The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has decided to remove the official rupee symbol (₹) from the state’s Budget 2025, replacing it with the Tamil script. This marks the first time a state has ...

India celebrates 17 national symbols representing its heritage, culture, and values. Key symbols include the Tiranga flag, the Ashoka Chakra emblem, the Jana Gana Mana anthem, and the Vande ...

Udaya Kumar, who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday (March 13, 2025) refused to be drawn into the controversy over language and said it is a mere coincidence that his father was a ...

Hindu Nav Varsha, beginning on March 30, 2025, marks the start of Vikram Samvat 2082. Celebrations vary across regions, including Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Yugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Poila Baisakh ...

Holi traditionally occurs on the day of the last full moon in the month of Phalguna in the Hindu calendar, North Jersey reports. The holiday lasts a night and a day, and the exact dates fluctuate ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that ...

The tensions showed how right-wing Hindu leaders and organizations in India use historical grievances to fuel contemporary tensions. By Hari Kumar Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B. Reporting from New ...

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Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian clashes were sparked by Hindu nationalist groups who want to demolish the tomb of a ...

Ashwin Trikamjee, a Hindu leader and lawyer, has died. His death was confirmed by the 1860 Heritage Centre, where he served as a board director. He was known for his stance on religious tolerance.

Millions of people across South Asia have been covered in coloured powder as part of Holi, the Hindu festival of colours. In India - home to around one billion Hindus - people threw coloured ...

Tributes are pouring in following the passing of Ashwin Trikamjee. Trikamjee was the President of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and Board Director at the 1860 Heritage Centre. "Mr Trikamjee ...