New Delhi, October 22, 2020: Hindus are seeking public holiday in New Zealand on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals; starting 2022. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was not fair with New Zealand Hindu community as they had to be at work/school on their […]
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Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Carroll School District of Texas, starting 2021
New Delhi, September 11, 2020: Hindus want schools in Carroll Independent School District (CISD) headquartered in Southlake (Texas) to stay closed on Diwali; the most popular of their festivals; starting 2021. They are thus urging Michelle Moore and Dr. David J. Faltys, Trustees President and Superintendent respectively of CISD, to adopt Diwali as an official holiday […]
South Africa: Hindus take Evangelists to court over insults and attacks
New Delhi, September 9, 2020: The South Africa Dharma Sabha has launched civil cases against the evangelists Simeon Bradley Chetty and Reverend Llewellyn Joseph for uttering statements deemed offensive to the South African Hindus. The cases have been launched in the Equality Court in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court. A team of advocates, attorneys, professors, and religious […]
Hindus seek Diwali holiday for school children in New Jersey schools
New Delhi, September 9, 2020: Hindus want schools in Cherry Hill Public Schools (CHPS) in New Jersey to stay closed on Diwali; the most popular of their festivals; starting 2021. They are thus urging Lisa Saidel and Dr. Joseph Meloche, Board President and Superintendent respectively of CHPS headquartered in Cherry Hill, to adopt Diwali as […]
Hindus seek Diwali holiday in New York’s NHP-GCP School District, starting 2021
New Delhi, September 7, 2020: Hindus want schools in New Hyde Park-Garden City Park (NHP-GCP) School District in New York to stay closed on Diwali; the most popular of their festivals; starting 2021. They are thus urging Jennifer Kerrane and Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Board President and Superintendent respectively of NHP-GCP School District headquartered in New […]
Hindu students denied Diwali holiday in Illinois’s Oak Brook schools
New Delhi, August 22, 2020: Butler School District (BSD) 53, which runs public schools in Oak Brook (Illinois); has said no to the request of Hindus of keeping schools closed on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals, starting 2021. Dr. Paul O’Malley, BSD 53 Superintendent, in an email to distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, […]
Hindus campaign for Diwali Holiday in Illinois, starting 2021
New Delhi, August 19, 2020: Hindus want all public schools in Oak Brook (Illinois) to stay closed on Diwali; the most popular of their festivals; starting 2021. They are thus urging Christopher Edmonds and Dr. Paul O’Malley, Board President and Superintendent respectively of Butler School District (BSD) 53 in Oak Brook, to adopt Diwali as […]
Australia: Delivery man defaces Swastika Rangoli, ruins Diwali (video)
Diwali for a Hindu Australian named Nijesh Hirpara turned out to be a shocker after a delivery man wiped away a beautiful piece of Rangoli ostensibly as it had Hindu auspicious and prosperity symbol Swastika in it. In the video footage dated October 28th, the man can be seen first knocking and then shuffling his […]
South Africa: Hindu family and Indian diplomats face racial slurs for Diwali celebrations, Human Rights Commission steps in (Video)
Like the year last year and before that too, Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, was turned sour by a racist man in Pretoria, South Africa who barged into private property and hurled racial slurs not only on the Hindu family but the Indian diplomats who were also there. The incident was caught on camera […]
PM celebrates Diwali with his ‘family’ – the bravehearts on the border in J&K
In continuation of the tradition set in the first tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today celebrated the festival of Diwali with soldiers of Indian Army at the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir. This was the third instance of the Prime Minister celebrating the auspicious festival with the troops in Jammu […]