by The Times of India
Reaching out to Dalits and backward classes, the administration of the
Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirupati has launched several initiatives
for the community including training them in performing temple rituals.
.....
by Marathi Daily 'Pudhari'
The administration of Shri Balaji Temple of Tirupati has taken the decision
of opening the doors of the Temple to the neglected, backward and forest-dwellers
(Adivasis). For that the administration has taken many steps in which
the training for the religious rituals is included. .....
by The Hindu Council UK (HCUK)
The Hindu Council UK (HCUK), Britain's first and most representative umbrella
body for the UK Hindu community has welcomed a report released today by
the Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) stating it too has found no evidence
to suggest caste discrimination is endemic in this country. .....
by The Sun
Four more fine young soldiers pay the ultimate price for protecting our
nation. The Sun's deepest sympathy goes out to the families of those lost
in Afghanistan. .....
by Suman Guha Mozumder
Indian American and Indian entrepreneurs believe the West Bengal government,
which is projecting the state as an ideal investment destination for information
technology and hi-tech industries, has to go a long way before it can
become India's number one hub for such industries. .....
by Nayanjot Lahiri
I once read a silly fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip...
as their highnesses travelled, they were always making discoveries, by
accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of. .....
by Kumar Uttam
After long pause, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and NDA's
Prime Ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani invoked Ram on Wednesday
saying it was "his desire and country's aspiration" that Ram
Temples are constructed in every nook and corner of the country, including
Ayodhya. .....
by The Pioneer
The cancellation of a conference of the Ahmadiya community by the Andhra
Pradesh Government last Sunday is a gross infringement of the secular
principles on which the country is founded. The State Government cancelled
this conference, which was to be held at the open air Lalitha Kala Thornam
in Hyderabad, by citing a patently spurious 'technical' reason -- that
there was a "major breakdown" in the electricity supply line.
.....
by The Times of India
The five and half million-strong Baha'i community across the world is
extremely disturbed over the arrest of their top leadership in Iran. Bani
Dugal, principal representative of the Baha'i International Community
to the United Nations .....
by Arif Mohammed Khan
History and legend both describe the first 400 years of Abbasid rule,
roughly from 750 to 1150, as the Golden Age of Islam. Great military victories,
booming international trade and agriculture leading to all round prosperity
and luxurious living of the era gave rise to fables like Thousand and
One Nights and prompted historian Khatib to claim that "Baghdad has
become a city with no peer throughout the world". .....
by Vicky Nanjappa
A single phone call helped intelligence agencies arrest ten key activists
of the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India in Indore recently.
The arrest is considered one of the biggest breakthroughs against the
outfit which is growing in strength in India. .....
by Shaju Philip
While carrying out its drive against fake godmen and street-side spirituality
retailers, investigating agencies in Kerala stumbled on the empire of
Kerala-based evangelist and self-consecrated archbishop Dr K.P. Yohannan.
.....
by Ajai Shukla
India's own Arjun tank is finally proving its worth. Despite continuing
criticism from an army establishment that judges the Arjun far more strictly
than foreign purchases like the T-90, the Arjun is successfully completing
a gruelling 5,000-kilometre trial in the Rajasthan desert. .....
by Divya Pathak
In a country that gained independence by chanting slogans like "Bharat
Mata Ki Jai", in a land where the nation is considered to be one's
mother, a time has come when people are beaten up brutally and then arrested
for chanting the same slogan that was once stood as one of the symbol
of Indian freedom struggle. .....
by BR Haran
In the last four years, the UPA Government's performance has been pathetic.
