Sri Siva Subramaniya Swami Temple in Nadi (Fiji) is reportedly planned to undergo a $0.5 million upgrade and beautification. Upgrading also includes constructing a vegetarian eatery. This Temple, run by Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam Fiji (TISISF), also plans to celebrate its 24th anniversary with elaborate Mahakumbabhishekam rituals in June next. This temple, which opens […]
Pakistan’s Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Zafarullah Khan said Sharif family would be vindicated from Panama Papers issue. This will provide much-needed relief to the Sharif family.But while doing so he crossed the red-line when he compared Nawaz Sharif, accused of corruption, with none other than the pillar of Christian faith, Jesus […]
Hindu college girl Ritu Parna Mistry, aged 18, was kidnapped on 8th June 2017 at about 5.10 pm by perpetrators and she has been forcefully converted to Islam says minority watchdog Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW). Her conversion has been sealed after a swearing affidavit was submitted on 8th June at the Morrelganj Upazila of Bagerhat […]
Mandapa, a luxury Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotel in Indonesia where one night’s tariff can be around $5040, has a century old Hindu temple on its compound, where guests are invited to join during ceremonies. On August 23, this Pengason Temple will have a lavish Odalan celebration when Hindus pray and “thank their gods through religious services”. […]
Buddhist mob lynched a Rohingya man in the Rakhine State capital Sittwe on Tuesday, reported the irrawaddy.com citing the district’s Police Major Win Naung. The report also states that the lynched man was one of seven self-identifying Rohingya Muslims from Dapaing camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Sittwe taken by police to […]
Norton Healthcare is building a new $38 million freestanding three-story state-of-the-art Norton Cancer Institute–Brownsboro in Louisville (Kentucky, USA) metro area, which plans to have a “Meditation Room” and “will focus on care of whole person”. It will also include white/pink noise and music in key locations, healing garden and bistro. The projected timeline for completion […]
Delhi’s Jantar Mantar today saw a protest which had a strong participation of Chakma women and also Buddhist Monks. Peace Campaign Group, Indian Support Group, and Indian Chakma Society had organized this protest. The agitators were protesting against the recent violence in the district of Rangamati in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) which has drawn international […]
On 2 June 2017, simultaneous communal attacks took place on the indigenous ‘Jumma’ people of Bangladesh. The Jumma/Chakma community of Bangladesh is mostly Buddhist and is concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In its report, the Jumma political group Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) noted that the communal and arson attack was carried by the […]
A young Hindu girl who was being teased by an influential man has been abducted allegedly by him in the Nagarparkar area of Tharparkar district in the early hours of Tuesday. Hindu girl Ravita Meghwar was abducted after the perpetrators administered sleeping pills to 15 family members in Varayno village near Nagarparkar. Her father and […]
Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia citing protecting its national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism today decided to sever diplomatic and consular relations with the State of Qatar, close all land, sea and air ports, prevent crossing into Saudi territories, airspace and territorial waters, and start immediate legal procedures for understanding […]
