Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, has staked his prestige on helping his party gain control in the populous but poor state of Bihar.

Source: Though Not on Ballot, Narendra Modi Is at Center of Vote in India - The New York Times

"I am very, very spiritual but I am not religious. I believe in the existence of God, and before I start an operation I pray to God, and after the surgery I again pray to him for taking me through the operation." More →

Source: Affordable Heart Surgery | September 4, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: In just the past few weeks, he’s appeared at a music festival in England, a presidential library in Houston, and a stadium near Los Angeles. There is perhaps no world figure today with a more diverse base of fans and well-wishers.(speaking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama): Why are you so popular globally? Why are you a rock star?HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA: I don’t know. I never pay attention about that, why people praise me.DE SAM LAZARO: And even as he celebrated his 80th birthday, he said he’s not concerned about another matter that’s on many...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

Wire Service: IANS

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City-Delhi/International-support-to-declare-1984-riots-a-genocide-/articleshow/6170920.cms

A global human rights advocacy group working for Sikh rights Thursday called for international support after the Sikh high priests in Amritsar announced...