The country's economy has not been handled well despite the presence of
'experts' like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram
and Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwallia. .....
by P. Deivamuthu
Vishwadeep Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. is a housing complex in Reeswadi,
Rasaini, (PO: Mohopada) Tal. Khalapur, Dist. Raigadh, Maharashtra, about
12 KMs from Panvel, sandwiched between old and new Mumbai-Pune Highways.
The housing complex consists of 12 buildings, 12 bunglows and an old age
home. This is predominantly a Catholic colony, promoted by one Father
Anthony Corriea. .....
by K Karthikeyan
The axing of CPM Legislature Party leader C Govindasamy for his 'corrupt
activities' has sparked doubts among party cadre on whether the party's
ideology reaches the grass roots. .....
by Navin Upadhyay
For the first time in years, Maoists are on the run in the dense jungle
and hills of Chhattisgarh. A combined assault by paramilitary forces and
the police has left behind tracks of blood and dead bodies and given a
new thrust to the operation for de-fanging the Red Brigade soldiers. The
Maoists lost 68 cadre last month, the biggest casualty they suffered in
a month. .....
by SB Banerjee
This refers to Sandhya Jain's article, "Deoband's Dar-ul-Islam"
(June 10). It is astonishing that Ms Jain finds the 'Anti-terrorism Conference'
at Deoband "a tacit admission by the ummah that India alone has been
victim of sustained jihad for over a century, not for the sins of Hindus,
but to serve a colonial agenda". .....
by Smita Nair
A day after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was condemned for suggesting
that "Hindu suicide squads" should make powerful bombs to target
"mini Pakistans" in India, the students wing of the party defended
his stand and went a step further, saying they would not mind being called
"terrorists" if bombing anti-nationals was terrorism. .....
by Sean Poulter & Niall Firth
The collapse of Christianity has wrecked British society, a leading Church
of England bishop declared. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali claims radical Islam
is filling the moral vacuum left by the decline in Christian virtues.
It has destroyed family life and left the country defenceless against
the rise of radical Islam in a moral and spiritual vacuum. .....
by Anubhuti Vishnoi
As the final stages of the Government's National Curriculum Framework
(NCF) comes into effect and the National Council for Education Research
& Training (NCERT) modifies some school books and replaces others,
there is a controversy brewing. NCERT has replaced a book on Gautam Buddha
for the Eighth standard with Jawahar Lal Nehru's Discovery of India. .....
by Santosh Singh
A massacre and 21 years later, Baghaura has turned into a ghost village.
Its twin village, Dalelchak, which shared the tragedy that night, is falling
off the map too. .....
by G Parthasarathy
As the Manmohan Singh government enters its last year in office, the contradictions
in the approach to national security and foreign policy issues between
a mainstream national party like the Congress on the one hand and the
communist parties, which appear determined to make India a client state
of China on the other, are becoming increasingly evident from the communist
opposition to the Indo-US nuclear agreement. .....
by The Indian Express
In the first major attack on the Border Roads Organization (BRO) in Jammu
and Kashmir since 1999, five personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel
of a Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) team were killed in an ambush by militants
in Kishtwar district on Friday evening. .....
by Amulya Ganguli
There are two possible reasons why China may have resiled from its 2005
position not to involve inhabited areas while solving the border dispute
with India. One is the steady decline as a nation state of its "all-weather"
friend Pakistan. The other is the boost it gets from its ideological allies
in India. These include the CPM, which claims to be currently the largest
communist party outside the fading socialist bloc. .....
by Swapan Dasgupta
Last year, a prominent leader of Singapore gave Gujarat chief minister
Narendra Modi some audacious advice: ''Keep aside your preoccupation with
selling India. You will be better off marketing Gujarat.'' .....
by Dhananjay Mahapatra
Alive to the huge problem of illegal migrants and infiltrators, the Supreme
Court has warned that foreigners found without valid travel documents
will not be shown any leniency by judicial forums in imposing sentences.
