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Zardari calls for unity against religious extremism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Former Pakistan president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called for unity against religious extremism, militancy and sectarianism.
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Catholic crosses desecrated: Parrikar claims 'attempts being made to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 5 (ANI): In wake of desecration of religious symbols and Temples in South-Goa, state chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said specific attempts are being made to create tension in the region.
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Netanyahu gives in to Ultra-Orthodox demands to secure his government
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 2 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under severe criticism from international Jewish groups regarding his recent approval of religious proposals by Ultra-Orthodox parties in a bid to secure his slim government majority.
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Don't bring religious angle into Jharkhand lynching, urges Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday condemned the killing of a man on the suspicion of carrying beef in Jharkahnd and said the matter must not be viewed from a religious angle.
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Bangladesh marks Eid ul-Fitr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] June 26,(ANI) : People in Bangladesh celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, across the country on Monday.
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Tens of thousands take part in Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Balasore
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha) [India], June 25 (ANI): The annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's coastal Balasore town got off to a colourful start amid fanfare and religious fervor on Sunday, attracting lakhs of pilgrims from India and abroad.
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Yoga now an international art, neither political nor religious: Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): As cities across India rolled out yoga mats at various venues to mark the importance of yoga on the International Yoga Day, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the practice has now evolved into an international a
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Seattle: Professor conducts after-sunset exams for students fasting during
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 15 (ANI): In a beautiful gesture symbolic of accommodating religious sentiments, a professor at the University of Washington offered to conduct examinations after sunset for his Muslim students, who are fasting during the holy month of Ramzan.
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Man sentenced to death in Pakistan for committing blasphemy on social medi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI) : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has for the first time sentenced a man to death for allegedly sharing blasphemous content about Sunni religious leaders and the Prophet Mohammed's wives on Facebook.
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UN hopes US will support implementation of 'Fez Plan of Action'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], June 8 (ANI): The UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, has called upon the United States to support the implementation of the 'Plan of Action' for religious leaders and actors to prevent incitement that cou
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J-K: Mela Kheer Bhawani annual festival celebrated with religious fervor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] June 2 (ANI): Hundreds of devotees arrived at Mata Ragnya Devi temple to join the annual festival of Kheer Bhawani on Friday- a revered goddess of Pandits in Tulmulla area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.
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India, Russia commit to combat terrorism in all of its manifestations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
St. Petersburg [Russia], June 1 (ANI): India and Russia on Thursday reiterated their strong aversion to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and stressed that there can be no justification whatsoever for any act based on ideological, religious, political, racial, ethnic or any other
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