US official hears out Bangladesh Hindus at Dhakeshwari temple – bdnews24
Sarah Sewall stayed an hour at the temple on Wednesday. Later, she told journalists of hearing out some of the concerns worrying Hindus, despite a ‘proud tradition of religious inclusiveness’ in Bangladesh. One More...
Hindus welcome idea of meditation room in University of Wyoming – Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
Hindus have welcomed the idea of Meditation and Prayer Room in University of Wyoming (UW) campus in Laramie. Rajan Zed, a hindu statesman based out of Nevada, said that an interfaith space in the shape of Meditation More...
Students’ protest forces California commission to reject suggestions to replace ‘India’ with ‘South Asia’ in textbooks – HEF
After protests from students and parents, the California Department of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) has rejected suggestions by a group of professors to replace the word “India” with More...
ICHR clears plan to revive gurukul tradition | The Indian Express
The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Tuesday approved a new fellowship aimed at “Reviving the gurukul tradition”. As reported by The Indian Express, the council held its meeting on Tuesday in which More...
Leftist scholars trying to replace ‘India’ with ‘South Asia’ in textbooks in California, Hindus oppose | Zee News
Washington: Hindus in the United States are up in arms against suggestions mooted by California’s Department of Education to make changes in textbooks which they allege not only distort India’s history More...
Minor Hindu girl abducted for conversion to Islam in Bangladesh
Dhaka, March 29, 2016: Minor Hindu girl who was abducted for forceful conversion to Islam in Bangladesh has been recovered but the problems are far from over. The name of the minor Hindu girl is Pushpa Rani Chatterjee, More...
4th Holi Celebration in Manila – The Standard
Photos by Star Sabroso The Holi Festival, one of the happiest and most colorful festivals of Hindus, was recently celebrated at SM by the Bay Central Park with more than 2,500 people gathering for the auspicious More...
Keeping Islam as State Religion in Bangladesh Triggers Mixed Reactions
KOLKATA—The rejection Monday by Bangladesh’s High Court of a 28-year-old petition in which some secular activists sought to scrap Islam as the state religion of the country has sparked mixed reactions in the More...
Bangladesh high court rejects petition challenging Islam as state religion – Times of India
DHAKA: Bangladesh high court on Monday rejected a petition by secular activists that challenges the constitutional provision recognising Islam as the state religion of the Muslim-majority nation.The bench of Justice More...
US museum returns ancient Hindu god statue to Cambodia – BBC News
Image copyright EPA Image caption The statue is still missing its head and other body parts A US museum has returned to Cambodia an ancient statue of a Hindu god stolen from the South East Asian country. Officials More...