.....
by Shishir Gupta
Investigators probing the Jaipur serial blasts on May 13 have concluded
that the bombs were not assembled in the Pink City but put together elsewhere
with components easily available in Delhi's Chandni Chowk. .....
by Sudheendra Kulkarni
Smooth relationship between the Prime Minister and chief ministers of
states, including those ruled by opposition parties, is an important requirement
for India's democracy, development, and Constitutional order. The Constitution
does not explicitly arm the Prime Minister with any powers over the chief
ministers. .....
by Pranab Dhal Samanta
New Delhi has obtained "documented evidence" of Beijing acting
in concert with Islamabad to stall India's efforts for a permanent seat
at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). .....
by The Pioneer
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might be calling for austerity measures
to meet the challenge posed by rising inflation and global crude prices,
but there are hardly any takers within the Government for his preachings.
.....
by B R Haran
In the last four years, under the UPA government the nation has not been
handled well despite the presence of experts likePrime Minister Manmohan,
Finance Minister Chidambaram and Planning Commission Chairman Montekh
Singh Aluwallia. Though the GDP growth is steady, the inflation and price
rise are alarming and unknown external forces are manipulating the stock
market. .....
by IndiaEduNews.net
Taking a drive to promote girl child education to villages, Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday toured parts of Dangs district and
urged villagers to send their young daughters to school. Modi toured villages
in tribal-dominated Dangs district in south Gujarat and escorted children
to school and anganvadis or daytime child care and health centres. .....
by Assyrian International News Agency
A mob of nearly 7000 Muslims attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims in West
Bengal, a state in Eastern India that borders Bangladesh on the west.
According to a Hindu blog, a sacred Hindu site frequented by Hindu pilgrims,
including women and children, has experienced a sustained attack since
Thursday evening. .....
by Mumin Salih
Fourteen hundreds years ago, the most important debate in the history
of Islam took place publicly in Mecca between Mohammed and a panel of
Arab intellectuals. We probably will never know the full details of that
debate because Muslims have heavily censored the history of Arabia. .....
by T R Jawahar
I have no clue where in the sky cloud nine is, but that is where the BJP
is supposed to be residing presently. With back to back victories in successive
State elections, Delhi is no longer a distant destination as it seemed
after the electoral banishment of '04. .....
by M J Akbar
A few days ago, the government of Pakistan abandoned a ceasefire pact
with insurgents operating across the tribal Pakistan-Afghanistan border,
reached by Pervez Musharraf but reasserted by his successors in power.
.....
by The Pioneer
While Congress spokespersons have responded with characteristic overstatement
in demanding Mr Narendra Modi's trial on charges of sedition, it would
be prudent to examine the Gujarat Chief Minister's recent remarks and
place them in the context of Centre-State fiscal relations. Mr Modi's
contention is that Gujarat, as one of India's economic powerhouses, contributes
Rs 40,000 crore to the national exchequer. .....
by The Pioneer
The larger family concept is mooted by the Church in the context of the
fall in the population growth at a rate of -0.40 per cent a decade. Sources
in the Roman Catholic Church said Hindus in the State also should view
the situation seriously as their rate of fall of population growth, at
1.55 per cent a decade, was far more critical in the context of a growth
in the Muslim population at a rate of 1.75 per cent in ten years. .....
by Brijesh D. Jayal
For a nation that has, since independence, fought five border wars, has
to contend with live borders extending across the western, northern and
eastern frontiers, has been combating insurgency in some north-eastern
states for many years and a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir for well over
a decade, April 27 of this year marked a watershed. .....
by NDTV.com
Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces nationwide will return their
medals to President Pratibha Patil soon to protest the measly raise in
the monthly monetary allowance the government announced last month. .....
by Malaysia Today
At the beginning of every Bharatanatyam performance, artistes of this
famous South Indian classical dance pay obeisance on stage to a statue
of Lord Nadaraja. .....
by Amita Shah
The CPM, which is rated the richest organisation after the Church in Kerala,
is doing well for itself in Delhi. Its clout at the Centre appears to
have come in handy for getting four prime plots in the Capital. .....
by Sushant Sareen
Pakistan Army has two kinds of officers: nationalist jihadis and Islamist
jihadis," says Arif Jamal, a Pakistani scholar at Harvard University
and author of the forthcoming book 'Shadow War: the untold story of Jihad
in Kashmir'. .....
