Noumenal News

NEW YORK: Hindu priest Rajan Zed’s historical opening prayer in the US Senate and the protests in the house have created crackling interest on the Internet, with some describing the prayer as “an insult to god” and others asking the Indian American chaplain to forgive the protesters.
The prayer held on July 12 has also resulted […]

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI): As pottermania rages across the world with the launch of the seventh and final instalment in the tales of the boy wizard, so does a debate about whether the Harry Potter books could affect children in an adverse way by promoting witchcraft and superstition.
The massive popularity of the Harry Potter […]

41 percent of respondents in a survey, published by ChristiaNet.com, said that reading Harry Potter novels was not a sin with most considering it as a fictional tale.
With 3,126 participants completing the survey on the world’s largest Christian portal site, around 40 percent consider the novel as a fictional story about good versus evil. Further, […]

A coven of elderly witches has claimed victory in a battle to change the name of a £350-million (about R4,9-billion) shopping centre.
They objected after developer Hammerson announced a huge addition to Leicester’s Shires mall would be called Highcross Quarter.
That’s the name given by witches to the four most important periods in the “wicca” calendar, reports […]

London, July 24: English cricketer-turned-painter Jack Russell believes that one of his paintings is haunted.
The former captain was shocked when he learnt that a work, that he sold, actually had a grey bearded face that he had not paint.
“When I was painting the picture I had a feeling someone was looking over my shoulder, […]

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Reuters) - A Vermont town that is gaining national attention for brash displays of nudity — from teens in the buff to naked elderly people — awoke on Wednesday to an emergency ban on nakedness in most public places.
Officials in Brattleboro voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday night for a temporary 30-day ordinance […]

CUERO - Phylis Canion is mystified, baffled and, at one point, she was a little bit frightened.What exactly is the mysterious animal that she has seen on her property: the storied Chupacabra, a coyote with mange, or some breeding experiment gone horribly wrong?
The story begins two Saturdays ago when Canion got a call. She was […]

Russia is sending a mini-submarine to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole and find evidence to support its claims to Arctic territory.
Two parliamentarians, including veteran explorer Artur Chilingarov, are part of a team planning to dive 4,200m (14,000 ft) below the Arctic Ocean on Sunday.
The team’s ship is following a nuclear powered ice-breaker, […]