Friday, July 31, 2009

History of Religion

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    • How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

The fallacies behind India's Pakistan policy - Windows Live

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    • Dangerous misconceptions

      Brahma Chellaney

    • Singh’s recent statements in Parliament point to the fallacies on which he has been reconstructing his Pakistan policy. His personal imprint on that policy bears at least eight perilous misconceptions.
    • One, political geography is unalterable.
    • Two, India and Pakistan are locked by a shared destiny
    • Three, the alternative to a policy seeking to placate a terror-exporting adversary is war.
    • Four, India cannot emerge as a world power without making peace with Pakistan.
    • Five, as India has nothing to hide and indeed “our conduct is an open book,” it can let Pakistan include any issue in the bilateral agenda.
    • Six, if Pakistan merely acknowledges what is incontrovertible, that is enough for India to change policy course.
    • Seven, high-level dialogue and “meaningful” dialogue can be optically delinked
    • Eight, diplomacy of hope and prayer makes sense

Two dangerous ideas - It does not stop at 49.5 percent

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    • There are two dangerous ideas floating around and we can't seem to decide which is worse.

      The first relates to the massive diplomatic fiasco committed by the UPA Government. One can tell it is a big blunder from the fact that intellectuals of various hues took more than a week to cook up theories in the Government's defense. The major idea right now is that it is a display of Gandhigiri by Manmohan Singh, albeit at an international level.
    • The second idea is that of global nuclear deterrence. A set of people seem to totally like this idea and coincidentally these were the same set of people who were the leading Nuke cheerleaders.
    • We can already read the headlines on New York Times: President of France invokes Gandhi, pleads Indians to forgive etc. Try putting that scenario to the global Nuke defense setting.

      Using backward induction, once India signs up for this stupid concept, it is a virtual guarantee to the loonies that there is NOT going to be a Nuclear retaliation.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Anglican Church in India mine row

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    Bianca Jagger
    • Environmental campaigner Bianca Jagger has called on the Church of England to rethink its investment in a company involved in an Indian mining project.

      Ms Jagger says the operation is taking place on a mountain considered sacred by the tribe that lives there.

    • Bianca Jagger is supported by UK-based campaign groups
    • Vedanta insists the mining project in the remote and inaccessible Niyamgiri hills in the eastern Indian state of Orissa is ethically and environmentally sound.
    • The Church has shares in Vedanta worth £2.5m ($4.1m).

      Vedanta is about to start mining bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills, to be processed at a refinery that has already been built in the area.

Shantanu’s Believe It or Not!* - II | || Satyameva Jayate ||

India’s democracy has its flaws but it is still a democracy « A wide angle view of India

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    • India is very proud of her democracy, despite the wheeling and dealing that goes on. But according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy* India is not a full democracy. It’s a flawed democracy. That’s difficult to argue with. It’s not just the electoral process, political culture, political participation, and pluralism which is taken into account while taking the democracy score, but also indicators like voter turnout, civil liberties, the functioning of government and political participation.
    • …. but the great thing we have the democracy gene and can hope one day to be a full democracy. The good news is that no dictator will be able to get such a huge geographical and diverse area such as India under his/her thumb. No invader has managed it in India’s history.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Govt. can’t interfere in minorities' schools – HRD minister - National Issue | hindujagruti.org

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    • HRD Minister, Kapil Sibbal stated in the Upper House of the Parliament that the Central Government can not interfere in the management of schools run by minorities. (The Govt. has every right to interfere where the matter relates to anti-national activities. Those, who can not take such action, are not fit to govern. But one can not expect a statement that would put a curb on Muslims, from a minister in Congress Government that has always overlooked every act of Muslims!  – Editor SP)

RSS organises Training camp of Muslim Rashtriya Manch - RSS | hindujagruti.org

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    • Could some one explain this please. Is there no work to be done for Hindu upliftment? There are 300,000 Hindu refugees in Kashmir.  Bangladeshi Islamic aggression is increasing in West Bengal & Assam. Can't we take care of the hundreds victims of terrorism? Can't we educate hundreds of millions of Hindus about various dangers facing Bharat and Hindu Dharma. Then why would we waste our time with a Muslim Rashtriya Manch?

      "British had divided the Muslims and the Hindus for their political endgame. We must understand that politics divides while the culture
      unites,” said Shri KS Sudarshan, former Sarsanghachalak of RSS. (The HIstory of India proves that Hindus & Muslims were not united before British period & even in British period. Pakistan founder Jinnah said that Hindus & Muslims are two battling nations and they can't come together in any regime. Has RSS forgotten these words of Jinnah?)

चालीस साल पुराना पीपल हुआ ट्रांसप्लांट

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    • मोमासर
    • निकटवर्ती गांव के पंडित बनवारीलाल शर्मा ने इस कार्य को अंजाम दिया है। गांव के इंद्रकुमार सोनी के घर के सामने करीब चालीस साल पुराना पीपल का पेड़ जो बड़ा होने पर उसके घर में भी फैलने लगा था। हिंदू मान्यता के अनुसार पीपल का पेड़ घर में होना अशुभ माना जाता है तथा इसे काटना भी शुभ नहीं माना जाता है। इस कारण से यह पेड़ इंद्रकुमार के लिए संशय बना हुआ था। इस संबंध में इंद्रकुमार सहित अन्य ग्रामीणों ने पंडित से बात की तो पंडित ने इस कार्य को अंजाम देने की स्वीकृति दे दी।

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

* VivekaJyoti *: Link between Order of Leopald Medal conferred on Antonia Maino & Belgium achieving the third largest trading partnership status with India?