by KPS Gill
Despite the experience of the post-9/11 age, Washington continues to view
Al Qaeda as the most serious threat to the US. Similarly, Britain's MI5
speaks of as many as 30 'active plots' in the UK, most of which have links
back to Al Qaeda in Pakistan. .....
by Eric Kleefeld and Kate Klonick
Bobby Jindal, the 36-year old governor of Louisiana, is being taken seriously
by the national press as a candidate on the shortlist to be John McCain's
Vice President. No one doubts that he's a political prodigy -- his impressive
resume includes stints as president of the state university system, a
Congressman and now governor. .....
by Organiser
The BJP president Rajnath Singh speaking at the party national executive
stirred up a hornet's nest by calling for a nation-wide debate on secularism
and its aberration. He said the word has lost its meaning in the Indian
context and it has to be made redundant. He is right and he could not
have chosen a better occasion to raise this issue. .....
by Subrata Mukherjee
You could call it Bengal's heart of darkness. Unable to repay a loan he
had taken for his wedding, a Murshidabad man 'mortgaged' his wife and
vanished. For two years, the woman was allegedly raped and kept confined
in the moneylender's house. .....
by Ayesha Ahmed
Al-Razi was a philosopher, scientist, medical doctor, most prominent scientist
of middle ages and one of the greatest minds of Islamic world. .....
by J Gopikrishnan
A major controversy has erupted in Kerala with the State women's commission
asking the CPI(M)-led Government to enact a law barring appointment of
girls under 18 years of age as nuns by churches. Accusing the Church of
"brain-washing adolescent girls" to accept "sisterhood",
the commission has called for protection of their property rights. .....
by VR Jayaraj
Faced with stiff opposition from the powerful Christian Church and Opposition
parties, including the Congress, the Kerala State Commission for Women,
nominated by the CPI(M)-led LDF regime, has decided to put in cold storage
its recommendation for a law to impose restrictions on girls becoming
nuns in Christian convents. .....
by Free Press Journal
It is typical of the Manmohan Singh Government that it cannot bring itself
up to decide one way or the other on the mercy petition of Mohammed Afzal,
the terrorist sentenced to death for his role in December 2001 attack
on Parliament. .....
by David Brooks
The people who created this country built a moral structure around money.
The Puritan legacy inhibited luxury and self-indulgence. Benjamin Franklin
spread a practical gospel that emphasized hard work, temperance and frugality.
Millions of parents, preachers, newspaper editors and teachers expounded
the message. The result was quite remarkable. .....
by Dr Anil A Athale
Q.: Using force against terrorists is like treating only the symptom.
What about the root cause like the Babri demolition and the Gujarat genocide?
A.: The demolition of the Babri mosque at Ram Janmabhoomi was wrong and
against the law of the land. But obduracy of the fundamentalists in denying
Hindus their holy place is equally wrong. .....
by Dr Anil A Athale
After the Jaipur terror attacks on May 13, we saw the routine that happens
after every attack. There were VIP visits, compensation announced to the
victims, politicians spoke of 'zero tolerance', television channels held
the usual debates, the police announced imminent breakthroughs. Soon everything
is forgotten, till the next terror attack. At which time, I am sure the
same sequence will be repeated. .....
by Jagdamba Mall
With little hope that Naga armed cadres would listen to the voice of the
people, Nagas across the length and breath of Nagaland called for restoration
of peace and normalcy in the trouble torn state. Under the aegis of Goanburas
and Dubashis peace rallies were organised in all the 11 districts of the
state. .....
by Sandhya Jain
Deoband's May 31, 2008, fatwa against terrorism marks official Islam's
most significant departure from the phase of unproductive violence adopted
by this beleaguered faith since the advent of Western colonialism, particularly
in the last two centuries. .....
