New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar conducted the computerised draw for selection of Yatris for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (KMY) 2026, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Thursday.The 2026 edition of the KMY will commence in June and conclude in August. A total of 1000 Yatris have been selected through a fair, computer-generated, random, gender-balanced selection process, according to the ministry.“The selected Yatris will travel in 20 batches, …
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New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Thursday appealed for communal harmony and mutual respect between communities while criticising the growing use of hate-driven rhetoric in politics and society amid the ongoing cattle crisis in West Bengal.Speaking to IANS, the All-India Imam Association President said many Muslims in Bengal had voluntarily refrained from buying cows as a mark of respect for Hindu religious beliefs.”It has been seen that Muslims in Bengal chose not to buy cows, s…
Brussels, May 16 (IANS) The 1971 genocide carried out by the Pakistani military in erstwhile East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, is not merely an issue between Dhaka and Islamabad but a crucial test of the credibility of the international human rights and humanitarian law framework, a report said on Saturday.According to a report in ‘The European Times’, the failure of the international community to name this genocide amounts to injustice to both past and future generations.“The 1971 genocide in Ba…
Ayodhya, May 10 (IANS) Hindu saints in Ayodhya have extended support to a demand raised by the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Nyas President Dinesh Falahari, who has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking a ban on the entry of “non-Sanatani” people and their shops during the Adhik Maas fair in Mathura and Govardhan.Speaking to IANS, Mahant Sitaram Das of Saket Bhavan Temple in Ayodhya, said he wholeheartedly supported the demand and thanked Falahari for taking up the issue.”I…
Kathmandu, May 3 (IANS) The Nepal government has said it has raised concerns with both India and China over the use of the Lipulekh Pass — a disputed territory claimed by both Nepal and India — for the pilgrimage of Indian tourists to Kailash Mansarovar.In a statement issued on Sunday, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the government had once again conveyed its position and concerns to both India and China through diplomatic channels regarding the proposed pilgrimage route via Lipulek…
Islamabad/New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The tragic events in Pakistan’s Lyallpur during the Partition underscored the immense suffering and persecution endured by the Sikh community, with those scars still lingering as a reminder of the human cost of religious and political divisions. Despite transforming barren land into flourishing communities in Lyallpur, the prosperous, disciplined Sikh population was forcibly uprooted and subjected to violence, a report in ‘Khalsa Vox’ mentioned.“Lyallpur, a…
Ayodhya, April 25 (IANS) Hindu seers on Saturday while supporting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s conviction that India will become ‘vishwaguru’ (world leader) in the near future, cautioned that the nation needs to be wary of brain drain. Moreover, former Babri Masjid litigant Iqbal Ansari stressed that India is already a ‘vishwaguru’ and as long as brotherhood prevails among all religions in India, it will continue to remain so.Speaking at the foundation-stone laying cer…
Kolkata, Aprill 21 (IANS) Alleging that “appeasement politics” under the Trinamool Congress has worsened the condition of Hindus in West Bengal, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would restore balance, strengthen law and order, and take firm action against illegal infiltration if voted to power in the state. Addressing a public rally in Balrampur, Chief Minister Sarma said that the people of West Bengal are increasingly looking tow…
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Popular television actress Rupali Ganguly criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal. She shared that this is not the Bengal she grew up in.Speaking exclusively to IANS, the ‘Anupamaa’ actress shared that she prays that a BJP government is formed in Bengal, claiming that Hindus have been oppressed in the state under the TMC rule.Rupali said, “I pray to Goddess Durga every day that the BJP and its flag flutter there. I have seen my family there, under…
Jalpaiguri, April 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, campaigning in poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday, accused opposition parties of blocking the Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment Bill in Parliament and termed it an “insult to half the population of the country”.Addressing election rallies at Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar district and at Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district, Yogi Adityanath alleged that “advocates of Bangladeshi infiltrators” did not allow the Bill — which seek…