iMass: Italian priest develops missal application to let priests officiate with iPad on altar

iPad coming to church altars with daily missal app

Kashmiri Hindu devotees arrive at Khirbhawani temple

SRINAGAR - Scores of Kashmiri Hindus from different parts of the country have started arriving at the Khir Bhawani temple in north Kashmir’s Ganderbal district for an annual festival, which, this year, will be celebrated on Saturday.

Panel moots upping security for Tirupati jewels

HYDERABAD - Former Supreme Court judge M. Jagannadha Rao has recommended several measures for strengthening security of the jewellery and valuables of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the trust that oversees the operations and finances of the richest and the most visited religious centre in the world at Tirupati.

Cut Amarnath pilgrimage to 15 days, says Geelani

SRINAGAR - Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Friday said the annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir should be curtailed to 15 days from the present two months.

Curtail Amarnath pilgrimage to 15 days: Geelani

SRINAGAR - Hardline leader Syed Ali Geelani Friday said the separatists were not against the annual Amarnath ‘yatra’ (pilgrimage) in principle, but wanted its duration to be curtailed to 15 days.

Which Hindu scripture bans same gotra marriage, court asks

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to ban marriages within the same ‘gotra’ (clan), asking the petitioner which Hindu scriptures forbade the practice.

Britain bans Indian Muslim preacher

LONDON - Indian Muslim preacher Zakir Naik who claimed “every Muslim should be terrorist” has been banned from entering Britain, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Dalai Lama arrives in Japan to give lectures

TOKYO - Tibetan exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Japan Friday to attend religious events and give lectures.