by Hindustan Times
Youths wanting to become Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand will now need
presentation skills. Maoist groups are seeking resumes shortlist candidates
who will then want to take up arms. .....
by Soumyajit Pattnaik
The Maoist attack on Nayagarh and Daspalla towns of Orissa in February
this year in which 14 cops were killed was named 'Operation Ropeway by
the Left-wing ultras. .....
by The Telegraph
A woman killed herself last night after her husband pronounced talaq on
her, refusing to believe she had been late returning home because of the
back-to-back bandhs last week. .....
by Sanjib Chakraborty
Prabir Kumar Biswas, a 15-year-old boy who is a son of a BPL (below poverty
level) card holder scored 703 marks including five letters in the Madhyamik
Examination. this year. .....
by Rhys Blakely
Those who assumed yoga is for peaceniks should prepare to have the notion
shot down. The Indian Army is poised to adopt the ancient practice after
trials showed that giving meditation precedence over conventional physical
drills at boot camp makes for a deadlier fighting force. .....
by Ahmed Rashid
Relations between the US military and the Pakistani army, critical allies
in the "war on terror," are at their worst point since Sept.
11, 2001, senior Western military officers and diplomats here say, as
Pakistani troops withdraw from several tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
that are home to Taliban and al-Qaida leaders and thousands of their fighters.
.....
by Vishwa Mohan
An internal document of the government, meant for restricted circulation,
has painted a worrying security scenario with no letup in threats to India
expected till at least 2025. .....
by Kanchan Gupta
Goa is dotted with charming little grottos dedicated to Mary and her son,
shaded by ancient trees with gnarled trunks. Some of these are believed
to have mystical powers to heal the sick and ensure a safe journey for
motorists. .....
by Harsh V Pant
It is with a sense of disbelief that one hears the Indian minister of
state for defence, sitting in his cozy air-conditioned seminar room, pontificating
that 'it is unbecoming' of former soldiers to protest against the treatment
meted out to them by the government. So here's a non-soldier making a
public protest. One hopes that it is not below the dignity of the minister
to read this. .....
by Varghese K George
They are two of India's most wanted and between them they command up to
20,000 trained Maoist guerrillas with a presence in nearly 200 districts
of the country. .....
by Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy
Three weeks after the serial blasts in Jaipur, the investigation has made
no headway. The police are clueless and the intelligence network is groping
for clues. The sketches of certain Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islam (HuJI) operatives,
under suspicion, were circulated to the media and then withdrawn. .....
by Jug Suraiya
A reader, Harish C Sood of Bareilly, has suggested an admirable strategy
for the Congress to revive its flagging fortunes in UP, that traditional
crucible of Indian politics: Rahul Gandhi should enter into a matrimonial
alliance with a Dalit. .....
by Nagaland Post
In pursuance of Survival 2007 campaign, the Ao Kaketshir Mongdang (AKM)
undertook a comprehensive investigation on the problem of unabated influx
of illegal migrants into the state and the region, particularly from Bangladesh.
.....
by Rana Ajit
A senior British official had sought national monument status for the
Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge off the Tamil Nadu coast almost a century ago,
something that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some Hindu groups
are pressing for now. .....
by The Pioneer
The GOC 4 Corps, Lt Gen BS Jaswal, has provided an indication of the popular
mood in Assam by disclosing that in recent months the people, tired of
insurgency-related violence, have lynched seven militants of the outlawed
United Liberation Front of Asom in separate incidents. .....
by Dr. S. Kalyanaraman
It is amazing that a person who has been a rationalist all his life has
suddenly turned sentimental and with trembling voice. As a rationalist,
he should be pragmatic and carefully review the socio-economic, ecological
and security aspects of the dream-project. .....
by Mouparna Bandyopadhyay
Development runs deep-but devotion runs deeper. So an ancient mosque on
a tiny patch of 1,200 square feet of land right next to a runway has forced
a redrawing of the entire Rs 2,000-crore map to upgrade Kolkata airport.
