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Animal welfare department appeals to mark February 14 this year not as a celebration of romance but as ‘Cow Hug Day’.

India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as “Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values

A large number of devotees thronged the Prayag Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and took a holy dip in the river Ganga on Sunday morning on the occasion of Magh Purnima, the full moon night in the Magha month of the Hindu calendar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Millions flock to see return of actor Shah Rukh Khan, despite rightwing calls for a boycott

The deceased has been identified as Manikandan (41) of Villapuram in Madurai. Read further on Dynamite News:

Two Shaligram (non-anthropomorphic representations of Lord Vishnu in Hindu religion) stones dispatched from Nepal for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Read further on Dynamite News:

International political rifts are making a mark in Melbourne as tensions between Victoria's Sikh and Hindu communities escalate.

A newly-enforced uniform at a government college in UP’s Moradabad is in the eye of a storm after protests by the Samajwadi Party’s youth wing and media reportage alleging that students wearing the burqa were not allowed to enter the institute. Amid allegations that the move stripped Muslim women students…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi, the independence movement leader shot dead by a Hindu opponent on this day 75 years ago.