Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on 17 September greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 71st birthday, saying the growing confidence he has brought about, despite challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic...

A Muslim man spoke talaq three times on phone call to his Muslim wife to marry a Hindu woman who has two children. Belonging to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the 20-year-old Kasda Khatun registered a case against Mumbai based Ghulam Mustafa Shaikh. Police initiated the investigation...

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya along with his family paid obeisance at the Golden Temple. After his visit, Dattatreya said, “The Golden Temple is a spiritual centre for mankind, from where the Sikh Gurus have conveyed the message of universal communion. The sacred atmosphere here gives peace.” ..

The Thamarassery Diocese, under the prominent Syro-Malabar Church, has published the book with controversial content for the catechism study of students belonging to classes X to XII...

The Indian Union Muslim League's (IUML) student outfit Muslim Students Federation (MSF), Fathima Thahiliya was removed from her position for supporting women leaders who raised sexual harassment charges against their male counterparts in the outfit...

The All-India Sikh Students’ Federation (Peer Mohammad) celebrated its 77th Foundation Day at the Golden Temple. Ardas was conducted at Akal Takht in presence of former chief Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad, President Bhai Jagroop Singh Cheema, Sangha Federation chief Kashmir Singh Sangha and Dr Manjit Singh Bhoma. ..

A Muslim woman lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against her ex-husband, who reached her house to perform her Halala with his associate. The man has been identified as Riyazuddin. Nikah halala, also known as Tahleel Marriage, is an Islamic practice in which a woman, after being divorced by triple talaq, marries another man, consummates the marriage and gets divorced again in order to be able to remarry her former husband...

Pope Francis paid tribute to the thousands of Slovak Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. Speaking at a former Jewish neighbourhood in the capital Bratislava, Francis sharply criticized "the frenzy of hatred" in World War II as well as continuing anti-Semitism...

A severe clash between two Tablighi Jamaat's Muslim groups has been observed in Kolhapur District, Maharashtra. The two groups have been identified as Tabligh Nizamuddin and Tabligh Shura. The clash has been reported over the issue of recitation of Namaz and Hadith inside the mosque. ..

In a speech at the London think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US in 2001, Tony Blair, the former UK Prime Minister and founder of the Institute for Global Change, warned that the recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is a warning that the threat of radical Islam cannot be left unchecked. ..

Sheikh Molvi Noorullah Munir, Taliban's Minister of Education, said that PhD and Master's degrees are not valuable as mullahs don't have them, and yet they are 'the greatest of all'...

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Uddhav Thackery led Maharashtra Government has closed down all temples during festival time. However, people have raised questions after Christians offered prayers at the Mount Mary Church in Mumbai...

Fred Lowry, a senior pastor at the Deltona Lakes Baptist Church and a Florida councilman who denied the Coronavirus pandemic was real, has been hospitalized with COVID-19. ..

Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) asked female teachers not to wear jeans and tights and banned their male counterparts from wearing jeans and T-shirts...

Pakistan has appointed a non-Sikh as the top executive for the management of the Kartarpur Gurdwara corridor. As per official sources, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) of Pakistan officially constituted the Project Management Unit (PMU) for the corridor and appointed Mohammad Latif as its CEO...

Christian Priest Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt of the Syro Malabar Church Pala diocese has raised concern over narcotics jihad. He alleged that after love jihad, Catholic girls in Kerala are also becoming victims of 'narcotic Jihad...

Sikh devotees pay respect on the eve of the 417th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, at the Golden Temple decorated with flowers, in Amritsar on September 06...

Karnataka's Government has allowed its people to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi for five days beginning September 10 in those districts where the COVID-19 test positivity rate is below two percent. ..

Villagers filed a complaint with the Vadodara Police, Gujarat, after they found books on Islam inside the anganwadi. After the complaint, the police started the investigation. However, in the primary investigation, police found that these Islamic books were belonging to the anganwadi teacher. ..

Christians associated with the Syro-Malabar Church and priests have started protesting against the Church synod’s attempt to implement a uniform code over traditional liturgical practices in the church. ..

Some viral images on social media claimed that members of Muslim organizations distributed pamphlets urging non-Muslim women to wear Hijab. Many Muslim women have been boycotted wearing Hijab in several Muslim nations so far. They have faced punishment; some of them left the country also...

Indian intelligence agencies have issued a country-wide terror alert ahead of the Jewish holidays in September. The alert has been conveyed to all police heads in the country for the safety and security of Jew people. It clearly mentioned that Jew people are on the hit list of a terror organization..

With thefts continuing in Jabalpur, thieves have stolen donation boxes and silver Chadhava of Digambar Jain temple here. The police have registered a case against the theft and the investigation is going on...

Covid-19 cases have been increased in the USA. However, people are not following the guidelines to restrict the spread of the virus. Nearly 180 Christians have been found infected with Covid-19 after attending the religious camp organized by the church in Illinois State..

India's popular Buddhist pilgrimage site, the Mahabodhi Temple or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar has been re-opened from August 27 after being shut down for months due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mahabodhi Temple, which was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2002, was shut down in April to curb the spread of the virus...