.....
by T.S. Subramanian
Restoration and conservation of a 1,200-year old Siva temple called Kailasanatha
temple built by the Pallava king Dantivarman at Uttaramerur in Tamil Nadu's
Kancheepuram district is all set to begin. .....
by Peter J. Smith
Norwegian police arrested two Christian missionaries for spreading the
Gospel to crowds alongside an Oslo parade celebrating the birthday of
Norway's constitution last week. .....
by Bhaskar Roy
A well respected Bangladesh daily reported on May 7 that two Hindu religious
words were found written on the walls of Dhaka's Baitul Mukarram mosque.
The newspaper also reported, quoting unnamed observers, that this would
be the work of vested interests. .....
by Gurudev
I am fed up repeatedly hearing the totally illogical, stupid argument
some people put forward saying 'It was the british who created a united
India, and before the british came, there was no concept of India at all!"
.....
by The Indian Express
As industry and the service sector is picking up in Bengal, public mood
seems to be turning slowly against bandhs. Where harsh words from the
courts criticising the bandh culture of the political parties failed to
have much effect, reports of last two days from across the state shows
that people across party lines have begun to rebuff strikes and strikers.
.....
by The Times of India
A woman, who fought the panchayat elections on the Trinamool Congress
ticket after leaving CPM, has alleged that she was molested by her former
comrades inside the inspector-in-charge's chamber of Liluah police station
on Friday morning. .....
by GuruAndMasters.com
The major Tibetan translation of a Sanskrit literary work is Ramayana,
an ancient Indian epic. Remnants of several Tibetan translation versions
of Ramayana were found in Dunhuang Tubo Tibetan Documents. The discovery
aroused many scholars' interest. .....
by The Telegraph
Thirty-two black granite statues, believed to be more than 800 years old,
have been found from a well inside the precincts of the 12th century Chateswar-Bateswar
Temple in Choudwar. .....
by New Age
Noted Pakistani writer Ahmad Salim has said that before the independence
of Bangladesh the Pakistan government told the people of the then West
Pakistan that the then East Pakistanis were Hindu due to their multi-dimensional
culture. .....
by Kshitiz Gaur
A medium-sized black stone statue of 17th Jain Tirth-ankar Kuntunath,
dating back to 11th century, has emerged during excavations in holy town
of Pushkar, about 15 kms from here. .....
by Haindava Keralam
I am inspired to participate in the launch of Encyclopedia on Hinduism
at Ramakrishna Math, Bangalore. My Pranams to Swamijis and greetings to
all the distinguished guests. .....
by K. R. Phanda
This refers to the report, "Meerut killer family shows no remorse"
(May 31). The recent killing of three Hindus in Meerut has once again
proved that Muslims cannot live peacefully with non-Muslims. It has also
reminded me of the role that Muslims from United Province had played in
the creation of Pakistan. .....
by Stavan Desai
The list of serious threats to India's security has a new addition: Bangladesh-based
terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HuJI). The Ministry of Home Affairs
admitted in its 2007-08 report that, on India's security radar, the outfit
now shares space with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM). .....
by Neelesh Misra
Nearly Three years ago, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood on the
lawns of the White House with President George W. Bush, announcing a civil
nuclear deal with the US, there was another country he could have turned
to for fuel for India's N-power plants: India. .....
by Shailaja Bajpai
Let's talk about a subject that is not the normal topic of conversation
here. This is not about elections, film stars, cricket or crime. You've
seen that, heard that, that and that. .....
by Rhys Blakely
Those who assumed yoga is for peaceniks should prepare to have the notion
shot down. The Indian Army is poised to adopt the ancient practice after
trials showed that giving meditation precedence over conventional physical
drills at boot camp makes for a deadlier fighting force. .....
by Ashutosh Sharma
Rudyard Kipling's much fabled Zam Zamah, which is actually a very big
cannon, is featured in this colourful collage-cum-compendium, which appears
to be a labour of love of the author; else why should an educationist
be devoting so much time, energy and money into a project which is essentially
fodder only for the gunners, and may be for the military history buffs
and military technologists interested in medieval times? .....
