Five more Chinese nationals, allegedly living in India illegally since 2020, were taken into custody by the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said. The accused, who w...

Selvadurai’s prose is haunting and memorable in its veracity and easiness. His language, for instance, right in the beginning of our meeting with Yashodhara, when she has been married for a very...

The Odisha government has started the repair at the dome-shaped Dhauli Giri Shanti Stupa, the famous peace pagoda associated with Buddhist culture, atop Dhauli hills on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. ...

Hemant asked officials to complete the construction of Fossil Park at Mandru in Rajmahal Hills of Sahebganj district. “Nearly 95 per cent of the construction has been completed. The remaining w...

In spite of such a glorious reception, “The Light of Asia” faced its share of qualms too. As the sixth chapter of Ramesh's book observes, orthodox thinkers like G.T. Flanders, William ...

Tagore’s stance on the Mahabodhi Temple at Buddha Gaya was completely different to the one his Japanese friend and admirer Okakura Kakuzo had taken years earlier. Okakura Kakuzo was an artist wh...

Archaeologists have found a large statue of Gautam Buddha at Bahronpur village in Sitagarha, around 20 kilometres away from the district headquarters, while excavating a ninth century Buddhist Shrine ...

Nepal on Sunday objected to foreign minister S. Jaishankar’s statement that the Buddha was one of the “two greatest Indians ever”, forcing India to move swiftly to smother a possible...

BJP national chief Amit Shah has asked farmers associated with the party to scratch the face of Congress leaders if they question Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agricultural policies. “We purchase...

Today (Saturday) is Buddha Purnima. It is The day that the Shakya prince Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened through meditation and became the Buddha. He subsequently taught meditation as an essenti...