
Modi is likely to visit the two Himalayan temples after they reopen in May. This year the Chardham Yatra will begin on May 3 with the opening of the doors of...
The idols of deities were found damaged at the decade-old temple in Sidhra on the city outskirts, said the officials.
A Kashmiri Pandit on how the ‘Nightingale of Kashmir’, Habba Khatoon, has become integral to his lived experience
The wise old aunt and the idyllic world of a starry-eyed youngster coming to terms with the realities of life
As per the Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act, 1950, all public temples in the state must be registered with the BSRTC.