by Kevin Myers
The letter from Cian Cafferky last week on the subject of Muslim immigration
illustrates perfectly why so few people are prepared to discuss the issue
in public. .....
by Prafull Goradia
The bomb blasts at Jaipur are, above all, acts of cowardice whereby the
perpetrators were anonymous and their victims were innocent women, children
as well as men. Muslims have generally followed the example and exhortations
of Prophet Muhammad. He fought many a battle and most often led the troops
himself. .....
by M.V. Kamath
Never before has the Indian Administrative Service, the successor to the
famed Indian Civil Service (ICS) come under such sharp and invasive attack
as this newly-published book has done, so convincingly, now. This is not
the work of an outsider; nor is it a reflection of one's animus towards
one's colleagues. Sanjoy Bagchi joined the IAS in 1953, served it for
two decades abroad, before returning to India, only to find his beloved
service of which he was so proud was going to pieces. .....
by Press Trust of India
After decades of bloodbath in the name of jihad or holy war, terrorists
are changing gear and indulging in 'qattal', an act by which they kill
even their own people, a top Pakistan leader said. .....
by WebIndia123.com
Devotees throng Hindu temples on Tuesday to celebrate the birth anniversary
of Hindu deity 'Shani', considered a son of Hindu sun god. .....
by Amitabh Srivastava
Equally obsessed was Kalanand Singh, an assistant with the Bihar directorgeneral
of police. They got an opportunity to enter the coveted league during
the Rabri Devi government when the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
held the first "Limited Competitive Examination" in 2003 for
junior officials to qualify as civil servants. .....
by Amarnath K. Menon
Activists of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) armed with sticks
and petrol bottles went on a rampage at the office of the Telugu daily
Andhra Jyothi. .....
by M.G. Radhakrishnan
Communists love conspiracy theories, especially about Americans. Forty-nine
years after the world's first democratically elected communist government
was toppled in Kerala, Marxists in the state are on a "whodunnit"
mission. .....
by Chris Brummitt
After months on the run, two alleged leaders in a Southeast Asian militant
group were holed up in a cheap Malaysian hotel, ready to fly to the Middle
East to link up with other Islamic extremists, possibly in Iraq. .....
by David Harrison
A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to
stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham.
.....
by Radhasyam Brahmachari
At last the Department of State of the Government of USA has admitted
through a circular issued on September 14, 2007, that the religious minorities,
e.g. the Christians, Buddhists and the Hindus, are being persecuted brutally
in Bangladesh by the Muslims. .....
by The Times of India
With the winds of change blowing over East Midnapore following the panchayat
polls, Nandigram OC and the ruling CPM's blue-eyed boy Debashis Chakrabarty
is in a spot. .....
by Deccan Chronicle
Doctors, scientists and engineers are queuing up to study astrology courses
these days. Apart from them, civil servants, lawyers and bankers have
also submitted applications for the MA (Astrology) course offered by Potti
Sriramulu Telugu University. Surely nobody could have divined this spurt
of enthusiasm since the educated lot used to scoff at astrology just some
years ago. .....
by L.K. Advani
As we come to the conclusion of this two-day session of the National Executive
of the Bharatiya Janata Party, I share the collective feeling in this
hall that we have had a very fruitful and lively meeting. It was marked
by a very high order of enthusiasm and self-confidence, and also by introspection
and awareness of responsibility. This is natural and reflective of the
situation that the BJP is passing through. .....
by Dharmacentral.com
In a historic religious event that occurred on Saturday, May 31, 2008,
eight Americans were formally welcomed into the ancient tradition of Sanatana
Dharma (Hinduism) in a sacred initiation (diksha) ceremony at the Hindu
Temple of Nebraska. .....