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        • Disqualify Ms. Sonia Gandhi, MP. Order of Leopold and Belgium-India trade.
        • Belgium attains the stunning status of third largest trading partner (after US and UK) with India.
        -- Statement of Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Janata Party President and fomer Union Law Minister made on July 29,2009
    • Ms. Gandhi had been awarded the Order of Leopold by the
      King of Belgium in 2007, and this award I have verified is a title
      conferred on her by the sovereign power of Belgium and thus
      constitutes an allegiance to that country.
    • Is there a link between Order of Leopald Medal conferred on Antonia
      Maino and Belgium achieving the third largest trading partnership
      status (after US and UK) with India?

      What a miracle that Belgium which is smaller than Mizoram should have
      achieved this status in 2006?

      Aha, diamonds? Aha, dredging in the Indian ocean (near Rama setu) and
      along the 8000 km. long coastline of Hindusthan?

Fanatic Muslims pelt stones on Hindus’ procession in Shindkheda - Attacks | hindujagruti.org

Swatantryaveer Savarkar’s property still in Government custody! - General | hindujagruti.org

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    • Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra)
    • Mr. Aphale was speaking in a series of lectures organized by Savarkar- devotees. Mr. Aphale said, “At a very young age, Savarkar plunged into freedom fight. He sent weapons to his motherland, fully knowing the requirement of arms. Later, the British Government tortured him but he did not lose courage. He was sentenced to life imprisonment twice and sent to Andaman jail. The Government confiscated not only his house but also his land and farm. The property is still in the custody of the Government.”

Singapore: Hindu Priest victimized during compulsory National Service - Atrocities on Hindus | hindujagruti.org

Outrageous denigration of deities in support of homosexual relationships - Hindu Deities | hindujagruti.org

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    • Anti-cultural and anti-Hindus have denigrated Hindu deities by misrepresenting them in support of homosexual relations. “Gay and lesbian Vaishnava Association” has published objectionable information on its website
    • It has been mentioned that homosexual relations and people with unnatural tendencies are a part of Hindu culture. (Hindus should not be under the impression that the Congress Government that supports homosexual relations, will take any action against the heretics ! – Editor SP)

      “Bhagawan Krushna loved Arjuna. He lived many years with Arjuna. When Shri Krushna was leaving Hastinapur to go to Dwaraka, he went to meet Arjuna in a hurry and spent the whole night with him.” The above infuriating reference was found on the above web site. It has also been mentioned that Shree Ardhanareeshwara, a form of Lord Shiva, has half of his body, his left side as that of Goddess Parvati or Durga which shows that this God is bisexual. There are such 24 examples of different Gods and Goddesses given on the website.  

Newly married Hindu woman gang raped and killed by Muslim thugs | Bangladeshi Hindu - Portal to Hindu World!

दिल्ली से योगेश गुलाटी......!: क्या देह के दम पर नारी पुरुषों को चुनौती दे रही है?

असहिष्णु हिंदुओं का पाखंड - Jagran - Yahoo! India - Opinion News

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    • आज विश्व में हिंदू समाज, धर्म और हिंदू प्रतिभाओं की प्रशसा इसलिए होती है, क्योंकि ये हजारों वर्ष पुरानी सनातन परंपराओं का अनुगमन करते हुए भी बदलते वक्त के साथ खुद को ढालने की अपूर्व क्षमता दिखाते हैं। सुधारों का अधुनातन प्रभाव गावों तथा शहरों के रूढि़बद्ध अंधकार से घिरे लोगों तक भी पहुंचे तभी हिंदू जाति के उत्कर्ष पर लगा ग्रहण हटेगा।
    • तरुण विजय

Why do we have an Aurangzeb Road in Delhi? | || Satyameva Jayate ||

Chicken in vegetarian roll, airline in a soup - India - NEWS - The Times of India

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    • Onkar Shukla, a resident of Delhi, was returning with his father from Mumbai last week on a GoAir flight G8-375 when he asked for a vegetarian roll for dinner.
    • Shulka, who was livid at the goof up, wanted to file a complaint with the cabin crew but alleged that he got no help from them. He also said when he tried to meet the captain of the flight after they landed, the cabin crew were rude and set the security staff upon him.

      "After the flight took off, I ordered a veg roll, a product of Cafe Coffee Day, and juice. Before eating, I checked my pack to confirm if it was veg and saw 'VEG' written clearly on the cover. However, while eating I found its taste unfamiliar and when I checked again, I found meat pieces in it. We are staunch Hindu brahmins and it was very shocking," said Shukla.

नक्सलियों के संरक्षक - Jagran - Yahoo! India - Opinion News

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    • एक जमाने में भारत के नक्सलियों और माओवादियों को प्रोत्साहन लाल चीन से मिला करता था। आज उनके पैरोकार अमेरिका और पश्चिमी यूरोप में देखे जा रहे हैं।
    • सेन रायपुर में न तो डॉक्टर और न ही समाज सेवी के रूप में कभी प्रसिद्ध थे। उनकी गिरफ्तारी पर रायपुर में कोई हलचल नहीं हुई। सारी सरगर्मी दिल्ली, मुंबई, पेरिस और लंदन से चली। साफ है कि अपील करने वाली विदेशी संस्थाओं, व्यक्तियों को किन्हीं समर्थ एजेंसियों द्वारा बताया गया कि विनायक सेन बड़े मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता और सेवाधर्मी डाक्टर हैं जिन्हें परेशान किया जा रहा है।
    • अब तक भारत में कम से कम तीन नक्सल समर्थक लेखकों, प्रचारकों को रमन मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार दिया जा चुका है। यह पुरस्कार अमेरिका के प्रसिद्ध रॉकफेलर फाऊंडेशन द्वारा स्थापित एवं फोर्ड फाऊंडेशन द्वारा वित्त पोषित है। यह बात उठती रही है कि ऐसे पुरस्कार एशिया के विभिन्न देशों में सरकार विरोधी, विशेषकर स्थानीय सभ्यता-संस्कृति विरोधी कार्यकर्ताओं को दिये जाते रहे हैं।
    • जब विनायक सेन ने चिकित्सा क्षेत्र में कोई शोध नहीं किया, तब उन्हें अमेरिका में ग्लोबल हेल्थ काउंसिल द्वारा चिकित्सा का 'जोनाथन मान पुरस्कार' किस बूते दिया गया? उन्हें सोशल साइंस के क्षेत्र में योगदान के लिए रेवरेंड कैथान पुरस्कार भी मिला। यह समझ से परे है कि नक्सली समर्थकों को ईसाई मिशनरियां किस वजह से पुरस्कृत कर रही हैं? फ्री विनायक सेन कैंपेन चेन्नई की 'पीपुल्स वाच' जैसी संस्था चला रही है, जिसका लगभग पूरा वित्तीय पोषण हालैंड की कैथोलिक आर्गनाइजेशन फॉर रिलीफ एंड डेवलपमेंट जैसे मिशनरी संगठन करते हैं। यही संस्था भारत में हिन्दू विरोधी राजनीतिक अभियान में भी सक्रिय है। विनायक सेन के बचाव में लिखने-बोलने वालों में से कई मुहम्मद अफजल को फांसी से बचाने के आदोलन में भी थे। नक्सलियों व आईएसआई के बीच संबंध की खबरे भी पिछले दस वर्ष से सामने आती रही हैं।
    • एस.शकर : लेखक स्वतंत्र टिप्पणीकार हैं

