Shinzo Abe`s Yasukuni shrine visit raises risk of conflict, analysts say

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 13:25

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s inflammatory visit to a Tokyo war shrine demonstrates his determination to drag pacifist Japan to the right and nudges Northeast Asia a significant step closer to conflict, analysts say.

Pakistan cautious on Japanese PM`s shrine visit

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 12:53

Pakistan Friday was cautious in reaction to the Japanese Prime Minister`s controversial visit to the World War II related Yasukuni shrine, which drew strong opposition from neighbouring countries, a foreign ministry statement showed.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe comes under Chinese fire over homage to "devils"

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:00

Chinese newspapers blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, describing his visit to Yasukuni Shrine as "paying homage to devils" and warning that China has the ability to crush "provocative militarism".

US `disappointed` as Japan PM Abe visits war shrine; China, S Korea angry

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 09:26

In a move bound to invoke the indignation of its Asian neighbours China and South Korea, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine.

Japan PM Abe to visit Yasukuni Shrine for war dead

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 07:38

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tokyo`s Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, a spokesman for the prime minister`s office said, in a move likely to anger Asian neighbour China and South Korea.

No failure on part of MeT in Uttarakhand calamity: Govt

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 20:44

There was no failure on the part of the MeT department as it had issued warning of heavy to very heavy rains in Uttarakhand, just before the disaster, government has said.

Buddha relics stolen from Cambodian shrine: Police

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 12:06

Cambodian police on Sunday said they were searching for a golden urn said to contain relics of the Buddha - including hair, teeth and bones - after it was stolen from a shrine.

40 days in chains: Afghan shrine offers `cure` for evil spirits

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:27

All it took to land Din Muhammed in a cell at an Afghan shrine, chained up and living on bread for 40 days, was an argument with his father.

HC directs govt-appointed `Nazim` to take charge of offerings

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 23:04

In a landmark judgement, Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the government-appointed `Nazim` (administrator) of Ajmer dargah to take charge of collection and distribution of offerings at the shrine.

Bhandari is new CEO of Mata Vasihno Devi Shrine Board

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 17:05

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has appointed Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) of the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, as its CEO with effect from on Friday.

Eight more bodies recovered at Kedarnath

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 18:51

Eight highly decomposed bodies were recovered from the debris at Kedarnath.

Japanese minister visits controversial war shrine

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 17:18

A cabinet minister was among scores of Japanese parliamentarians who paid tribute at a controversial war shrine in Tokyo on Friday, in a move likely to anger China and South Korea.