Campus poll in 6 more colleges cancelled, tension in Utkal Varsity
Odishatv BureauOctober 1, 2016Bhubaneswar: With the students’ union elections in Odisha just four days away, the authorities of six more colleges today cancelled elections in four colleges and declared...
View ArticleViolence flares up over campus polls
Express News ServiceOctober 2, 2016Students of Utkal University trying to close the main gate as security forces prevent them in Bhubaneswar on Saturday | ExpressBHUBANESWAR: Tension ran high in...
View ArticleGuilty of International Kidnapping in Disappearance of 7-year-old
Bill MorlinSPLCSeptember 30, 2016A federal jury in New York has found Virginia businessman Philip Zodhiates guilty of international kidnapping for conspiring to help a woman flee the country with a...
View ArticleDabur to take on Patanjali with youthful makeover
October 2, 2016Yuthika BhargavaThe HinduThe company has identified 100 rare, critical medicinal herbs for cultivation to feed its product lineAt a time when Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved has been...
View ArticleMy Scientology Movie: Louis Theroux's exposé is the most damning yet
The documentarian found a typically offbeat way to infiltrate the church’s secretive world but the result is just as powerful and evocative as Going Clear The Guardian John PattersonFriday 30 September...
View ArticleA God to us': RT visits Ziona, the 'immortal' Indian cult leader with 38...
2 Oct, 2016RTAn RT documentary crew traveled to see Ziona, the head of the world’s largest family, who has led a quasi-Christian cult in rural India for decades.His family remains loyal but lapsed...
View ArticleLeaked videos show Mormon apostles discussing political influence, gay...
MATT CANHAM | The Salt Lake TribuneOct 02 2016 Religion » Mormon apostles are shown discussing topics like political influence, gay marriage, marijuana and more.More than a dozen leaked videos...
View ArticlePatanjali buys RH Agro's Haryana rice mill for 70cr
Patanjali sells three variants of packaged rice - silver, gold and diamond. It meets its procurement needs by buying finished rice and packaging it at its Haridwar facility.John SarkarTNNOctober 04,...
View ArticlePOLYGAMIST LEADER: COMMUNAL LIVING KEY PART OF RELIGION
BRADY McCOMBSAssociated PressOctober. 4, 2016SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous sect leader charged with fraud said Tuesday that not sharing goods purchased with food stamps would prohibit him and...
View ArticleMuslim Sect Reviled Abroad Seeks Acceptance in US
October 04, 2016 8:50 PMTina TrinhVOANEW YORK — “This is true brotherhood. This is true love for humanity,” Hanan Shahid said. He was referring to the unique position that some Ahmadi Muslims now find...
View ArticleNational Security Is At The Heart Of China’s New Religion Law
Under a planned revision of the law on religion, China grants itself even more leeway to determine when religious activity is a threat to the state.October 5, 2016Megha RajagopalanBuzzFeedBANGKOK —...
View ArticleWhat Happens When a Skeptical Science Writer Meets a Cult Leader
Was the Spiritual Leader Andrew Cohen enlightened or a “Super-egomaniac”?John HorganScientific AmericaOctober 4, 2016John Horgan interviewed the guru Andrew Cohen (shown here teaching in Paris in 2012)...
View ArticleLebanese Social Worker Sisters Tackle Radicalization
October 04, 2016John OwensVOABEIRUT, LEBANON — Within the confines of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison they gathered together as men recounting lives led before they became seen as terrorists.Inmates whose...
View ArticleLeader of Amish group accused of hair-cutting attacks asking Supreme Court to...
October 05, 2016Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio – The leader of a breakaway group that was accused in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of including faith-based healing in benefits plans
Sara TatelmanBenefitsVisits to Christian Science practitioners aren’t an expensive benefit for plans to cover. In the past three years, the University of Manitoba spent exactly zero dollars on it,...
View ArticlePastor Vakadranu jailed for 14 years and 2 months for rape
Vijay NarayanFiji VillageOctober 5, 201675-year-old leader and pastor of Back to Eden Church Ministry Iowane Vakadranu75‑year‑old leader and pastor of Back to Eden Church Ministry Iowane Vakadranu has...
View ArticleLEADER OF ARMED STANDOFF DESCRIBES WHAT LED HIM TO US REFUGE
STEVEN DUBOISAssociated PressOctober 5, 2016PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The leader of an armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge took the witness stand in his own defense, tearfully telling jurors he...
View ArticleFormer Vancouver nurse forced into AA substance abuse program says his...
Glen SchaeferVancouver SunOctober 4, 2016Byron Wood is complaining that he was forced out of the nursing profession because he refused to continue with AA-style meetings. He's an atheist.A former...
View ArticleTrial ordered for NY medical firm accused of requiring cult-like acts
October 5, 2016NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York City has ruled that a Long Island firm that provides discount medical plans must face a discrimination trial after workers said they were...
View ArticleDrug traffickers pray to 'Santa Muerte' for help
Earl RinehartThe Columbus DispatchOctober 4, 2016A skeletal figure representing the folk saint known in Mexico as "Santa Muerte" or "Death Saint," sits in a vendor's stall at a market in Ciudad Juarez,...
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