67 percent Britons want burqa banLONDON - A majority of Britons - around 67 percent - want to see the burqa banned in the country. Ramakrishna Mission chief hospitalisedKOLKATA - The president of the Ramakrishna Mutt and Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Atwashtananda has been admitted to a private hospital run by the mission following stomach pain. India-born archbishop named Vatican’s top UN envoyVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI Saturday named a India-born archbishop, Francis Assisi Chullikatt, as the Vatican’s top envoy at the UN. Vatican spokesman defends revised rules on clerical sex abuse, but says law ‘not everything’
Vatican defends revised abuse rules VATICAN CITY — The Vatican spokesman has defended a revised set of rules on clerical sex abuse as an important and lasting response to abuse cases. One day I will win over the Chinese, says Dalai LamaDHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has again expressed his firm belief that one day he would win over the Chinese leaders to gain genuine autonomy for the people living in Tibet, but reiterated that he was not seeking separation from China. Sabarimala temple averse to suggestion on widening steps, doorSABARIMALA - A fresh controversy has broken out in Kerala’s famed Sabarimala temple, this time over a court suggestion to consider widening of the temple’s 18 holy steps as well as the door to the sanctum sanctorum to allow pilgrims easier access. Advani impressed by Hindu influence in IndonesiaNEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Saturday said he was impressed with the influence of Hinduism on Indonesia - the country with most Muslims in the world. |
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