Mohommed Akhlaq (50) and his son Danish (22) were beaten up by Hindu mob over the rumour that they have slaughtered and consumed the beef…
Mohommed Akhlaq (50) and his son Danish (22) were beaten up by Hindu mob over the rumour that they have slaughtered and consumed the beef…
A stampede at Hajj pilgrimage on 24 September 2015 resulted in the deaths of at least 719 pilgrims and injured around 863 people during the…
The Supreme Court of India (SC) stayed the Rajasthan High Court (HC) judgment of banning Santhara ritual in Jainism.
According to the census data released on 25 August, the share of Hindus in India’s population has come down from 80.5% in 2001 to 79.8% in 2011, while the share of Muslims has risen from 13.4% to 14.2%.
An 87-year-old Jain monk embraced death at a Digambar Jain shrine near Gandhi Chowk in Durg, Chhattisgarh, after giving up food and water in keeping with the community tradition of ‘Santhara’.
Rajasthan High Court banned the Santhara ritual (the voluntary starvation to embrace death) prevailing in the Jain Community.