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What is scandalous is the corruption after the takeover of temples as politicians and officials loot the temple’s wealth and land, and divert donations of devotees to non-religious purposes The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment on January 6, 2013, allowing my Special Leave Petition that sought the quashing of the Tamil Nadu Government’s G.O. [...]

Let me begin by admitting that I would not be writing about the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits today if I had not been shamed into doing so. I would have written about the flip-flop currently going on in the Congress over whether Rahul Gandhi should be declared their future prime minister or not. The [...]

  Amid chanting of religious hymns, late BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo’s son washed feet of tribal Christians on Sunday to mark their return to Hinduism at a Hindu religious meet organized by Dharam Jagaran, an organization backed by the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), at Pathalgaon in tribal Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh. Nearly 1,200 [...]

In secular India and throughout the world Hindus have found themselves scattered, disorganized and without any form of representation. Nepal the only declared Hindu state is too small, they are not economically as equipped as India and they are overrun with the same problems Hindus are facing and cannot be the symbol of Hindu power. [...]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday greeted the nation ahead of the festivals of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal.   In his message, he said: “On the joyous occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal, I convey my greetings and best wishes to all citizens of India and wish them prosperity and happiness.” “May the [...]

GUWAHATI: The BJP today questioned the “silence” of the Centre as well as the Assam government over attacks on Hindus during recent elections in Bangladesh and said giving Indian citizenship to Hindu migrants should be considered favourably. “In the recent polls, Hindus were attacked in Bangladesh. Why Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Tarun [...]

A Congress legislator from Andhra Pradesh has taken his devotion to party president Sonia Gandhi to new heights, or nine feet to be exact. That is the height of Shankar Rao’s ‘Goddess Sonia’ statue, depicting her as ‘Telangana Talli’ (Telangana mother) as a thank-you for the Centre’s decision to create a Telangana state. It will [...]

Ramanathapuram district, 527 km south of Chennai, which houses Rameswaram Temple and many holy shrines, is getting out of bound for outsiders. Local Jamaath Councils have issued ‘fatwas’ declaring Muslim-majority villages out of bound for people even from the district itself. Entrances to Athiyuthu, Puthuvalassai, Panaikulam, Azhagankulam and Sitharkottai sport such boards, all put up [...]

Through his talks about his work at Bateshwar temples, former ASI Director K. K. Muhammed is spreading awareness about the site plagued by illegal mining K. K. Muhammed’s job, in the capacity of Director (North), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is over. But he still has a lot of work to do,even after retirement. Pursuing [...]

Its been alleged that around 13 Islamists brutally killed Ajitbhai Pawanbhai Khuman (32)  and his brother Bharatbhai Pawanbhai Khumani (27) on Saturday evening by hacking them to death in village Gundran, Taluka Lilia, District Amreli, Saurashtra Region of Gujarat.  Accused : Mohammad Nuru, Usman Nuru, Hakim Nuru, Imran Mohammad, Salim Abdul Khalid Mohammad, Sumal Abdul [...]