1st December 2021 – In a recent attack on minorities in Pakistan, some unknown miscreants are being alleged to have vandalized a Sikh Gurudwara on 27th November 2021 in Kashmore district of Sindh, Pakistan. The attack took place in Shri Guru Harikishen Sahib Gurudwara where pages from the sacred book of Sikhs, Shri Guru Granth […]
23rd November 2021 – International Hindu Foundation (IHF), a Calgary based Hindu organization, conducted a special food donation drive last Friday on the auspicious occasion of Gurpurab and Dev Deepawali. The drive ran in collaboration with Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre Society. “With the objective of serving a warm meal to our local community, we […]
15th November 2021 – In yet another fascinating event which celebrated the Hindu Heritage Month festivities in Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, a flag bearing the pious symbol of ‘OM’ was raised in Brampton City Hall on last Friday. The event which was organized by a non-profit organization named ‘Hindu Heritage Celebration Foundation’ was graced […]
14th November 2021 – A Calgary based Hindu organization, International Hindu Foundation, is demanding that Diwali be declared as a federal holiday in Canada. The online petition at https://chng.it/k5hw7zzrRR which was started off a little over a week back has gathered over 11,300 signatures at the time of writing this news. The petition notes that […]
9th November 2021 – In separate events across GTA, celebrations for the Hindu Heritage Month continued this past weekend. Hindu Forum Canada organized another successful Hindu Heritage month celebrations event at ISKCON Brampton on Sunday. Political leaders across different parties graced the occasion with their presence. All VIPs were presented with copies of Shrimad Bhagwat […]
6th November 2021 – The motion to celebrate Hindu Heritage Month each November was passed at Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2018 and since then it has been commemorating the event each year with different themes. This year, the board has chosen Bhagwan ‘Sri Rama: Epitome of Love, compassion, duty and service’ as its […]
1st November 2021 – Ontario proclaimed Hindu Heritage Month for the first time in 2016 to recognize the contribution of Hindus in the Canadian society. This year’s celebrations have kicked-off in much style on Sunday as huge gathering of Hindus marked their presence at Devi Mandir in Pickering. The highlight of the event, which was […]
30th October 2021 – Sukmawati Sukranoputri, the daughter of Indonesian first President, has re-converted from Islam to Hinduism on 26th October 2021. She embraced Hinduism in a formal ceremony called ‘Sudhi Wadani’ which took place at a temple in Bale Agung Singaraja in the city of Bali, Indonesia. The photos and videos of the grand […]
24th October 2021 – Bangladesh saw one of the worst attacks in the recent history on the Hindu minority community this past Navratri. Scores of Durga Puja pandaals were vandalized, idols broken and violence took place in over 20 districts against the Hindus. Several Hindu women are reported to have […]
12th October 2021 – The premier Sikh religious body, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) with headquarters in Amritsar, has launched a province-wide campaign to counter religious conversions of Sikhs at the hands of Christian missionaries in Punjab. In the recent past, SGPC has come under severe criticism from within the Sikh community for ‘not doing […]