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When renowned and respected atheist writer and philosopher Bertrand Russell recognised Bolshevism as being a religion, even he could not have foreseen the accuracy of his observations, and indeed the book which he subsequently wrote after visiting the emergent USSR. The unholy axis which worked to have Narendra Modi banned from America in 2002 involved [...]

DHAKA: A special Bangladeshi court on Wednesday handed the death sentence to the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party for war crimes, in a long-awaited verdict that triggers fears of fresh violence. The war crimes court found Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, guilty of mass murder, rape and looting during Bangladesh’s [...]

Though India has pursued the case of Dawood Ibrahim with the US for a long time, the two countries signalled their intention to jointly go after the mob boss and his support network during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US.  A joint statement issued after Modi’s meeting with US President Barack Obama [...]

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has reiterated that the United Kingdom wants deeper ties with India and claimed that the two democracies face many similar challenges while also making it aptly clear that his government will never interfere in the highly vexed Kashmir issue. The Conservative Party leader was on Tuesday quoted as saying [...]

MUMBAI: Accounting books are mostly anachronisms these days. Students still fill up those long columns, but few businessmen would bother now that computers and accounting software are so cheap. Yet every Diwali businessmen still flock to shops like the ones near the Mumbadevi temple in Mumbai to buy account books that they will fill up, [...]

For thousands of years, Diwali remained a private, family event, with relatives getting together at the home of the eldest member of the family to celebrate three days of ‘togetherness,’ welcoming perhaps a new groom, bride or even a child in to the family. The annual Festival was also an occasion for visiting relatives to [...]

UDHAGAMANDALAM (TN): Members of different communities today e-mailed a memorandum to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and also the Centre, to take necessary steps to include pictures of Gods and Goddesses under the schedule of Emblem and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. Citing instances of empty packets with pictures of Gods and Goddesses lying [...]

Online retail giant Amazon found itself facing the wrath of devout Hindus here who objected to the Seattle-headquartered corporation’s sale of women’s leggings emblazoned with images of various Hindu deities, asserting that religious sentiments were hurt by these deities adorning parts of the body. Describing the item as “inappropriate,” Hindu cleric Rajan Zed of Nevada [...]

 The anti-Hindu bias in western media outlets such as the BBC, CNN and Sky have been well-known. The situation was hardly likely to change for the better with Fox News and Al-Jazeera. Indeed it can be hard to differentiate between them. The BBC is regarded as establishment fodder, and with its ideological moorings to the [...]

NEW DELHI: Stressing on the importance of enhancing internet connectivity in India, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said, “Connectivity can’t be restricted to just the rich and powerful. Cost of internet access has to be made affordable.” According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is working extensively to enhance connectivity in rural India. “India is an amazing [...]