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Authorities in India are investigating how Hanuman, the monkey god, has been issued a biometric identity card.The card photo features the character from the Hindu epic Ramayana wearing gold and pearl jewellery and a crown.It emerged when a postman attempted to deliver the card, but could not find a Hanuman at the address. When he [...]

*** Click here to sign petition *** Gaurav Sawant (right), a deputy editor for Headlines Today (part of the India Today group) is being threatened with dismissal.The reason for this, is that he has dared to question (on Twitter)  the way that the mainstream media fails to highlight or report accurately incidents of violence or religious intolerance in [...]

Well We Hindus don’t want to say we told you so but we are going to say it anyway ‘WE TOLD YOU SO’ Even after the outbreak of mad cow disease (BSE) or in humans known as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD from beef consumption things have gone from bad to worse where now [...]

WASHINGTON, DC: A young man of Bangladeshi origin has been arrested in Austin, Texas under allegations that he has been consorting with foreign terrorist networks to help plan attacks on US soil. Rahatul Ashikim Khan (23), along with alleged co-conspirator Michael Todd Wolfe (23), was formally charged with conspiring to commit terroristic acts by a [...]

After missing several deadlines, Railways has finally got the mandatory safety clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) to commission the much-awaited train service to Katra, the base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, before the Rail Budget 2014-15. The 25-km long Udhampur-Katra rail section in Jammu and Kashmir is slated to be inaugurated [...]

BANGALORE:  India is leading the way in combating the challenges of global warming while skeptical Americans still question climate change, according to a new global survey by Time magazine. Of the six countries polled, Indians were the likeliest to express deep concerns about energy and consumption and were the most committed to conservation and the [...]

NEW DELHI: The Indian government plans to plant 200 crore (2 billion) trees along the entire 1 lakh km ( hundred thousand) National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth. “The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometer. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to [...]

Throwing waste in Ganga river is likely to be made a punishable offence and can land you behind bars. According to a proposed law which needs the approval of Union Water Resource Ministry, spitting, throwing garbage, polythene or waster in the holy river will be a punishable offence, as per news reports.  The central government [...]

The Supreme Court Monday directed Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to a young couple belonging to different religions and who married in Delhi recently. The apex court bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice C. Nagappan directed the police to provide security cover to the young couple from Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh. [...]

Narendra Modi, who was unwelcome here only a few years ago, is now a “fashion icon” to the American media. After his stunning electoral triumph, three major US publications — Time, New York Times and the Washington Post — have lauded the new Indian Prime Minister’s dressing style from his “trademark Modi Kurta” to his [...]