Spirituality

Protesters call for religious tolerance in Islam cartoon row

Hong Kong - More than 100 demonstrators called for religious tolerance Sunday during a protests against the recent reprinting in Danish newspapers of a cartoon depicting the prophet Mohammed.

Dutch minister calls for level-headed response to anti-Islam film

The Hague - Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen called on the Islamic world to be level-headed in its response to the anti- Islam film made by opposition populist politician Geert Wilders in an

Akali Dal angry with Pakistan Radio programme

Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal

Nation celebrates Milad-un-Nabi

Milad-un-NabiNew Delhi, Mar 21: Nation is celebrating Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet

Sikh devotees take a holy dip at Golden Temple on New Year

Golden TempleAmritsar, March 14 : A large number of Sikhs visited the Golden Temple on Friday to mark the beginning of the Nanakshahi Samvat (New Year).

They took a dip in the holy pond in the shrine and offered special prayers.

The Nanakshahi Calendar is a solar calendar adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to determine the dates for important Sikh events. It was created by Pal Singh Purewal and replaced the Hindu calendar in 1998. The calendar begins from the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Nanak Dev in 1469.

According to the calendar, the year 2008 is the 540th year of the calendar.

Buddhist monks protest disruption of prayers at Bodhgaya during President's visit

Bodh Gaya, Feb 16:Buddhist Monks Protest Buddhist monks in Bodh Gaya have raised a st

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