BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: Public classrooms in the state can now display posters of the Ten Commandments after a U.S. appeals court cleared the way for a Louisiana law…
Read more Louisiana court allows Ten Commandments posters in public classroomsVice President JD Vance recently told a packed college arena that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to Christianity, thrusting into the spotlight the deeply sensitive…
Read more JD Vance Hopes His Hindu Wife Converts to Christianity, Sparking Debate on Interfaith MarriageA crowd surge at a popular Hindu temple in southern India left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured, local authorities said Saturday. The death toll rose…
Read more At least 12 dead, dozens injured at Hindu temple in India during crowd stampedeNEW DELHI (AP) — A crowd surge at a popular Hindu temple in southern India left at least seven people dead and dozens injured, local authorities said Saturday.…
Read more 7 Dead, Dozens Injured in Crowd Surge at Hindu Temple in Southern IndiaIt is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days, people take part in festive…
Read more Learn About Diwali, the Festival of LightsLOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide…
Read more California makes Diwali an official statewide holidayDHAKA, Bangladesh — Tens of thousands of minority Hindus rallied Friday to demand that the interim government in Muslim-majority Bangladesh protect them from a wave of attacks and…
Read more Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh rally to demand protection from attacksDiwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people…
Read more What is Diwali, the Festival of Lights?NEW DELHI (AP) — 23-year old Ashutosh Agnihotri has been playing god this week. Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat of mythological demon Ravana, at…
Read more AP PHOTOS: Performers bring Hindu gods to life in the RamleelaCHASKA, Minn. — It was mid-afternoon in May when surveillance video inside Sri Saibaba Mandir captured two individuals inside the Hindu temple in Chaska. Temple leaders said…
Read more Authorities investigating string of Buddhist, Hindu temple theftsDHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s president dissolved Parliament Tuesday, clearing the way for new elections to replace the longtime prime minister who resigned and fled the country following weeks…
Read more Bangladesh’s president dissolves Parliament, clearing the way for elections to replace ousted leaderLUCKNOW, India — A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 60 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, adding…
Read more Stampede at religious event in India has killed at least 60 peopleAn injured man is brought to the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu after the bus he was traveling in fell into a deep gorge in the Pouni…
Read more At least 9 dead after suspected militants in Kashmir fire at Hindu pilgrims, sending bus into gorgeCHENNAI, India — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wielded near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to…
Read more Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi’s Hindu-centric politicsAYODHYA, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the northern city of…
Read more Millions of Indians celebrate a new temple. For Modi, it is a triumph of his Hindu-first politicsNEW DELHI — Frenzied preparations were underway Wednesday in India’s northern holy city of Ayodhya to mark the opening of a grand temple for Lord Ram, Hinduism’s most…
Read more Modi's promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India's electionNEW DELHI — The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. Instead, it took 17 days to reach 41 construction workers who were trapped when…
Read more Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnelLUCKNOW, India — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans…
Read more 41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plansNEW DELHI — It began with a dinner invitation. How it ends could affect more than a billion people. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week’s G20…
Read more Is it India? Is it Bharat? Speculations abound as government pushes for the country’s Sanskrit nameNEW DELHI — India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for…
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