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Religion has been one of the oldest reasons for travel in India. While the tourism and hospitality industries are important to the south Asian country’s GDP, leisure travel, specifically makes ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Somewhere in the world, a meal, ritual, or offering is being prepared in religious observance—most likely by the ...

New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected the latest report of the United States Comm-ission on International Religious Freedom (US-CIRF) that accused India of “severe violations” of religious ...

The reconfigured Democratic presidential ticket he endorsed, with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top, would be historic in itself, but would also be a map of America’s future. If nominated ...

At least 121 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said. The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district ...

USCIRF is now calling for India to be added to the U.S. government’s list of international religious freedom violators as a country of particular concern. Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity ...

New Delhi — At least 121 people were killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in central India's Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday, police said, as an investigation into the organizers was ...

India has hit out at comments from Iran’s ... Last month, a UN report said ethnic and religious minorities, in particular Kurd and Baluch minorities, have been disproportionally affected by ...

USCIRF flagged the alleged worsening of religious freedom in India and called for it to be designated as a "Country of Particular Concern". India has strongly rejected a report by the US ...

The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the US Congress to monitor and report on religious freedom abroad. India on Thursday rejected a report by the US ...