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It is deeply regrettable that generations of American schoolchildren have been brainwashed into thinking that Father Junípero Serra was California’s benevolent founding father, a humble Franciscan monk who left a life of luxury on the island of Mallorca to travel to the farthest reaches of the New World and protect the natives from the worst [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mourned the death of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whom he considered as his guru. “Swami Dayananda Saraswati ji’s demise is a personal loss. I pray that his soul attains eternal peace,” Modi wrote on Twitter, soon after he landed in New York today. “My thoughts are with the countless people inspired by [...]

VARANASI: Following the police action and cane charge to disperse the gathering of Ganesh Puja organisers and seers and immersing the Murthi  of Lord Ganesha in Laxmikund (pond) instead of river Ganga on Tuesday midnight, the emergency ward of the divisional hospital, where injured seers are admitted, has been seemingly converted into a political center on [...]

REODAR/SIROHI: This Rajasthan district has restored both gender and green balance by planting trees to mark the birth of a girl child. Five-year old Sugna enters the temple complex and embraces a neem tree her own age, as her mother Wagtu Devi looks on. The mother and daughter are particularly attached to this tree at [...]

KARACHI: Scores of human rights activists, nationalists and office bearers of Hindu rights organisations staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against the alleged gang rape and killing of an intermediate student and school teacher, Hawa Meghwar. The participants shouted slogans against the police and local influential people, as well as against the [...]

NEW DELHI: India has taken the final decision to ban all animal testing of soaps and detergents, with an environment ministry committee taking the view in a meeting held late last month. Pushed actively by minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi, the testing ban will soon be notified by the Department of Industrial Policy [...]

Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll refused to attend invocation because of Hindu chaplain, calling it ‘a false faith with false gods’ WASHINGTON — An Idaho state senator’s description of Hinduism as “a false faith with false Gods” drew calls from Jewish clergy for an apology. Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll joined two other Republican senators in refusing to attend [...]

The letter, signed by the organisation’s secretary Debtanu Bhattacharya, also claimed that Hindus have “cooperated” with Muslims in the past during festivities. An outfit of Hindu activists wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanding a ban on slaughter of cows and beer in the state during Durga Puja next month. Reacting to the [...]

“Saudi culture treats women as just one step above pond scum; they are arrested for driving and writing blogs. The country buys sex slaves trafficked from all over the world, including the West, for the harems of millionaire petro-sheikhs. Recently a girl was sentenced t0 200 lashes and six months in jail for the ‘crime’ [...]

Thane: Protesting against the ban on meat by the Maharastra government in view of Jain community festival Paryushan, Maharshtra Navnirman Sena took to streets and roasted chicken outside a hall in Thane where Jains had assembled for an event. As per reports, a mob of around 50 people, including both men and women, greeted the [...]