1,000-yr-old prized Indian statues seized before auction from Christie’s in US
Two stolen Indian statues dating back to as early as the 8th Century and valued at over USD 4,50,000 were seized in the US from premier auction house Christie’s, just days before an auction next week. The artifacts made from sandstone were recovered from the auction house following an international investigation with assistance from the Indian More...
World’s largest military medical center offers Hindu meals on request
World’s largest military medical center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda (Maryland, USA), reportedly offers specialty Hindu meals to meet their dietary and religious requirements. According More...
Hindus among higher educated in Singapore | World Hindu News
Hindus were among the higher educated in Singapore, according to General Household Survey 2015 published by Singapore Department of Statistics in March 2016. “Proportions of Christians and Hindus were higher More...
‘Swamiji is the most powerful sage in India’ says Meena Das Narayan
Sri Nithyananda Swami giving the first copy of his magazine “Hinduism Now” during Mahashivaratri to Meena Das Narayan. The more I realise that we need to protect our Gurus, the more adament More...
Hindu gods forgotten in India revered in Japan – Times of India
KOLKATA: Did you know that at least 20 Hindu deities are regularly worshipped in Japan? In fact, there are hundreds of shrines to Goddess Saraswati alone in that country, along with innumerable representations More...
President joins Hindus in Maha Shivaratri observances
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 7, 2016) President David Granger, today, joined with the Hindu community at the Guyana Sevashram Sangha at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara for Maha Shivaratri observances. Though More...
British Broadcasting Corporation’s Latest Hate Against The Indigenous Hindu Voice | Hindu Human Rights Online News Magazine
The BBC anti-Hindu propaganda machine has once again come into full swing, with a piece from 2 March 2016 that claims to be from popular blogger Nooshin Soluch: In this we are fed the dangerous idea that India’s More...
Hindu temple welcomes Stratford pupils – Newham Recorder
Radha Krishna Temple in Stratford welcomed year four pupils from Ranelagh Primary School as teachers aim to expand pupils’ knowledge of community cohesion, individuality and globalisation. The temple, which was More...
India withholds visas from US religious freedom monitors – Religion News Service
(RNS) A U.S. religious freedom panel says it has been unable to obtain visas for members who planned to travel to India this week to assess conditions there. In its 2015 annual report, the U.S. Commission on International More...
Pakistan: On Fifth Anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti Assassination, USCIRF Calls for Reform and Repeal of Blasphemy Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on March 2 will mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Minorities More...