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French Ambassador visits Gorakhnath temple

3:20 pm November 26, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain visited the Gorakhnath temple here on Thursday and participated in rituals amid chants of vedic mantras. During his brief visit, the Ambassador fed jaggery to the cows in the temple’s cow shelter. Religious and cultural books of Gita Press and the Gorakhnath temple in French and […]

Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19

11:38 pm November 25, 2020

Paris: With domestic violence on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic, activists are holding protests Wednesday from France to Turkey and world dignitaries are trying to find ways to protect millions of women killed or abused every year by their partners. The pope called for global action to mark the International Day for the Elimination […]

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

Hong Kong bans Air India flights for fifth time as some passengers test COVID-19 positive

11:23 pm November 20, 2020

New Delhi: Hong Kong has banned Air India flights from Delhi till December 3 after a few passengers on its flight earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19 post-arrival, a senior government official said on Friday. This is the fifth time Air India’s flights from India have been banned by the Hong Kong government for […]

France church attack: Assailant’s family demands answers

7:01 pm October 31, 2020

France: A third suspect is in French custody Saturday in connection with an Islamic extremist knife attack that killed three people in a Nice church, as the family of the suspected Tunisian assailant demanded to see video footage of what happened. Investigators in France, Tunisia and Italy are trying to determine the motive of chief […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US accuses Syria of delaying constitution ahead of election

10:31 am October 28, 2020

United Nations: The United States and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting as called for by the UN Security Council. US deputy ambassador Richard Mills urged the Security Council to do […]