Tag: Hinduism
India's 'messiah of the poor' Singh dies
Former Indian prime minister VP Singh, remembered for his controversial policy of reserving a larger share of jobs for the country's disadvantaged castes, has died after a long battle with cancer.[MORE]
Executing the Bali bombers: Why the delay, ask Indonesians
The vast majority of Indonesians - themselves overwhelmingly Muslim - are indifferent to the fate of Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra.[MORE]
Indian temple stampede toll rises to 224
The death toll from a deadly stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan has risen to 224, police said.[MORE]
Artist cleared of offending Hindu faith
India's most celebrated artist MF Husain looks set to return from voluntary exile after the Supreme Court found no grounds to prosecute him for obscenity and offending religious feelings.[MORE]
India threatens to use troops on anti-Christian rioters
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has threatened to use force to put an end to anti-Christian violence in the country's east.[MORE]
Sculptor wins Blake Prize for Hindu procession
David Tucker has won the 2008 Blake Prize for Religious Art for his sculpture based on a Hindu goddess.[MORE]
Hindus, Christians clash in eastern India
Indian authorities say they have stopped the fighting between Christians and Hindus in the country's far east.[MORE]
Mob ransacks Indian church
Hindu mobs have ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India, police said, as Italy said it would summon India's ambassador to demand "incisive action" to prevent more attacks.[MORE]
Six killed in India religious riots, Vatican condemns
Six people were killed when Hindu and Christian mobs clashed in eastern India, where dozens of churches have been vandalised in spiralling religious violence.[MORE]
Scores dead in Indian temple stampede
At least 145 people have been killed after a stampede at a temple in India.[MORE]
Bali celebrates biggest royal cremation in decades
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Bali for the biggest royal cremation in decades.[MORE]
Youth find common ground in religious faith
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World Youth Day organisers are attempting to prevent any tensions between religions by holding a youth forum with members of various faiths.[MORE]
Nepal's royal cows' fate undecided
A week after Nepal's former king was forced to leave the royal palace in Kathmandu, Government officials are deciding what to with the deposed monarch's cows. [MORE]
Indian Hindus seek ban for monk who went overseas
Conservative Hindu leaders in southern India are seeking to prevent a monk from heading one of the country's most popular temples, saying he has become "impure" because he has travelled overseas. [MORE]
Indian PM promises Aust widow religious freedom
The Indian Prime Minister has promised the widow of an Australian missionary killed nine years ago in a sectarian attack that the country's Christians will be protected.[MORE]
12 churches attacked in India, 1 dead
Hundreds of federal police have been deployed in India's eastern state of Orissa as Hindu hardliners burnt and damaged 12 churches in communal clashes, killing at least one person.[MORE]
Indian Govt moves to help widows
The Indian Government has outlined new plans to help widows. [MORE]
Hindus angry over euthanasia of sacred cow
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Britain's Hindu community is accusing the RSPCA of acting deceitfully by putting down a temple cow while worshippers prayed.[MORE]
Hindu gods summoned to Indian court: report
Two popular Hindu gods have been summoned to a court in India as witnesses in a property dispute, the Press Trust of India reported.[MORE]
Indian reporter fears for life after Muslim massacre expose
An Indian journalist who secretly filmed right-wing Hindus boasting about the mass murder of Muslims during riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat says he now fears for his life.[MORE]
Muslim writer's plight 'shaming' India
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An exiled Bangladeshi Muslim woman writer threatened by radical Islamists has become a victim of political ping-pong in India, bundled from one city to another in a controversy critics say has shamed the secular state.[MORE]
Judge dismisses claim against Indian Hogwarts Castle replica
An Indian court threw out a claim for damages against organisers of a religious event who constructed a replica of Hogwarts Castle.[MORE]
Potter theme spells trouble for religious festival
Author JK Rowling is suing organisers of a religious event for constructing a replica of her imaginary Hogwarts Castle in an eastern India city.[MORE]
India to go ahead with 'sacrilegious' sea lane
The Indian Government says it will go ahead with a controversial plan to build a sea lane in the Bay of Bengal despite a storm of protest from Hindus who say it will destroy a sacred site.[MORE]
Minister offers to resign over Hindu god affidavit
Indian officials say the Indian Government has suspended two directors at its archaeology agency for their role in a Supreme Court affidavit which suggested Hindu gods did not exist.[MORE]
