Parliamentarian prattle and stilted deliberations usually mark the language of lawmakers in Olympia. But Friday, ancient Sanskrit mantras filled the chamber when a Hindu prayer was recited for what is ...

Christians and ethnic tribal people in central Indian Chhattisgarh state have urged the government to cancel a directive mandating the recitation of Hindu religious prayers in schools. They have ...

Reciting the Gayatri Mantra and other Hindu prayers has been made mandatory by the Chhattisgarh Government in all schools under its education department from the current academic session. The ...