In a letter addressed to Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, Buddhavanam project special officer Mallepalli Laxmaiah said there were hundreds of Buddhist sites and monuments dotting many States, indicating the country’s Buddhist legacy...

After the arrest of Umar Gautam, who had converted more than a thousand innocent people to Islam, police have arrested many other suspects in connection with the case. A similar case has also been registered in Gujarat. ..

The administration allegedly demolished three of the four churches along Karachi's Gujjar Nullah during an anti-encroachment drive. The incident happened just after Sunday's service at the St Joseph's Catholic Church at Gujjar Nullah, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported. ..

Gujarat Police arrested a youth from Tanda town of Rampur in Gujarat. Uttar Pradesh Police earlier interrogated the accused in connection with Maulana Umar Gautam, who has been accused of converting more than a thousand non-Muslims to Islam across the country. ..

Uttar Pradesh Police has registered a case against a suspect over forced conversion allegations. The case has been registered by a brother-in-law of the accused. The incident took place in Kushinagar, District...

Excluding Iran, all other major Muslim nations have denied accepting persecuted Muslims from Afghanistan. Big members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including Pakistan, have simply refused to accept Muslim refugees from Afghanistan...

A study conducted by scientists of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) in Lucknow and other two institutes claimed that the majority of the Roman Catholic population in Goa and Mangalore regions of the country are genetically close to early lineage of Gaur Saraswat community. ..

Afghan's folk singer Fawad Andarabi has been killed by the Taliban fighter in northeastern Baghlan province. According to Afghan journalists' reports on social media, Fawad Andarabi was dragged out of his home in Kishnabad village and shot dead...

The Suparaswanath Jain Temple organized a vaccination camp in Coimbatore. A release from the temple management said that it received 700 Covishield and 100 Covaxin doses to organize the camp...

Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi has advised girls to live their lives according to the principles of Islam. Afridi was invited to visit the college by its Principal Brigadier (Retd) Dr Muhammad Amin. Afridi was accompanied by members of the Tablighi Jamaat as well during his trip to the college...

A Muslim man pretended himself as Hindu and trapped a Hindu girl in love. The incident took place in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Irshad aka Shaukat Khan, who introduced himself as Rishabh to the victim. The accused is the father of one child...

Ali Ahmadi, a Baha’i citizen living in Ghaemshahr, was arrested on August 26 and transferred to Ghaemshahr Prison to begin a 1-year sentence. Mr Ahmadi was arrested by Iranian Police on October 23, 2018, and transferred to solitary confinement in the Kachuei Detention Center in Sari. He was released on bail on January 2, 2019...

An FIR has been registered against five Muslim men in Moradabad District in Uttar Pradesh after a complaint filed by girl's family. A 20-year-old girl from a SC (Scheduled Class) community was abducted and forced to change her religion to Islam. ..

Uttar Pradesh Police has registered a case against a Muslim man after forced conversion allegations by a Hindu woman. She alleged that the accused introduced himself as Hindu, made a relationship with her, and later forced her to convert to Islam...

In the major development, Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri is going to set up the 'Adarsh Gurukul' in the pilgrim town for the overall development of students at an initial estimated investment of Rs 20 crore. ..

Gujarat Police have reached Uttar Pradesh (UP) to arrest two persons allegedly involved in diverting charitable trust's funds for illegal religious conversions. Police officials said that it is also found that the funds were also diverted to provide legal help to anti-CAA protestors and those arrested in Delhi communal riots...

The High Court has granted the Government additional time to file a response to the plea seeking the introduction of Islamic Banking in Jammu and Kashmir. A division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar granted the time during the hearing...

Unknown people have vandalized the Komagata Maru Memorial in Vancouver. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it a “despicable act of hate.” The memorial, which acknowledges the 376 Sikh, Muslim and Hindu people aboard a ship in 1914 who were denied entry to Canada, was defaced with white paint and handprints...

The renovation of Gurdwara Shaheed Bunga, a memorial of Shaheed Baba Deep Singh located in the Golden Temple was started after the bhog (culmination) of Sri Akhand Path...

A Muslim youth has been imprisoned for six months for teasing a minor Hindu girl belonging to the backword community. The incident took place in Osmanabad, Maharashtra...

Tribal people in the Bhilai city in Chhattisgarh protested over the conversion activities of Christian missionaries. The protest was conducted as many tribal families of Bhilai were converted by Christian missionaries on August 3...

After the State Government's relaxations, Patna's Mahavir Temple has re-opened its gates for devotees. Following the development, many people made their way to the Mahavir Temple...

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to set up presses abroad to print 'saroops', copies of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib. The apex gurdwara body will also arrange for sending the holy 'saroops' of Sikhs holy book with due respect and 'maryada' (code of conduct) by road to different states in the country. ..

Anjam Ahmad Khan, a 28-year-old Afghan refugee, said that the Taliban opposed English learning. According to them, it is against Islam. Khan lived with his wife and three children in Delhi as a refugee...

After public pressure and several complaints, Congress-led Chhattisgarh Government initiated some schemes to prevent the religious conversion of tribal people to the Christian religion. The State Government has started annual funding of Hindu temples. ..