A flamboyant Indian state leader has been told to cover up a dozen large statues of herself that she erected because they break election rules.

ANGRY Indian politicians forced parliament to close yesterday and protesters gathered outside a Russian consulate over a Siberian trial calling for one of Hinduism’s holiest books be put on a list of banned literature that includes Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

The reaction of the major faiths to intimate acts ranges from the bizarre to the insane, writes Suzanne Harrington

I WISH to acknowledge your recent special investigation series entitled ‘Alternative Religions’ (October 6/7).

A Malaysian court fined 12 Muslims and sentenced one of them to a week in prison for illegally protesting the construction of a Hindu temple and parading a severed cow's head.

The Uses of Pessimism and the Danger of False Hope

THE last day of the Leaving Certificate marked the first examination of a new Technology syllabus in an exam which students felt was hard to finish on time.

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.

The pope today condemned anti-Christian violence in India where at least eight people have been killed by Hindu mobs attacking churches.

India’s widespread practice of aborting female foetuses is a “national shame,” the prime minister said today.

A SERIES of explosions ripped through courthouse complexes yesterday in three north Indian cities, Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, killing at least 13 lawyers and injuring dozens of other people.

A series of co-ordinated explosions ripped through courts in three north Indian cities today killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more.

A series of co-ordinated explosions ripped through courts in three north Indian cities today killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more.

Democratic societies have the right to defend themselves against terrorism but must respect laws and human rights in their struggle – or risk endangering the very freedoms they seek to protect, Pope Benedict XVI said today.

MODEL Elizabeth Hurley has not got off to a good start with her new father-in-law — he has offered to testify against her on charges of mocking Hinduism, a lawyer in the case said yesterday.

Soldiers and police patrolled holy sites across India today following a series of bloody bombings in Hinduism’s holiest city, Varanasi.

Explosions rocked a packed railway station and crowded Hindu temple today in Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, and at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured, officials said.

THE furore over Britain’s Prince Harry wearing a Nazi armband brought hypocrisy, tendentious social commentary, political doublethink and historical myopia to new levels of absurdity.

Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist named India’s next prime minister, pledged today to work to restore religious harmony, keep India investor-friendly and seek peace with rival Pakistan.

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