Bihar clerics not to offer funeral prayers for drunkards

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 14:12

Muslim clerics in a Bihar district have decided not to lead or offer namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers) of drunkards.

Candles, flowers and tears mark one year since Delhi Braveheart`s death

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 05:14

It`s been one year since Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya breathed her last and left an entire India awakened, angry and pained.

South Africa remembers Mandela with day of prayers

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 16:39

With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colours and creeds remembered Nelson Mandela in a day of prayers on Sunday, holding him up as an example to build a better nation and world.

South Africa unites in prayer for Nelson Mandela

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 16:28

Nelson Mandela once again united South Africans on Sunday as people irrespective of their colour and creed flocked into churches, mosques and temples to mark a `Day of prayers` for the anti-apartheid icon.

Teacher cannot be forced to fold hands in school prayers: Bombay HC

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 19:27

The Bombay High Court has held that a teacher cannot be forced to fold his hands while standing in the school prayers or hold his hand in the front while taking oath of the preamble of the Constitution.

Not performing prayers in pooja room no ground to say person not Hindu: HC

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 09:41

Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that an Hindu individual`s act of not conducting prayers in a room specified for the purpose cannot be considered as a ground to declare that the person is not a Hindu.

Muslims in Kerala celebrate Bakrid

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 12:55

Muslims in Kerala celebrated Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, with hundreds of faithful thronging mosques and specially arranged Idgahs for the morning prayers in towns and villages across the state.

Prayers to purify temple premises in TN

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 13:00

Priests of the famous Ramanathaswamy shrine here on Monday conducted poojas to purify the temple premises after pigs entered it, officials said.

Stampede during Navratri prayers in Maharashtra; 1 killed, 18 injured

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 09:35

At least one person was killed and 18 others injured in a stampede that took place in Tuljabhavani temple on Friday.

Hundreds march for `freedom` in Sudan

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 21:22

Hundreds of men and women marched for "freedom" in the Sudanese capital on Friday despite the deployment of militia, troops and riot police.

Modi offers prayers at Padmanabha Temple

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 12:15

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is on his first visit to Kerala after being anointed BJP`s Prime Ministerial candidate, on Thursday offered prayers at the famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here.

Stage set for resumption of prayers at Kedarnath shrine

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 12:36

The stage is all set for resumption of prayers at the calamity-hit Kedarnath shrine, 86 days after flashfloods in Uttarakhand left hundreds of pilgrims and locals dead.