Welcoming Council Rock School District (CRSD) for declaring holiday on November seven, when their most popular festival Diwali falls this year. Board of Directors of CRSD, headquartered in Newtown (Pennsylvania), in their meeting on February 15, unanimously approved 2018-2019 calendar which includes the addition of Diwali as an official school holiday. In 2017, Unionville-Chadds Ford […]
Hindus are urging Coppell Independent School District (CISD) in suburban Dallas, with 47.4% students Asian, to proclaim official holiday on Diwali, most popular of Hindu festivals. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada said that Diwali holiday in CISD would be a step in the positive direction in view of presence of […]
Hindu leader Rajan Zed has urged all cities of Canada to allow fireworks on the occasion of Diwali, the most popular of Hindu festivals, like the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, both in the province of Ontario. According to reports, Brampton residents are allowed to use short-range fireworks on their private property four times a […]
Hindus are happy and are urging all Texas cities to celebrate most popular Hindu festival Diwali just like the City of San Antonio, which is producing Diwali event on November four, claimed to be the “largest City-sanctioned Diwali in the nation”. This free six-hour long event in downtown San Antonio will reportedly include releasing 2,000 […]
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Coal & Railways, much to the joy of around 3 Lakh non-executive employees of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries, today, i.e. 13th October, 2017 announced that the one-time advance payable to each employee would now be Rs. 51,000 instead of Rs. 40,000, before Diwali by 17th October – […]
Hindu community has welcomed the reports of closing Millburn Township Public Schools (MTPS) in New Jersey on November seven in the Draft Calendar 2018-2019, the day on which most popular Hindu festival Diwali falls next year. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, urged the MTPS Board of Education to unanimously approve […]
Trinidad and Tobago probably saw the best ‘Divali’ when the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his wife Sharon Rowley came to the Divali Nagar to see a mesmerizing display of Hindu traditions. While the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister chose a white Indian style coat his wife chose a purple Indian dress with golden […]
As the situation turns worst for the Bangladesh Hindus, we at Currentriggers.com reached out to Hindu Forum Sweden President Ms Chitra Paul to know what solution does she foresee for the Hindu community of Bangladesh. Here are the excerpts from the interview: What is the current situation in Bangladesh Ms Chitra Paul? One word. Horrible! Religious persecution […]
Hinduphobia is rising in different parts of the world. Dawie Kriel a Durban man ranted against Hindus for using firecrackers during Diwali festival in an epic rant that has the Hindu community angry. In his comments, laced with religious undertones, he called the Hindus ‘idol worshippers’ and ‘devil disciples.’ He also said that the Hindus should […]
Bangladesh is failing to contain Islamist radicals. Hindu community has come under intense attacks in Bangladesh while the government is failing to contain the growing Islamism. First, it was Nasirnagar Upazila where hundreds of Hindu houses were attacked and torched while more than a dozen Hindu Temples were also attacked. Now, the daily “Ittefaq” dated […]
