Ramnavami or the birthday of Lord Ram was celebrated in different parts of the city on Sunday.

Heavy police presence and high security measures did not dampen the fervour of devotees who turned out i

Indonesia has plans to ban the mini-skirt under its stringent anti-pornography laws as it believes 'they make men do things'.

According to the Muslim-dominated country's religious affairs minister, o

Stoking a controversy, West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected

This could be straight out of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not kingdom. A family residing at Madhuranagar has built a temple in memory of their pet dog in their home and offer prayers to a photograph of the

After a marathon hearing spanning over a month, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising gay sex among consent

Thousands of Tunisian Islamists took to the streets on Sunday to step up their demands for the creation of an Islamic state in one of the most secular Arab nations.

About 8,000 conservative Salafi Is

Madras High Court (HC) has come down heavily on the male chauvinist Indian concept that a woman’s domain is the kitchen and she should not look beyond satiating the husband, rearing his children and d

Increasingly fed-up with ‘sex-starved’ marriages, more and more couples were seeking divorces these days. This was observed by the Delhi High court while upholding a man’s plea for divorce on the grou

An Islamic marriage guide advising men on 'the best ways' to beat their wives has sparked outrage in Britain, especially among moderate Muslims who say that it encourages domestic violence.

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A young woman was burnt to death, apparently for giving birth to baby girls consecutively, at Khargram in Murshidabad district today.

Police said Rupali Bibi (25) was set ablaze, allegedly by her in