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    • कमलाकर दुवुरू
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    • भारत में भले ही इसका महत्व कम हो रहा हो लेकिन अर्थव्यवस्था का मूल आधार खेती ही है, इसे कम से कम दुनिया की बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनियां समझने लगीं हैं. लेकिन उनकी इस समझ और पहल का एक आधार और है. एग्रीबिजनेस दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा लाभ का माध्यम भी है. रोग और रोग का निदान निश्चित रूप से दुनिया का सबसे अधिक लाभ कमानेवाला उद्योग बना हुआ है.
    • शरद पवार के साथ पूसा इंस्टीट्यूट में अमेरिकी विदेशमंत्री हिलेरी क्लिंटन

visfot.com । विस्फोट.कॉम - शर्म अल शेख का असली संदेश

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    • संजीव पाण्डेय
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    • संजीव पाण्डेय का विश्लेषण-

      कांग्रेस से अलग प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह स्वतंत्र वजूद बनाने की कोशिश में है। वे सोनिया गांधी के रबर स्टैंप है, इस मिथक को खत्म करने की कोशिश में लग गए है। कम से कम कांग्रेस और प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह के बीच उठ रहे विवाद को अलग चश्मे से देख रहे लोगों को यह जरूर समझना चाहिए। शर्म अल शेख में भारतीय और पाकिस्तानी प्रधानमंत्री का ज्वाइंट स्टेटमेंट इसी दिशा में चल रहे कवायद की एक कड़ी है।

    • निश्चित तौर पर प्रधानमंत्री अमेरिकी दबाव में तो काम करना चाहते है, पर कांग्रेस के दबाव में वे काम नहीं करना चाहते है। अमेरिकी दबाव में ज्यादा वो सुरक्षित महसूस करेंगे। अगर अमेरिका का वरदहस्त उनके उपर है तो बचाव रहेगा और इसमें कांग्रेस भी उनका कुछ नहीं बिगाड़ पाएगी।
    • प्रधानमंत्री कहीं न कहीं यह बरदाश्त नहीं पा रहे है कि कई मसले पर उनसे ज्यादा सोनिया गांधी प्रणव मुखर्जी, एके एंटोनी और अहमद पटेल पर विश्वास करती है। समय-समय पर कई नीतिगत फैसले में उपरोक्त तीन नेताओं की सलाह प्रधानमंत्री को माननी पड़ती है। शर्म अल शेख की घटना के बाद ही उपरोक्त तीन नेताओं के साथ ही सोनिया गांधी ने बैठक की। बैठक के बाद सोनिया गांधी ने प्रधानमंत्री को मैसेज दिया जिसमें अपनी मर्जी से प्रधानमंत्री के फैसले पर नाराजगी व्यक्त की।

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sadhvi Pragya's affidavit exposing cruelty of ATS - General | hindujagruti.org

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    Sadhvi Pragya Sing Thakur
    • O Hindus, why don’t we feel anything for the Sadhvi who is languishing in jail and bearing tortures ? Just because she is not related to us ? Do we value only blood relations ? When are we going to consider all Hindus as our relatives ? When Mr. Lalkrushna Advani read the Sadhvi’s affidavit, he expressed his fury in his speeches; but on receiving a phone call from the Prime Minister, he had to stop. Shivsena showered  flowers on her, but outside the court ! What about the action to be taken against Sadhvi’s tortures? Declarations were made of announcing the names and addresses of the cruel ATS officers who tortured the Sadhvi and her associates; but they too got burnt on the funeral pyre of Mr. Hemant Karkare, ATS Chief.

महाजाल पर सुरेश चिपलूनकर (Suresh Chiplunkar): भारत पर शासन करने के लिये विदेशी पढ़ाई और “गोरी प्रेस” को मैनेज करना ज़रूरी है… Rahul Gandhi, Western Education, Western Media

