India

I want to know as a responsible citizen, from Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan as well, why did they make such irresponsible statements and spoil the image of the 13 crores of Muslims in India? – Dr Sofiya Rangwala  Amidst a fake atmosphere of intolerance being created in India, in the last one month, I owe [...]

RAIPUR: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary Indresh Kumar on Sunday questioned why there has been no Maoist attack on institutions of Christian communities, saying this needs an explanation. “Why have churches never been targeted by the Maoists?” he asked while talking to a group of reporters at the new circuit house in the state [...]

“Mr Singhal died at 2.24 pm at Medanta Medicity hospital, Gurgaon,” VHP International President Pravin Togadia told media persons on Tuesday. 89-year-old Singhal was admitted on November 14 to Medanta following complaints of acute breathlessness and was diagnosed with right lower Lobe Pneumonia. Condoling his death PM Narendra Modi took to twitter and said his [...]

LONDON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gifted his British counterpart David Cameron a specially handcrafted pair of bookends with verses from Bhagavad Gita engraved on it and a book compiled of letters sent by Indian soldiers during the World War I when they served in France. “Presented PM @David_Cameron a specially handcrafted pair of [...]

CHENNAI: Pilgrims to the famous Kerala shrine of Sabarimala who discard clothes and other belongings in the Pamba river as part of a misconceived religious tenet would face penal consequences that could lead to a jail term up to 18 months, the special commissioner of the hill shrine has warned. Quoting an October 16 Kerala [...]

Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s organising secretary for Kodagu district, Sri DS Kuttappa, who was protesting against TippuJayanti celebrations was brutally attacked and hacked to death by a group of miscreants on Tuesday morning. Angered by the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s decision to celebrate Tippu Jayanti every year on November 10, Sanghparivar organisations including VHP, Bajarangadal, Hindu [...]

For some it’s their first Diwali who never got the chance to celebrate it in Pakistan, and for some like Laxmi it could be their last Diwali.  “She is a 4 Year old girl, named Laxmi from Sindh province in Pakistan who is suffering from Ventricular Septal Defect which is by birth i.e.congenital. She is [...]

MEERUT: Family members of murdered Muslim gaurakshak, Dilshad Bharti, fear for their lives even 16 months after he was allegedly shot in the head by the beef mafia. But that has not stopped them from continuing his fight. The family has been instrumental in sealing more than 200 illegal slaughterhouses in Saddiq Nagar area alone. [...]

  The Bihar election results are out. Now there will very likely be a lot of breast-beating or apologetics on the part of the supporters of the BJP and Modi, and gleeful crowing by their opponents.   As a consistently staunch Hindutva supporter but N.O.T.A voter, I would like to make two points which may [...]

Suddenly, everyone wants us, Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), to return to the Valley. Everyone, including Yasin the murderer and Geelani the Fuehrer. And, not just return, but return with “honour” and “dignity”. Why? Because “Kashmir also belongs to the KPs” and, believe it or not, “without KPs Kashmir is not complete”. Kashmir has also been in [...]