16-year-old Pakistani Hindu teen Narender Kumar Rathore of Nasarpur area committed suicide to protest against injustice to Hindus. Two months ago extremist Muslims had encroached and vandalized the graveyard of Pakistani Hindus, against which the Hindus of Nasarpur (Sindh), went out to seek justice. But even after repeated appeals, nothing was done. Unable to bear […]
Cracking down on conversion bids, Nepal government deported two foreign nationals for converting Nepali Hindus. Nepali newspaper The Himalayan Times has reported that Philippine national De Vera Richard and his Indonesian wife Rita Gonga, who were staying in Nepal on the business visa, converted Nepali Hindus to Christianity have been deported. Catholic priest arrested for […]
This year’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra was a challenge for pilgrims as well as the government of India and Nepal. Due to inclement weather, a humanitarian crisis arose with more than 1500 Kailash Mansarovar Pilgrims stranded in Hilsa and Simikot, Nepal. Kailash Mansarovar yatra is holy for Hindus and Buddhists. The Embassy of India, Kathmandu mounted […]
Hindu Forum Luxembourg has launched a Hindu Center in the Beggen district of Luxembourg. The “inaugural pooja” conducted by purohits from nearby countries; included Ganapthi-Lakshmi-Dhanvanthri-Navagraha homams, aarti, etc. It plans to have “Diya/ Deepam” lighting rituals daily with devotional songs, reports suggest. Hindu Forum Luxembourg has 21 founder-trustees and whose Objectives include “Honoring the Hindu […]
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita withdrew Ganesha leggings within three hours after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. DiZurita’s founder-artist Giovanna DiZurita who was out of the country at the time, in an email to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded this protest, wrote: “It was never my intent to offend anyone […]
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita has been told to immediately withdraw of leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to […]
In a major breakthrough on repatriation of displaced Bru persons from Mizoram since 1997, an agreement has been signed by Government of India, Governments of Mizoram and Tripura and Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF) here today in presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister of Mizoram Lalthanhawla, and Chief Minister of Tripura […]
Anger over the appointment of MP Kadar Mastan as the Deputy Minister in Charge of Hindu Religious Affairs has again brought to light the tension that has engulfed Sri Lanka. The move was criticised heavily by the Hindu group Seva Senai founder Maravanpulavu Sachchithananthan who reminded the Buddhists of the nation that it was a […]
Anti-Fur society, which has thousands of supporters and followers, used a quote from Hindu religious text which calls for complete compassion and harmony to bash Yulin which is the much-abhorred dog and cat meat fest of China. The group posted the picture which quoted from Bhagavad Gita in the context of Yulin: “When you feel […]
The majestic peacock is safe! Hindus heaved a sigh of relief after the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government announced not to continue with Peafowl Management Plan, which Hindus and animal lovers have denounced as hurting since the bird is so much loved. Bank of England declines to withdraw Beef-laced currency Emma Thomas, Director-General of Transport […]