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    • पिछले सौ वर्षों में नेहरू-गाँधी परिवार के लगभग सभी सदस्यों ने विदेश में उच्च शिक्षा(?) हासिल की है, या फ़िर इंग्लैंड-अमेरिका में काफ़ी समय बिताया है। पश्चिमी मीडिया और नेहरु-गाँधी पीढ़ी और उनके विरासतियों के बीच प्रगाढ़ सम्बन्ध बहुत पहले से ही रहे हैं।
    • पश्चिमी सत्ता संस्थान और वहाँ के मीडिया को गाँधी परिवार से खास लगाव है, और यह स्वाभाविक भी है, क्योंकि ये लोग पश्चिमी शिक्षा-दीक्षा के कारण वहाँ के रंग-ढंग, आचार-विचार में पूरी तरह से ढल चुके होते हैं और फ़िर इनसे कोई काम निकलवाना (यानी कोई विशेष नीतिगत मामला, अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मंचों और समझौतों, UNO आदि में पश्चिम के पक्ष में वोटिंग या “हाँ/ना” में मुंडी हिलाना, तथा अपना माल बेचने के लिये परमाणु करार, हथियार सौदे या क्रूड तेल बेचना आदि करना) आसान हो जाता है।
    • राहुल गाँधी भारत को खोज कैसे रहे हैं, कलावती के झोपड़े में, उत्तरप्रदेश में एक दलित के यहाँ रात गुज़ारकर, और सड़क किनारे खाना खाकर। यदि इसी पैमाने को “भारत खोजना” या “क्रान्तिकारी कदम” कहते हैं तो इससे सौ गुना अधिक तो भाजपा-बसपा-वामपंथी सभी पार्टियों के कई नेता अपनी जवानी में कर चुके हैं, गाँव-गाँव सम्पर्क बनाकर, पदयात्रा करके, धूल-मिट्टी फ़ाँककर… उन्हें तो कभी क्रान्तिकारी नहीं कहा गया। जबकि राहुल गाँधी की शिक्षा-दीक्षा के बारे में संदेह अभी भी बना हुआ है, कि आखिर उन्होंने कौन सी डिग्री ली है? (यहाँ देखें http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14469/index.php)
    • अनौपचारिक बातचीत में कई बड़े-बड़े राजनेता इस बात को दबे-छिपे स्वर में मानते हैं कि बगैर अमेरिका और ब्रिटेन की सहमति के भारत का प्रधानमंत्री बनना बहुत मुश्किल है, यदि कोई बन भी जाये तो टिकना मुश्किल है। अमेरिका को धता बताकर पोखरण परमाणु विस्फ़ोट करने के बाद से ही भाजपा उनकी आँख की किरकिरी बनी, जबकि विश्व बैंक पेंशन होल्डर मनमोहन सिंह उनके सबसे पसन्दीदा उम्मीदवार हैं। कई वरिष्ठ पत्रकार भी मानते हैं कि हमेशा आम चुनावों के दौरान अमेरिका और ब्रिटेन के दिल्ली स्थित दूतावासों में अनपेक्षित और संदेहास्पद गतिविधियाँ अचानक बढ़ जाती हैं।
    • अब ये मत पूछियेगा कि अब तक राहुल गांधी का भारत के सामाजिक, आर्थिक, शैक्षिक उन्नयन में कितना योगदान है (हिन्दी भाषा में इसे “कौन सा तीर मार लिया”, कहते हैं)? ये भी न पूछियेगा कि यदि राहुल बाबा इतने ही ज्ञानवान और ऊर्जा से भरपूर हैं तो युवाओं से सम्बन्धित मामलों जैसे धारा 377 (समलैंगिकता), हरियाणा की पंचायत द्वारा हत्या किये जाने जैसे मामलों पर बहस करने या बयान देने कभी आगे क्यों नहीं आते? अक्सर उन्हें टीवी पर हाथ हिलाते और कॉलेज के युवकों-युवतियों के साथ मुस्कराते हुए ही क्यों देखा जाता है, बजाय इसके कि वे देश में फ़ैले भ्रष्टाचार के बारे में कुछ करने की बातें करें (आखिर यह रायता भी तो उन्हीं के परिवार ने फ़ैलाया है, इसे समेटने की बड़ी जिम्मेदारी भी उन्हीं की है)? अमरनाथ-कश्मीर-शोपियाँ, धर्मनिरपेक्षता-साम्प्रदायिकता-आरक्षण-युवाओं में फ़ैलती निराशा, देश की जर्जर प्राथमिक शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य व्यवस्था जैसे ज्वलंत मुद्दों पर कभी आपने उन्हें कभी टीवी पर किसी बहस में हिस्सा लेते देखा है? नहीं देखा होगा, क्योंकि खुद उनकी “मम्मी” ने आज तक मुश्किल से दो-चार इंटरव्यू दिये होंगे (वो भी उस पत्रकार पर बड़ा अहसान जताकर)।

Thousands of Sadhvis would get ready to fight if one Sadhvi is harassed !: 'Pramod Mutalik' - Sree Ram Sena | hindujagruti.org

Bangladesh: Minor Hindu Girl abducted and forcefully converted to Islam - Conversions | hindujagruti.org

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    • By Adv. Rabindra Ghosh, President, Bangladesh Minority Watch
    • Ms.Debosree Halder (14) a Hindu school going girl kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam.
    • Bangladesh
    • This minor daughter of Samarendra Halder was the student of Class X, Jhalokathi Govewrnment Girls High School. Her date of birth according to school Admission registered on 31.12.1993 i.e. she is aged about 14 years 6 months. On the way to her school accused Kazi Shahidul Islam Rasel son of late Kazi Enayet Karim of village Birshena (Nabogram) police station, District – Jhalokathi along with another person forcibly abducted her on 2.07.2008 at about 8 a.m. near Chandkathi Bazer against her will and took away her by a motorcycle towards Biswa Road.

Mumbai police present 'kurta-payjama' to Kasab - Police | hindujagruti.org

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    • Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the terror attack in Mumbai on 26th November 2008, was presented a ‘kurta-payjama’ by the Assistant Police Inspector of the Mumbai Police Crime branch, Dinesh Kadam, who provides security to Kasab. The above matter has been brought to light in the special court yesterday. (On one hand, the Police are torturing Sadhvi Pragya Singh, the accused in Malgaon bomb blast so much that she wants to commit suicide and on the other hand, they are pampering a Pakistani terrorist who has killed so many policemen. Such incidents very clearly show the uselessness of democracy. – Editor SP)

Gayatri Mantra and Jesus Christ – where’s the connection? « Hindu focus

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    • Is it an attempt to introduce the mantra to the followers of Jesus or is it to introduce Jesus to those who chant the mantra?

