The Mahabodhi tree in Gaya under which the Buddha attained enlightment has not been vandalised, Bihar Home Secretary Afzal Amanullah and Rajendra Agriculture University scientist A Singh said on Friday.
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The demonstrators, numbering about 50, were protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy at Kautilya Marg, against the alleged killing of a monk in China, according to sources.
Mayawati took resort to a Buddhist ceremony to declare her strategy in the post-Kanshi Ram era.
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They assured that they will 'not try to topple the government' despite a ruling coalition partner threatening to quit over the issue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do a repeat of his Madison Square Garden act during his next month's visit to China
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Ranjith Madduma Bandara, a senior politician from Wickremesinghe's United National Party was sworn in on Thursday morning as the new minister in charge of the police.
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The tiny town of Amravati, cradle of the Mahayana school of thought, will see over 150,000 monks coming from different parts of the globe, including the Far East and South East Asian countries.
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"Today, I have the information of 10 blasts. A total of 13 bombs were placed there. I will not go into details where they were kept and all. Two persons have been injured -- 50-year-old Dorji and Bala Sanga (30)," Shinde told media persons.
"The serial blasts deserve the strongest condemnation in the strongest possible words as the perpetrators targeted the place of religious faith of crores of people with an aim to create fear among them," the Bihar chief minister told reporters after inspecting the blast sites at the Mahabodhi temple and surrounding areas in Gaya district with senior civil and police officials
Attacking Narendra Modi's close confidant and former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah over his Azamgarh comment, Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called him a 'terrorist'.
I want to make this clear again that the CAA is not about taking away anybody's citizenship, but about granting citizenship, Modi said.
Tensions remain high across Sri Lanka after the violence broke out following the death of a man from the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese majority last week.
A senior discipline inspection official has "lambasted some party officials for allegedly donating money to the 14th Dalai Lama
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Ramakrishna Mission, a branch of the Kolkata-based Belur Math, at the heart of the Bangladeshi capital on the second day of his two-day visit.
The earthquake has threatened the existence of one of the seven UNESCO-listed world heritage sites of Kathmandu.
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On the request of investigators, micro-blogging site Twitter has suspended an account claiming to be that of the terror group Indian Mujahideen, which is suspected to have orchestrated the Bodh Gaya serial blasts.
Wearing multiple identities of religious preacher, science student and terror accused, the saffron robed Aseemanand, once known as the most wanted man in India, was the alleged link between the series of three bombings that ripped through India in 2007.
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'Vajpayee cannot aspire to become the prime minister again after the Lok Sabha polls next year as his party BJP will be routed,' the RJD chief said.
