Akhara Parishad panels to scrutinise conduct of seers across country | Hindustan Times

A day after releasing its list of 14 fake and self-styled godmen, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) is now busy identifying more such ‘rootless cult leaders.’ Maintaining that these individuals by indulging in criminal and immoral practices were harming the sanatan dharma and maligning the image of genuine saints and sadhus, this umbrella More...

MHA: No foreign funds for KP Yohannan’s Believers Church | Times Of india
KOCHI:The Believers Church, founded by K P Yohannan, and three NGOs associated with it have been barred from bringing in foreign funds to India with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) cancelling their FCRA registrations.The More...

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar arrives in Ayodhya, to hold talks on Ram Temple dispute | The Indian Express
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar arrived in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday in a bid to mediate the Ram temple-Babri Masjid dispute. He is expected to meet Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas chairman Nritya Gopal More...

Islamic State warns of Las Vegas-like attack on Kumbh Mela, Thrissur Pooram in new audio | ZeeNews
New Delhi: World’s most dreaded terror outfit the Islamic State (IS) has warned to carry out lone-wolf terror attack across India in the days to come. According to media reports, the 10-minute long audio More...

Immersion of ashes at Ganga ghats in Haridwar sparks row | Hindustan Times
An organisation looking after religious matters related to the Ganga has taken exception to immersion of ashes of dead persons on banks other than the sanctum sanctorum of Brahma Kund at Har-Ki-Pauri and Sati Ghat More...

UP will set up ‘gaushala’ in every district, says Yogi Adityanath | Times of India
LUCKNOW: “If any person indulges in cruelty to cows (leave aside talk of killing of cows), he will find himself behind bars,” he said, adding that the state government would set up a ‘gaushala’ More...

How Sanskrit journalism is slowly hogging headlines | Hindustan Times
Vinay Jha, 30, is a reporter with a daily newspaper and a rather peculiar part of his job is to explain to the subjects of his stories what he has written about them. It is 4 pm and he has just started writing More...

Govt identifies 140 locations along Bangaldesh border, deploys more troops to stop Rohingya Muslim influx | Livemint
New Delhi: India has identified 140 vulnerable locations, deployed more security personnel and surveillance gadgets, and launched a “campaign” against organised criminal gangs that help Rohingya sneak across More...

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved planning to invest Rs 5,000 cr this fiscal | The Economic Times
INDORE: Patanjali Ayurved’s managing director Balkrishna said here today that the company is planning to invest Rs 5,000 crore in the country in the current financial year. “We are exploring possibilities More...

Mohan Bhagwat calls for need to popularise Vedas as they ‘have all the solutions to the world’ |FirstPost
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday called for conservation of Vedic culture and said that there is need for research in this field to make India a superpower again. Addressing a gathering in New Delhi More...