      Is it an interfaith message? Or is it an attempt to ‘fool’ by inculturation.

      Is it to emphasize that the mantra may be yours but the God must be ours?

      Why is there no acknowledgement of the source of the mantra?

      Why Jesus, why not Krishna or at least both?

      Will it become mantra minus Hinduism, just like yoga minus Hinduism?

Gay Ruling — Muddai Bhi Khud, Kazi Bhi Khud « Indian Realist

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    • The judge who legalised gay sex had appeared as an advocate on behalf of an NGO that has filed a case for legalising gay sex. He should be sacked for confict of interest and hiding this information from the people.

      Gay sex ruling: HC judge accused of judicial impropriety

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      I am very curious about this AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan. Who is behind this and who is funding it? And why should a secretive NGO about AIDS should hire advocates to legalise gay sex? Something stink. The foriegn funding of this NGO should be probed and its real patrons identified. Also, the relation of this agency with the judge should be investigated.

      AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA)
      Post Box 5308, New Delhi – 100 053
      - Activist collective doing community work in issues of queers, blood donors, drug users, women, HIV+ people, law, health and education

Shades Of Saffron: Parshuram Bhumi Gomantak : Goa The Land of Shree Parshuram

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    • How many of us know that the land of Goa or Gomantak was reclaimed from the sea by none other than Bhagvaan Parshuram, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. There are many evidences which reveal the fact that Goa was claimed from the sea.
    • When Shree Parshuram shot an arrow from the peak of Sahyadri in the Arabian sea the sea receded. This lead to the formation of Gomantak or Gomaanchal.
    • Bhaardwaaj, Koushik, Vatsa, Koudimy, Kashyap, Vasisht, Jamadagni, Vishwaamitr, Gautam and Atri were the ten sages who, along with Parshuram, came from Trihotr (Bihar) and settled in Gomaanchal in the eight villages
    • Temples of 'Vir' or 'Purush' who reclaimed flooded lands by bunds are found in Goa. This means that the knowledge of reclaimation of land from sea was known to ancient Goans.

Hinduism Today Magazine - Hindu Press International » How Many Hindu Temples are Under State Administration in India?

2003 Mumbai blasts: All accused convicted under POTA

'Love hormone' being used to boost plant growth: Rediff.com news

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    • A large number of Indian farmers are using the love hormone oxytocin, also known as 'cuddle chemical', to boost the growth of pumpkins and cucumbers.

      However, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture is adamant on banning the practice, as 'indiscriminate use of oxytocin may cause health hazards if taken through vegetables over a period of time.'

      The use of oxytocin in farming has become prevalent in the Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] and Punjab [ Images ] regions in northern India.

News Analysis India | Nuclear Cult Mass Suicides

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    • On the pressure of US for the benefit of nuclear reactor supplying multinational companies India is ready to exempt American nuclear suppliers of any liability in case of a nuclear accident in reactors they are planning to sell to India.

       

      Nuke attack of U S on Hiroshima is lesser crime than Pushing towards ‘Nuclear-cult-Suicides’ through legislation on Civil Nuclear Liability and Amendment to the Atomic Energy Act 1962 by UPA Government.

    • ‘Indo US Civilian Nuke Deal’ is not bad idea but terms on that are not in the interest of the people. Above facts proves this.

      The above facts show that Indo US Civilian Nuke Deal is to handcuff future generation. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi were adamant on the Nuke deal because of hidden deal of money matter in nuke deal.

       

      Legal bribery and the U S Govt’s pressure are the two factors behind this facilitation.

    • Fixing the liability on operators is important to Nuclear reactor supplying US firms who are looking to supply nuclear reactors at Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat as otherwise they cannot avail of insurance.
    • Analysis by Premendra Agrawal

Sunday, July 26, 2009

इधर कूँआ तो उधर खाई!! | सारथी

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    • तुष्टीकरण की राजनीति का एक अच्छा उदाहरण आज यूरोप से मेरी नजर में आया. हिटलर ने लगभग एक से दो करोड के बीच यहूदियों की हत्या करवाई थी.  दुनियाँ भर के इतिहास की पुस्तकों में यह बात रेखांकित है. लेकिन वर्तमान यूरोप में मुस्लिमों की संख्या बढी तो उन लोगों ने मांग की कि यहूदियों का नाम लेना उनके लिये घृणित है और इस इतिहास को मिटा दिया जाये. वोटों की राजनीति से डर कर कई यूरोपिय प्रकाशकों ने एवं विद्यालयों ने इस विषय की चर्चा पूरी तरह से अपनी पुस्तकों से मिटा दिया है. एक ओर दो करोड लोग क्रूरता से मटियामेट कर दिये गये, पर दूसरी ओर वोटों की राजनीति के कारण विषय को ही छुपाया जा रहा है.

      इस बीच इन नई पुस्तकों के एक विक्रेता अमेजोन को यहूदियों ने कोर्ट में घसीट दिया है कि पुस्तक में असल जानकारी को छुपा कर यहूदियों के साथ अन्याय किया गया है.

visfot.com । विस्फोट.कॉम - कारगिल विजय के दौरान समझौते और लीपीपोती के निशान

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  • करगिल और द्रास से लौटकर अनुराग पुनेठा

