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Diwali 2022: When is it and who celebrates it?

Diwali is one of the most widely celebrated religious festivals in the world

Manchester Evening News

BSE, NSE to conduct one-hour 'muhurat trading' on Diwali

NEW DELHI: Leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE will conduct a one-hour special "muhurat trading" session on Monday, marking the beginning of a new Samvat 2079 -- the Hindu calendar year that starts on Diwali.

The Times of India

Diwali will be honored as an official holiday in New York City schools

Diwali celebrates lightness over darkness and is celebrated by more than 1 billion Hindu people each year. It also has its own versions in the Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism religions.

WEKU

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Dhanteras 2022: Date, time, puja vidhi, shubh muharat, mantra and muharat to buy gold and silver

Dhanteras is the festival of wealth and prosperity. Hindu people celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm and fervour. On this day, they buy gold or silver. It is believed that buying expensive metal on this day brings in good luck and fortune.

The Times of India

`Where the goodies are great': Sweets lovers welcome Diwali

Many preparations go into the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which starts Monday

The Independent UK

‘Unjust and unacceptable’: Jairam Ramesh slams The Hindu’s cartoon on Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised a cartoon published in the Hindu today, calling it “unjust and unacceptable”.

Newslaundry

Happy Dhanteras 2022: Top 50 Wishes, Messages and Quotes to share with your family and friends

Hindu festival Dhanteras will be celebrated on October 23 this year. Also known as Dhanatrayodashi, Dhanteras marks the beginning of Diwali festivity, the festival of lights which is not just popular in India but is also celebrated worldwide.

The Times of India

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Q&A: Understanding India’s crackdown on Muslim groups

Al Jazeera speaks to Irfan Ahmad, an expert on Islamist parties and Islamophobia, to understand ban on Muslim groups.

Al Jazeera

Bhaijaan the suspect: TV news is turning everyday Muslim conversation into a tool of bigotry

There’s little in common between bigotry and “bhaijaan”, an Urdu word evoking love and respect for a brotherly figure. But in the haze of TV news electrosmog, even a word with such positive connotations as “bhaijaan” is being incubated as a pejorative.

Newslaundry

Diwali: A celebration of the goddess Lakshmi, and her promise of prosperity and good fortune

This year Diwali, a popular festival for Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs, will be celebrated on Oct. 24, the Amavasya, or new moon day, of the month of Kartik in the traditional Indian lunar calendar.

The Conversation

Activist objects to museum selling toys of Hindu deities

A Hindu rights activist is calling on a Massachusetts museum to stop selling children’s plush toys representing three Hindu deities, which he says are “insensitive.”

The Independent UK

2 Indian laborers killed in Kashmir grenade attack

Police say two Indian laborers have been killed in a grenade attack in disputed Kashmir, two days after assailants fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man

The Independent UK

Gyanvapi: Court rejects 6 pleas for becoming party in main Shringar Gauri case

VARANASI: VARANASI: District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Monday rejected six applications filed by individuals and organisations to become a party in the main case (No. 18/2022 Rakhi Singh vs state of UP and others) in which five Hindu women plaintiffs have sought the right to worship Shringar Gauri and…

The Times of India

‘Plea seeking daily worship of Shringar Gauri not maintainable under Place of Worship Act’

PRAYAGRAJ: The Gyanvapi Mosque management – Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) – on Monday contested before the Allahabad high court that the petition of five Hindu women plaintiffs seeking daily worship of Shringar Gauri and other Hindu deities in Gyanvapi complex was not maintainable under the Places of Worship Act 1991.

The Times of India

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Newslaundry

Guardian to OpIndia: ‘Stop online attacks on our reporter’

The Guardian has asked the Indian news website OpIndia to stop its “online attacks” on the British newspaper’s reporter Aina J Khan over her coverage of the violence involving Hindu and Muslim groups in Liecester, England.

The Independent UK

Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora

Clashes in India between Hindu nationalists and minority religious groups, particularly Muslims, have sparked tensions online and in person in the Indian American diaspora

The Independent UK

Assailants fatally shoot Hindu man in Kashmir

Assailants have fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region

Salon

Her name was Jîna Amini: That matters

A young Kurdish woman made famous in death still has a lesson to teach us: Call her by her name

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Dynamite News

Gyanvapi Case: Varanasi Court Rejects Plea Seeking Carbon Dating Of 'Shivling'

A Varanasi court on Friday rejected the plea seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of the purported 'Shivling' claimed to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Read more on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

Sundar Nagri murder: Does BJP leader’s call for Muslim boycott have any takers?

On October 9, BJP parliamentarian Parvesh Verma called for a “total boycott” of Muslims because, he declared, they were trying to turn Delhi into a “mini Pakistan”.

WEKU

A panel on India's top court splits on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of a headscarf used by Muslim women in educational institutions and referred the issue to a larger bench to settle.

The Independent UK

India's top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India’s top court have differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, in educational institutions and referred the sensitive issue to a larger bench of three or more judges to settle

Dynamite News

Karwa Chauth 2022: These Pro Fasting Tips Will Make Your Karwa Chauth A Way Easier

Hindu women are observing fast throughout the day for the good health and longevity of their husbands. Further details on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Happy Karwa Chauth 2022: Images, Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Cards, Greetings, Pictures and GIFs

Karwa Chauth will be observed on October 13. This festival is celebrated by Hindus on the fourth day of the Krishna Paksha or the dark fortnight of Kartik month. Kartik overlaps with the October and November months of the Gregorian calendar. The name of the month is derived from the…

The Times of India

Happy Karwa Chauth 2022: Wishes, Messages, Quotes, Images, Facebook & Whatsapp status

The Indian festival celebrating the beauty and eternal bond of marriage, Karwa Chauth is marked on the fourth day of the Kartik month as per the Hindu calendar every year. The festival is also called Karak Chaturthi by some people. This year, Karwa Chauth will be celebrated on October 13,…

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