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Sansrod is a Muslim-majority village in Karjan taluka of Vadodara district in the western Indian state of Gujarat. It is located next to national highway no.8. On Id-Ul-Zuha day (also known as Bakra Eid) the Shinor police’s ASI B.Gumansinh was in Karjan where Karjan CPI(Circle Police Inspector) Vala received information about slaughter of cows. The information […]
National Hindu Students’ Forum UK (NHSF) and partners are launching the Human Boundaries campaign to raise awareness of the Human and Civil Rights abuses which are faced by minority groups living in Pakistan. We are also looking to petition the British, Pakistani and Indian government, as well as the United Nations, to see if we […]
Are all Hindus bad? The Council of World Religions seems to think so – based on their recent decision to reject a Hindu community event celebrated by Hindus from all across the United States, consisting of professors, doctors, entrepreneurs, teachers, lawyers and yoga teachers. Rejecting a request from a coalition of over three hundred North […]
Figures show high levels of senior and professional employment among the Jewish and Hindu communities, Mail Online has reported quoting United Kingdom Office for National Statistics. It has also quoted economist Ruth Lea of the Arbuthnot Banking Group saying: “Jews and Hindus are proportionately so much more successful… There doesn’t seem to be any discrimination […]
On Friday July 26, 2013, Many Hindus were injured and 2 people were killed, including a Hindu women who died when Muslim mobs rioted on late Friday. Friday is the day that Muslims hold congregational prayer called Jumu’ah, usually preceded by sermons. The violent clashes occurred in the Nagla Mal area of Meerut, a city […]
(CHAKRA) It was scorching heat of 105 Degree Fahrenheit when a tempo load of daily sustenance grocery items ( Flour, Cereals, Oil, Soaps, Sugar, tea) arrived at Mandor (an area) based government shelter house where around 240 Pakistani Hindu refugees (a total of 35 Hindu families) are settled. Groceries & tents were distributed to Pakistani […]
By Kavita Pallod When the parents of two young Hindu American boys contacted community leaders for help in getting answers from school authorities about the incessant bullying their children were facing at their Humble district school, the Hindu community rallied quickly to support the family and help find solutions to prevent such suffering from occurring […]
A Hindu community leader Rajan Zed has urged General Synod of Church of England to endorse introduction of women bishops in its debate and vote on the issue on Monday in University of York (United Kingdom). It would be a “step in the right direction”, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed […]
(CHAKRA) The first World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) North American conference took place in the Southern USA financial hub Dallas, Texas. Tt was the first conference of its kind where Hindu entrepreneurs across different business domains came together at one platform to network, share and collaborate in making Hindu society prosperous. Prominent businessman and venture […]
“All they want is peace,” said Samir Kalra, Esq., the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)’s Director and Senior Fellow for Human Rights, while describing his conversations with Pakistani Hindu refugees to a standing room only audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The Press Club event marked the formal release of the Foundation’s ninth […]