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    • कारगिल में फहराता तिरंगा
    • लेकिन करगिल का युद्ध अभी खत्म नहीं हुआ है
    • 1999 के पहले यह प्वाईंट भारतीय सीमा का हिस्सा था. लेकिन 99 के युद्ध के समय ही यहां पाकिस्तानी फौज पाबंद हो गयी.
    • सवाल यह है कि अगर 99 के युद्ध के दौरान यहां पाकिस्तानी फौज काबिज हुई है तो आज तक हम उन्हें वहां से भगा क्यों नहीं पाये हैं? या फिर कहीं ऐसा तो नहीं है कि भारत ने यह प्वाईंट पाकिस्तान से हारा हुआ मान लिया है?
    • पाकिस्तान आज भी एलओसी के पास स्थित दो चोटियों पर बैठा है। प्वाइंट 5353 और आफताब टॉप ये दो चोटियां ऐसी है, जिन पर पाकिस्तानी फौजी आज भी मौजूद है। कारगिल और द्रास जाकर जब ये बात पता चलती है, तो टीस उठती है। आज इस जश्न के बीच उन अमर आत्माओं को एक दर्द का एहसास होगा, एक टीस होगी, काश आत्माएं बोल पाती और हम उनका दर्द समझ पाते.
    • अपनी करगिल यात्रा के दौरान जाबांज शहीदों को याद करने के साथ ही प्वाईंट 5353 की कड़वी सच्चाई से भी सामना हुआ. ऐसा नहीं है कि भारतीय जवानों ने जो हासिल किया उसकी तारीफ नहीं होनी चाहिए. लेकिन ये याद रखना होगा कि अधूरी जीत, हार से ज्यादा शर्मनाक होती है। हक की लडाई में समझोते नही होते, लेकिन कारगिल की फतह में समझोते की बू भर नही आती है, कारगिल की पहाड़ियो पर समझोते के निशान  मिलते है। हम कुछ पाकर इतने खुश हुये कि जो खो दिया उसकी तरफ पीठ मोड़ ली, दुश्मन लौटते लौटते भी कुछ बचाकर ले गया तो ये उसकी जीत है। पहाडियो पर आज भी हमारा एक इलाका एसा है जो हमारा नही है।

The Indian National Congress’ Last Hurrah - Vijayvaani.com

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    • The Indian National Congress’ Last Hurrah
    • Radha Rajan
    • The Cabinet Mission – May, 1946

    • Viceroy invites Congress to form Interim Government and the Congress accepts – August 12, 1946  
       
      • Muslim League declares Direct Action Day – August 16, 1946
      • Communal riots in Bengal and Bihar
      • Communal riots in Bombay – 1st September, 1946
    • The mind-games that Gandhi thought he was playing brilliantly with Jinnah and the British eventually boomeranged on the nation. Jinnah felt betrayed by Gandhi and the Viceroy when the League was not invited to form the interim government on its own as per Clause 8 of the statement of June 16 and the Muslim League rejected the Cabinet Mission proposals in toto making the threat of a violent eruption by the League very real. But contrary to what the British government wanted, the Muslim League did not unleash violence on the 29th of June even though they did reject the State Paper and refuse to co-operate with the Cabinet Mission. 
    • Almost as if they wanted to ignite the tinder-box of seething anger in the Muslim League, the Viceroy invites the Congress to form the interim government on the 12th of August. The stage had been set for the imperial government’s back-up plan to be unraveled with perfect timing. The Viceroy did not invite the Muslim League to form the interim government after the Congress rejected the interim government proposals but went ahead to invite the Congress to form the interim government after the League rejected the Mission proposals.
    • An enraged Jinnah declared ‘direct action’ on the 16th of August, with the sole objective of making the sovereign state of Pakistan a reality. Partition, which had been averted by the groupings clause in the State paper and the proposal to make a three-tier constitution, was now imminent – thanks to Gandhi’s megalomaniac insistence on disregarding the general view of the Congress Working Committee to accept the State Paper as a starting point for the transfer of power, and on being the only person to negotiate on behalf of the Congress and by extension, it is worth repeating, the whole nation barring the Muslims. Whose agenda was Gandhi really serving?
    • In August 1946 after Jinnah blamed Gandhi squarely for aborting the Cabinet Mission proposals for transfer of power, and to emphasize the point that Muslims were not only a separate nation but also hostile to all non-Islamic faiths, he called upon the Muslims to launch direct action, not against the British government, but going by the horrific numbers of Hindus killed in Calcutta on August 16th alone, against the Hindus. Additionally it also served to debunk Gandhi’s stubborn insistence that Muslims can and will live peacefully with Hindus if only the Hindus would serve them wholeheartedly and without political motives.[8] 

Freedom Movement turns retrograde - Vijayvaani.com

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    • Contrary to Aurobindo’s assertion that passive resistance was a necessary tactical move to invoke and strengthen in citizens the much-needed qualities of endurance, capacity for suffering pain and punishment, unflinching courage and the moral strength to ultimately launch if need be, a full-scale war against foreign rulers, Gandhi’s passive resistance became a goal in itself for ordinary ‘Gandhian’ Indians to practise and achieve successfully. But the unanswered question remains - what did Gandhi really desire for the Indians who followed him on the streets? Self-Rule as inner liberation, Home-Rule as the Home Rule League wanted or small victories with passive resistance in local issues? What goal did he explicitly set for the INC?
    • Gandhi's passive resistance only delayed political independence and facilitated the exit of the British on their terms and at a time of their choosing. Thus:             


      Because Gandhi's resistance to British rule was 'passive', it was essentially non-violent.
      Passive resistance by Gandhi's own admission could not be employed for a general objective, but only locally for a limited purpose.
      Passive resistance was therefore not intended to end British rule in India or for India's political independence.
      Passive resistance was meant only to resist specific, unfair and repressive laws in India.
      Gandhi's political career in India was only a continuation of his career in South Africa, both in terms of the methods he employed and his objectives.

Worshippers cry foul as Madhya Pradesh 'de-fangs' Nagpanchmi

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    • Nagpanchmi, the festival of snakes, which was celebrated Sunday, left many Hindu worshippers disappointed when they went to temples but found no snakes. The forest department had taken snake charmers to task for displaying the reptiles.

      Nagpanchami is a festival of snakes celebrated on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the Hindu holy month of Shravan. People visit temples of Hindu god Shiva, worship snakes and offer them milk besides alms to the snake charmer who brings them.

