RSS’ Muslim wing to use ‘rakshabandhan’ to promote brotherhood | The New Indian Express

UCKNOW: The Muslim wing of Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today said that it will run a ‘rakhi campaign’ across the country in which Muslim girls will tie rakhis to Hindu boys and Hindu girls to Muslim boys. According to the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), the RSS’ Muslim wing, the campaign will be launched on August 3 from Rajasthan’s More...

Mehrangarh temple stampede: Rajasthan HC asks state why it has not made report on tragedy public | FirstPost
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government why it has not made public the Justice Jasraj Chopra Commission report on the 2008 Mehrangarh Temple tragedy even six years after its submission. Issuing More...

Sachin Tendulkar offers worships at Tirupati hill temple | FPJ
Tirupati: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near here. He arrived here with his wife Anjali, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and former More...

5000 Jains chant Navkar Mantra 36 lakh times, set record | The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: Five thousand Jains chanted the Navkar Mantra, 36 lakh times in two hours for World Peace and created a record in the city. The venue T-19 Towers, near Sundaram Honda showroom at Ranigunj reverberated More...

Sanskrit mandatory for all on KSDSU campus | Times of India
DARBHANGA: Speaking Sanskrit and teaching in the language has been made compulsory for the students and the teachers of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (KSDSU) by vice-chancellor (VC) Sarvnarayan More...

Vedic university focusses on modern research | The Hindu
Academic and research programmes at Sri Venkateswara Vedic University were tailor-made to focus more on modern research and in unravelling the sciences hidden in ancient scriptures, said varsity’s Vice-Chancellor More...

Death of temple cattle worries villagers in Chitradurga dist | Times of India
BOSE DEVARAHATTI (CHITRADURGA):Fodder scarcity due to severe drought has led to the death of nearly 20 temple cattle (Devara Eththu) in various parts of Challakere taluk of the district. Even after opening eight More...

Ram temple will be built by framing new law: Swami Chinmayanand | Money Control
Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand today said that a Ram temple in Ayodhya will be constructed by bringing in a new legislation if the Supreme Court fails to deliver a verdict on the issue by 2019. “The More...

UP Minority welfare dept finds ‘anomalies’ in 12 government-aided madrasas | The Indian Express
The Uttar Pradesh minority welfare department has, prima facie, found “gross anomalies” in 12 government-aided madrasas, including in terms of infrastructure and staff records. Over the last few weeks, the department More...

Cow smugglers kill half-a-dozen stray cattle, fire shots in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district | FirstPost
Badaun: Bovine smugglers allegedly killed at least half-a-dozen stray cattle and fired at people in a village in Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, prompting the immediate suspension of the entire Dial 100 team, More...