Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as SanÄtana Dharma, "the eternal tradition", or the "eternal way", beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder. This "Hindu synthesis" started to develop between 500 BCE and 300 CE, after the end of the Vedic period, and flourished in the medieval period, with the decline of Buddhism in India.
The VHP on Monday announced cancellation of all its programmes proposed after the Ayodhya land dispute ruling by the SC, expected next month. "We have cancelled all our programmes and gatherings of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai to bid farewell to the popular elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh, after a ten-day festival to celebrate his birth.
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Millions of Bangladeshi refugees, both Muslim and Hindu, arrived in India following the country's 1971 war for independence. The mass influx of refugees into Assam has sparked violent anti-immigrant..
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Twenty-four hours after one of the appellants in the Ayodhya title suit, Kamlesh Tewari, was murdered at noon in his office-cum-residence in Lucknow, a joint team of Uttar Pradesh Police and Gujarat.. IndiaTimes - Published
The decision to file written submission was granted on Wednesday by the five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. DNA - Published
Advocate Eijaz Maqbool, who represented key Muslim litigant M Siddiq in the Ayodhya land dispute, said all Muslim parties, except the Sunni Waqf Board, have rejected settlement as the main Hindu.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rizvi claimed that the Sunni Waqf Board was willing to relinquish its claim over the disputed land provided the conditions put forth in the proposal are accepted. DNA - Published
One of the factions of the All India Hindu Mahasabha (AIHM) wrote to the Bar Council of India condemning Dhavan's action on the concluding day of the 40-day hearing in the Ram-Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid.. IndiaTimes - Published
India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an end to hearings in a long-running dispute between Hindus and Muslims over a place of worship, laying the ground for a verdict that could lead to further.. Reuters - Published
Thursday will be an important day for the married Hindu women in North India as they will observe "Karva Chauth", a day-long fast for the love and longevity of their husbands. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court Tuesday saw sharp exchanges between the lawyers representing Hindu and Muslim parties during the proceedings in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute.. IndiaTimes - Published
A 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, was told by former Attorney General and senior advocate K Parasaran, appearing for a Hindu party, that there were several mosques in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Addressing an election rally on Monday night in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district for party candidate Aiaz Moulavi, Owaisi said a section of society wants to paint the entire country in one.. IndiaTimes - Published
After 38 days of arguments on cross-appeals for ownership of the 2.77 acre Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid disputed land in Ayodhya, the Muslim parties suggested there was a bias against them by telling.. IndiaTimes - Published
Muslim parties alleged before the Supreme Court on Monday that questions are asked only from them and not posed to the Hindu side in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute case at.. IndiaTimes - Published
India has barred public gatherings in the town of Ayodhya as the Supreme Court started hearing final arguments on Monday to decide whether a Hindu temple should be built on the ruins of a mosque in a.. Reuters - Published
The apex court is hearing a batch of petitions filed by -- Hindu and Muslim and others sides -- challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. DNA - Published
"Bhagwat cannot erase my history in India by renaming it 'Hindu'. It won't work. He cannot insist that our cultures, faiths, creeds & individual identities all be subsumed by Hinduism. Bharat Na Kabhi.. DNA - Published
Asserting that the Muslims in India are the "happiest", Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat said that people of other faiths have sought refuge in India due to the "Hindu culture". IndiaTimes - Published
"Bharat (India) is a Hindu Rashtra (nation)... and Hindu is not the name of any puja (prayer), language or state but it's a way of living (Sanskriti)..." Mohan Bhagwat said. DNA - Published
Petitions seeking review of the SC's December 14 clean chit to the NDA government in the Rafale fighter jet deal kept the CJI-led bench busy from March till May 10, when it reserved the Sahara verdict... IndiaTimes - Published
"The idea of Hindu Rashtra is based on Hindu supremacy. It means subjugation of anyone who isn't Hindu. Minorities will only be 'allowed' to live in India. According to the Constitution we're India i.e.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday condemned the growing trend of killings by mobs even as he maintained that the incidents were not āone-sidedā and objected to the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union home minister Amit Shah had said on October 1 that Parliament will pass the CAB which will grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh.. IndiaTimes - Published
PT Venkataraman and his wife Sujatha, a Hong Kong-based Hindu couple of Indian origin, performed the puja near the Sharada Temple in PoK. DNA - Published
Rajnath Singh will continue the tradition of performing 'Shastra Pooja' (worship of weapons) as the defence minister this year in Paris on the occasion of Dushehra where he is going to receive the.. IndiaTimes - Published
CJI Gogoi reminded both sides that the case pertained to dispute over title suits and must be decided according to the Civil Procedure Code. āJust because the appeals are being heard by a five-judge.. IndiaTimes - Published
Hindu parties asserted in the Supreme Court on Thursday that claims of the Muslim side over the 2.77-acre-land in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute are belied from the excavated materials.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not venture to determine whether Mughal emperor Babur sinned in the 16th century by ordering construction of Babri Masjid allegedly at a site believed by.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sena chief Thackeray took a veiled dig at rival Sharad Pawar, a day after the NCP chief called off his voluntary visit to the office of the ED in connection with the state Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam.. IndiaTimes - Published
In an indication that judgment in Ayodhya case is likely to be delivered before CJI Ranjan Gogoi's retirement in November, the SC on Thursday said that it cannot grant even a single extra day beyond.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya Wednesday said that NRC will be implemented in West Bengal and not a single Hindu will have to leave the country. Without naming the TMC,.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Only because 'Valmiki Ramayan' and 'Ramcharit Manas' do not mention the precise site in Ayodhya where Ram was born, can't Hindus believe that Ram was born at a particular place in Ayodhya," said the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government will restore and reopen 50,000 vandalised temples in J&K, junior Union home minister Kishan Reddy said on Monday. āThese temples were vandalised when Kashmiri Pandits & Hindus were.. IndiaTimes - Published
A mob in India killed a man after accusing him of butchering a cow, police said on Monday, in the latest case of violence involving the animals considered sacred to the country's Hindu-majority.. Reuters - Published
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sought to allay concerns over exclusion of people from the NRC in Assam, asserting that not a single Hindu will have to leave the country. "Bhagwatji has clearly said that not a.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking at an event organised by the All India Professionals Congress , Shashi Tharoor described what is meant by inclusive India and in course of that slammed violence in the name of religion. He.. IndiaTimes - Published
A move for seeking changes in the Constitution to stop "selective undue" interference by the State and judiciary in Hindu customs & the protection of cultural rights has got underway with the support.. IndiaTimes - Published
"There is my Hindu way. There is his or her Hindu way and everyone has their own Hindu way. That's the magic because Hinduism does not prescribe any rigorous prescriptions. I can worship Ram, I read.. IndiaTimes - Published
Muslim parties on Monday told the SC that Persian and Arabic inscriptions at the entrance of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya deflates expansive argument of Hindu parties that it was never a mosque. IndiaTimes - Published
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