       

      But now, there are no snake charmers seen in the towns and cities as the forest department has warned them of strict action if they bring the reptiles on Nagpanchmi.

No human rights for Hindus abroad? - Organiser - Content

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    • TogadiaSpeak
      No human rights for Hindus abroad?

      By Dr Pravin Togadia
    • Hindu Organisations try their best to reduce suffering of most Hindus impacted by such ethnic violence, racist brutality and socio-political discrimination. But the damage is vast, time is short & resourceful hands are limited. It is time for Hindus to RE-GROUP, RE-NETWORK and RE-SURGE to stand up democratically against any justice.

Liberhan: Rock and a hard place - Vijayvaani.com

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    • By a curious coincidence, the Justice S.C. Mohapatra Commission probing the Kandhamal riots of 2008 submitted its interim report almost simultaneously with the final report of the Justice Liberhan Commission on the post-1992 violence following demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya.
    • Hindus are caught between a rock and a hard place, squeezed between Muslim obduracy and Christian belligerence, both funded and backed by external powers, while the Indian state refuses to support the legitimate needs of its Hindu populace, and even denies Hindu religio-cultural identity in its pursuit of secularism. We thus have the bizarre asymmetry of minority rights vis-à-vis an undefined majority that is denied form and name, but blamed for resisting its own negation.
    • The unrest at Amarnath and Kandhamal shows that regardless of electoral outcomes, Hindus can face both the rock and the hard place simultaneously, and will not allow monotheists to walk all over them.


      The author is Editor,
      www.vijayvaani.com


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Police attend HJS meeting in Amaravati - Oppose to HJS | hindujagruti.org

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    • Amaravati (Maharashtra)
    • A meeting of Bhagvatkars (Preachers of Bhagvat), Pravachankars (those who give spiritual discourses) and H.B.Ps was organised here by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS). Three police men in civil dress came there before the meeting commenced. (Police remain present for Dharmajagruiti (awakening people to follow Dharma) meetings of the Samiti. Do they ever attend the secret meetings held by SIMI (Students’ Islamic Movement of India) which is engaged in anti-national activities ? This kind of attitude of the police, impairs their success! - Editor SP)
    • Pro-Hindus : From where have you come?
      Police :  From the police department.
      Pro-Hindus : This meeting is for the invitees only.
      Police :  We attend any programme that is held.
      Pro-Hindus : The people attending this meeting are not comfortable due to your presence, as this is a private meeting.
      Police :  We are Hindus too. We have orders from our seniors, hence we have come here. We shall not interfere in your programme.
      Pro-Hindus : We know that; but if you have finished with whatever you wanted to find out, then please leave, so that we can continue our meeting freely, without undue stress.

      Hearing this, the police were ready to leave; but before that they took down the names of the organisers and also enquired about a past activist of the HJS who is inactive these days. (Police keeping track of the present as well as the past activists of the HJS. Do they keep such detailed information about the people engaged in Islamic terrorism ? – Editor SP)

Naukri.com again denigrates Lord Vishnu through Advertisement - Hindu Deities | hindujagruti.org

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    • Details of Denigration by Naukri.com


      Again the stupid advertisement of Naukri.com is on on popular TV channels. It was stopped last time and invisible for about year. It describes meaning of HARI as "Hitler" and all other letters as abuse. God name HARI is honourable to all of us and this naukri.com is abusing same .

      An advertisement by www.naukri.com, job seeker's portal has used the name 'Hari Sadu' and deformed 'Hari' with bad words. The advertisement shows a person spelling out the name 'H-A-R-I' on the phone as: 'H' for Hitler, 'A' for Arrogant, 'R' for Rascal, 'I' for Idiot.
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Shadow Warrior:

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    • to

      paul beckett
      bureau chief
      wsj, delhi
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    • dear sir:

      i read your well-written article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124840931940378415.html on the sad lack of charitable giving in india.
    • "hindu rate of growth"? this was a racist and insulting term coined by a communist, raj krishna, for whom this is his 15-min -- and sole -- claim to fame.

      as a paper that does not believe in equal-opportunity denigration of religions, you should stop using this horrible term forthwith. after all, i have read your paper for decades, and i have never seen you refer to pakistan's or somalia's growth rate as the "islamic rate of growth", or rwanda's or haiti's as "the christian rate of growth".
    • and we have good reason to believe (see angus maddison) that the historical and actual "hindu rate of growth" was the highest in the world -- after all, india was the richest country in the world till around 1700.
    • once again, let me request you to abjure the offensive phrase "hindu rate of growth" in your writing. it is demeaning, it is not historically accurate, and it is racist.

      thank you

      rajeev srinivasan
      management consultant and op-ed writer (rediff.com, new indian express, the pioneer, mint)

The Pioneer > Online Edition : >> Cowards in a nation of braves

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    • Kargil war veteran Baldev Singh was shot dead and robbed by three men in Bhajanpura, North-east District of Delhi. He was carrying Rs 8.45 lakh. The incident occurred around 10 am barely 50 metres from a police picket — reportedly manned by two personnel...”
    • The murder of an Army veteran, a man who fought in the last war we faced, in, as media is fond of describing, broad daylight, a short distance from a police picket where two worthies in khaki were reportedly on duty. The police claim to have ‘cracked’ the case; four men have been arrested; the story has been duly published; and, that is the last we shall ever hear of this murder.
    • We have an annual ceremony to honour the unknown soldier at Amar Jawan Jyoti, the memorial at India Gate, and that’s about all. We do not celebrate our spectacular military victory in 1971 lest Pakistanis are offended and reminded of Mrs Indira Gandhi’s audacious decision to rend asunder Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s “moth-eaten Pakistan” and deliver Bangladeshis from the rapacious tyranny of West Pakistan. There’s a sneaking suspicion that December 16 is studiously ignored by our politicians (including, and it must be noted, those of the BJP) because the observance of Victory Day could ‘hurt’ Islamist sentiments at home.
    • So, it is not entirely surprising that the Government should also ignore Vijay Diwas — July 26 — the day a defeated, devastated and demoralised Pakistani Army turned tail and fled from the heights of Kargil, more precisely, the few remaining bunkers in its control, leaving its dead to rot in the rocky wilderness of Drass, Kaksar and Mashkoh Valley.
    • tragically, they ran out of ammunition. Before they could send out an SOS (there have been suggestions that their communications equipment failed to work)
    • For the 20-odd days that Captain Kalia and his men were alive, they were brutally tortured in captivity — their mutilated bodies bore the evidence of chilling inhumanity: Ear drums pierced with hot iron rods, eyeballs carved out with knives, genitals chopped off, every bone broken and splintered. And, after all this, they were shot in the head. No apology was offered, none was sought!

