200-year-old temple in Bahrain set for $1.3m renovationBahrain’s oldest Hindu temple is set to undergo a half-million-dinar renovation. New designs for the 200-year-old Hindu Temple inside Manama Suq will be unveiled tomorrow (December 19) with a planned budget of BD500,000 ($1.3 million) to More… |
India's Muslim population risesIndia's Hindus have dropped below 80 per cent of the population for the first time since independence and media had speculated the previous government deliberately delayed the release of the data because it showed a rise in the Muslim popula More… |
India court rules Ayodhya site to be dividedA court ruled on Thursday the site of a demolished mosque in India would be divided between Hindus and Muslims, in a ruling that could appease both groups in one of the country's most divisive cases. The court in the northern state of More… |
Malaysia detains ethnic Indians under security lawMalaysia invoked a tough internal-security law on Thursday to indefinitely detain five ethnic Indian activists from a group that had staged a mass anti-government protest last month. The deputy internal security minister said the five, fro More… |