said Vijah Ramjattan, Executive Director of OPHC. A big concern for the council is the misunderstanding of religious symbols. For example, the Swastika, which for many eastern religions is an ...

Generally, adults who pray at least once a day tend to be more likely than other adults to do other spiritual things, including lighting incense (for spiritual reasons) or wearing religious symbols.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has criticized the order prohibiting religious symbols in railway exam centers. He stated that while security checks are acceptable for items like ...

The Railway department has retracted an instruction requiring candidates to remove religious symbols during the Nursing Superintendent exam, after protests led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other ...

Karnataka dy CM DK Shivakumar also said religious items like 'Mangalsutra' or a 'Janeu' (sacred thread) can be checked if needed, but forcing removal is wrong. Union Minister of State for Railway ...

A major controversy has erupted in Karnataka’s Mangaluru after the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) instructed the candidates appearing for the Nursing Superintendent examination to remove religious ...

This intervention came after controversy erupted over a Railway Department circular, mentioned in admit cards, which prohibited religious symbols such as sacred threads and mangalsutras inside ...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Railway Ministry, V Somanna has instructed the Railway Recruitment Board to remove the rule mandate students who are ...

In his book Medusa’s Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience, Gananath Obeyesekere – Professor of anthropology at Princeton University, discusses profound anthropological and ...

A request has been made to the district authorities to take necessary action to ensure that candidates can appear for the exam without compromising their religious beliefs.

Quebec’s minister responsible for secularism says the government isn’t ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees. Jean-François Roberge says “everything is ...