by Marathi Weekly "Vivek"
"The schemes for all round development implemented by Narendra Modi,
Chief Minister of Gujarat have been a subject of curiosity for the entire
country. In the National Conference of CII organized at New Delhi, he
presented his new concept of 'Rurban'. It is definitely worth emulating
by all other states in India, including Maharashtra." .....
by The Statesman
Holding the presence of large number of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in
the country a threat to the country's "national security", the
BJP today called for the formulation of a "national policy"
to deal with the "problem". .....
by Vikram Sood
Some weeks ago US President George Bush announced that there had been
no successful terrorist attack on American soil since September 11, 2001
claiming that he and his policies had made America safe for Americans.
Maybe, but US nationals continue to die in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
.....
by Saradindu Mukherji
While our incapacity for long-term thinking and penchant for indulging
in low-level politics are explained by centuries of slavery and humiliation,
there must be an end to this sorry state of affairs if we have to survive
as a nation with honour and dignity. Despite this psychological handicap,
we have had outstanding individuals during colonial rile. .....
by Nishit Dholabhai
A politician whose party is a partner in Pakistan's ruling coalition today
surprised a conference on terrorism here by declaring that madarsas in
his country were "breeding grounds" of terror. .....
by T. Ananthachari
The latest in the series of terrorists violence which has taken place
at Jaipur, has yet again confirmed the ability of well-organised terrorists
groups to strike at will. Soon after the blasts , which resulted in death
and injury to a large number, there has been no dearth of discussion and
formulation of theories about the reasons why such violent incidents are
recurring. .....
by T V R Shenoy
In 1982 a newly-minted Congress general secretary arrived at Begumpet
airport on a 'private' visit. Much to his ire, the rising star of the
Congress-I was met by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister T Anjaiah, who greeted
him with all the pomp he could command. The episode ended with the angry
Congress leader publicly berating poor Anjaiah, who was in tears when
the tirade ended. .....
by Tarun Vijay
In 1336, Vidyaranya Swami gave blessings to Harihara and Bukkaraya and
they (Hakka and Bukka) together raised the most fabulous city of grandeur
and temples called Hampi. On January 23, 1565, a collective of all those
whose children one day would destroy Bamian, Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar
and Bidar attacked and killed the ruler Ramaraya and razed Hampi to the
ground. .....
by SP Singh
The ghastly killing of three youth, reportedly by the son of a Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) functionary, has the western UP nerve centre of Meerut
in the clutch of tension. The incident, in which the youth were slaughtered
for objecting to the BSP leader's son stalking the daughter of an Army
officer, took place on May 22. .....
by The Times of India
The morning after the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur, people were still
picking up the pieces. Lives had been shattered, and the Pink City was
still reeling under the shock of the attack that claimed 80 lives. But
inside police control rooms, sleuths were already picking up a trail of
terror. .....
by Anirban Ganguly
Sri Aurobindo points out the dangers of Hindus becoming a minority in
Assam and of how Pakistan will eventually decimate Hindus in the region.
.....
by Coomi Kapoor
The Congress is furious with Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami.
They believe he was behind the EC's show-cause notice to Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. The notice charges Reddy with the
criminal offence of publicly asking for votes for the Congress less than
48 hours before the state by-elections. .....
by Sanjay Basak
Taking control of the entire tribal belt stretching from Abujhmar, Bastar
and Dandakaranya, the Maoists in Chhattisgarh have announced the formation
and functioning of their first-ever parallel "revolutionary government".
This "government" has also announced the formation of "ministries"
of agriculture, finance, judiciary, health, school and culture and forests.
.....
by Tehelka
BS Yeddyurappa looks ready to head the first BJP-majority government in
Karnataka and South India. The BJP won 110 seats, three short of a simple
majority in the 224-member Assembly, but secured the support of all six
independents. .....
by Rakshit Sonawane
In a sign that the Brahmin community is coming together in the runup to
the elections next year, Brahmin sakhas from across the country will have
a two-day meet in Pune. .....
