A prominent Hindu statesman is urging Dublin City Council to develop a dedicated area where Hindus in Ireland can scatter the cremated remains of their dead.
Fri, 10 Jan, 2020
The present political leaders on the sub-continent have decisively repudiated the legacy of Gandhi and Nehru, inaugurating what could be a dark new chapter in the history of the region, writes Ramachandra Guha.
Fri, 27 Dec, 2019
The dispute over land ownership has been one of the country’s most contentious issues.
Sat, 09 Nov, 2019
The Indian Spring festival of colours, Holi, is celebrated by Hindus all over the world and after Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is considered to be the second biggest festival on the Hindu calendar.
Sat, 24 Feb, 2018
Latest: Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus bringing Hindu pilgrims back from a cave shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least seven of them, including five women, and wounding 14 others.
Mon, 10 Jul, 2017
Sat, 29 Apr, 2017
A human rights group has expressed concern over brutal attacks in India by self-appointed "cow protectors" against Muslims and lower castes over rumours that they sold, bought or killed cows for beef.
Fri, 28 Apr, 2017
THE opening pages of Conquerors are brimming with eye-popping facts, images and incidents.
Sat, 04 Feb, 2017
There is so much to report in local nature, and so much worldwide that concerns us at home, writes Damien Enright
Mon, 12 Dec, 2016
At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India.
Mon, 22 Aug, 2016
Some of the stranger stories from around the world
Tue, 29 Dec, 2015
Indian police arrested eight people and were searching for two more after villagers allegedly beat a Muslim farmer to death and severely injured his son on hearing rumours that the family was eating beef, a taboo for many among India’s majority Hindu population.
Thu, 01 Oct, 2015
More than a thousand engineers have been checking damaged houses in Nepal’s capital and advising people about whether they are safe.
Thu, 07 May, 2015
Rita de Brún sought the views of some therapists as she looked at the dark world of sadomasochism and BDSM
Tue, 31 Mar, 2015
Authorities are investigating how more than 100 bodies, many of them children, ended up floating in an offshoot of the Ganges River in northern India.
Thu, 15 Jan, 2015
Wed, 14 Jan, 2015
Judges at the highest UN court ordered Japan to halt whaling in the Antarctic, rejecting the country’s long-held argument that the catch was for scientific purposes and not primarily for human consumption.
Tue, 01 Apr, 2014
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Japan’s Antarctic whaling programme is not for scientific purposes and has ordered a temporary halt.
Mon, 31 Mar, 2014
Bangladesh has executed a top leader of the country’s biggest Islamic party for war crimes that took place four decades ago, sparking violence in Asia’s fifth-most populous country.
Sat, 14 Dec, 2013
Hundreds of Hindu nationalists have clashed with police outside India’s parliament after being barred from conducting a religious march at a disputed holy site at the heart of deadly clashes between Hindus and Muslims.
Mon, 26 Aug, 2013
Fresh clashes have erupted between groups of Hindus and Muslims in the Indian portion of Kashmir, wounding three people.
Sat, 10 Aug, 2013
More than 5,700 people missing since last month’s devastating floods that ravaged northern India are presumed dead, the government has said.
Tue, 16 Jul, 2013
An air force helicopter returning from a rescue mission in flood-ravaged northern India hit the side of a mountain and fell into a river today, killing eight people, officials said.
Tue, 25 Jun, 2013
Anxious relatives were searching for missing family members today in a northern India city that is home to one of the world’s largest religious gatherings after a stampede killed 36 people.
Mon, 11 Feb, 2013
Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into India’s holy River Ganges today in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins.
Mon, 14 Jan, 2013
The Government has launched diplomatic efforts to repair the country’s reputation in India after the parents of Savita Halappanavar blamed Ireland’s abortion laws for her death.
Fri, 16 Nov, 2012
India’s exterior affairs minister is monitoring Ireland’s response to the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar — as her heartbroken husband warned the “whole Indian community” will react if actions are “inadequate”.
A truck carrying pilgrims returning from a Hindu shrine in the Himalayas has veered off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in northern India, killing 16 people.
Fri, 27 Jul, 2012
Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered today for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, one of India’s best-known Hindu ascetics revered as a divine incarnation with miraculous healing powers.
Wed, 27 Apr, 2011
A police officer in a central Kenyan town went on a shooting rampage, killing 10 people in three different bars, officials said today.
Sun, 07 Nov, 2010
AN Indian court ruled a disputed holy site that sparked bloody riots in the past should be divided between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
Fri, 01 Oct, 2010
A holy site that sparked riots across India in the past should be divided between the Hindu and Muslim communities, a court ruled today.
Thu, 30 Sep, 2010
At least 32 people were killed when a blaze erupted at a fireworks warehouse in southern India ahead of a major Hindu festival.
Sat, 17 Oct, 2009
Hindu scholars have joined Catholics around the world by condemning the filmmakers of 'Da Vinci Code' prequel 'Angels & Demons' for "playing with the sentiments of the faithful for mercantile greed".
Tue, 05 May, 2009
The great-grandson of India’s first prime minister was in custody today over his “Muslim hate speech”, it was reported.
Sat, 28 Mar, 2009
An alleged hate speech at an election rally has fuelled a feud in India's oldest political dynasty, it was reported today.
Mon, 23 Mar, 2009
The great-grandson of India's first prime minister spoke out today after being charged with inciting hatred against Muslims during a speech at an election rally.
Wed, 18 Mar, 2009
Rioters in southern India killed six members of a Muslim family by setting fire to their home after earlier clashes between Hindus and Muslims left four others dead and 15 injured in the same village, officials said today.
Sun, 12 Oct, 2008
Three-year-old Matani Shakya, the newly appointed “kumari” or living goddess in Nepal, has been carried from her parents home to an ancient palace in the heart of Kathmandu which will be her new home.
Tue, 07 Oct, 2008
Leading Hindu groups are urging film bosses not to release Mike Myers' comedy flop 'The Love Guru' in India for fear of riots on the streets.
Tue, 16 Sep, 2008
Suspected Hindu hard-liners set an orphanage run by Christian missionaries on fire in eastern India on today, killing one nun and seriously injuring a priest, police said.
Mon, 25 Aug, 2008
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir overnight killing three people.
Security forces fired tear gas and used batons to try to break up protests in Indian Kashmir today.
Sun, 24 Aug, 2008
At least six Hindu worshippers were trampled to death today as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess in eastern India.
Fri, 04 Jul, 2008
ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley proposes to reduce carbon emissions in Ireland by reducing the number of cattle.
Fri, 20 Jun, 2008
Hanuman, the popular Hindu monkey god revered for his strength and valour, has been named official chairman of the new Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India, a school official said today.
Sat, 07 Jun, 2008
One of Nepal’s ’living goddesses’, who sparked controversy by breaking tradition and travelling overseas, has retired at the age of 11.
Mon, 03 Mar, 2008
Violence between Hindus and Christians erupted again today in eastern India.
Thu, 27 Dec, 2007
Hindu extremists attacked six village churches in eastern India during Christmas celebrations, leaving one person dead, officials said today.
Wed, 26 Dec, 2007
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