US: Teen helps treat over 2 lakh patients in India: Rediff.com news

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    • In the last five years, Pratyusha Yalamanchi, 18, has helped provide treatment to more than 290,000 dental patients in Andhra Pradesh.

      A high school graduate from the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, she founded Dental HygIndia, partnering with Dr Kadiyala Rajendra, a dentist in Andhra Pradesh, at the age of 13, after she saw the sorry state of dental hygiene among villagers in India during a trip.

    • Pratyusha, her award programme profile noted, 'has a passion for making a difference locally and globally.' She is also 'an exceptional student and leader; receiving a perfect score on her Scholastic Aptitude Test, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average, and serving as her senior class' co-president.'

      Pratyusha did not win the award. "Another very deserving teen was selected," she said.

    • She also teaches SAT prep courses and the money she earns goes to Dental HygIndia (www.dentalhygindia.org).
    • She was accepted to many universities, and has decided on Harvard.

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    • कस्बे में शुक्रवार रात्रि गौवंश की मौत से शनिवार को तनाव फैल गया। विभिन्न संगठनों के कार्यकर्ता पीलीबंगा-सूरतगढ़ मार्ग पर एकत्रित हो गए। बाद में लोगों ने चक्काजाम कर दिया। मौके पर पुलिस के साथ आक्रोशित लोगों की तकरार हो गई।



      व्यापार मंडल, शिक्षण समिति, विश्व हिंदू परिषद, बजरंग दल तथा कस्बे के विभिन्न सामाजिक व धार्मिक संगठनों के कार्यकर्ता मौके पर पहुंचे और पुलिस प्रशासन के खिलाफ नारेबाजी की। थाना प्रभारी गोविंदराम मेघवाल व एएसआई बनवारीलाल सिहाग मौके पर पहुंचे।



      लोगों ने गौवंश की मौत के लिए दोषी लोगों को गिरफ्तार करने की मांग की तो थाना प्रभारी ने गौवंश की हत्या न मानकर दुर्घटना होना बताया। इससे लोगों का आक्रोश फूट गया।

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Maoist recalls final moments of Laxmanananda, claims cops fled

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    • Bhubaneswar
    • Reconstructing the final moments of the killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati and his four associates in Kandhamal’s Jalespeta ashram in August 2008, Orissa police said that a Maoist who surrendered this week claimed there were four policemen at the ashram but they fled when the Maoists announced that they had come looking for the Swami.
    • The Swami’s murder, according to the Maoist, had been planned days in advance by Sabyasachi Panda, head of Orissa State Committee of the CPI (Maoist).

      “Other than the six who took part in the killing, there were several who were entrusted with blocking roads and providing logistics. A few days before the murder, some of the Maoists did a reconnaissance of the area. The cadres also had an ambush plan if they came across police,” Singh said.

    • Brekwada told police there was no transparency in the organization. “We were all brainwashed into believing that life in the jungles would be great. But we found it to be the opposite. Besides, leaders from Andhra Pradesh had the final say on everything though we did all the work,” he said.

The Hindu : Front Page : Mob attacks newspaper office in Gulbarga; three seriously injured

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    • Circulation manager of the newspaper Vilas Deshpande who was injured in the attack.
    • Violence: Superintendent of Police Padmanayan inspecting the damage in the office of Samyukta Karnataka in Gulbarga on Friday.
    • GULBARGA
    • A group of Muslims on Friday attacked the office of the Kannada daily Samyukta Karnataka here and assaulted the staff. Three employees of the newspaper were severely injured. The assailants were protesting against a report on the head of a local dargah.

      The daily’s circulation manager Vilas Deshpande, who suffered serious head injuries, has been admitted to the Government General Hospital, and his condition stated to be serious.

      Executive Editor of the newspaper Srikantacharya Mannur, who was an eyewitness to the incident, said that about 15 persons shouting slogans against the newspapers started assaulting the staff in the front office where the circulation and advertisement departments functioned.

    • In a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, the signatories said: “The newspaper had published indecent allegations and used vulgar words against the Honorable Shaikh Tajuddin Junaidi, Sajjada Nasheen of the Dargah of famous saint Sirajuddin Junaidi, who is known as Shaik-e-Deccan.”

HC reverses order on UP Muslims not being minorities - India - NEWS - The Times of India

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    • ALLAHABAD
    • The Allahabad high court on Friday quashed the judgment delivered by a single judge of the same HC on April 5, 2007, holding that Muslims in Uttar Pradesh were not a religious minority.

      Delivering this long-awaited verdict, a division bench of the high court held that Muslims were a ‘‘minority’’ by a notification dated October 23, 1993, and that nobody challenged either the validity of any provision of the National Minorities Commission Act (1992) or the said notification issued under Section 2(c) of the said Act notifying Muslims.

Udupi: Implementation of Ban Order On Cow Slaughter Urged - D A I J I W O R L D

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    • Sri Rama Sene on Friday July 24 has demanded immediate implementation of the ban order on the cow slaughter in the state.
    • Udupi

'Clinton distancing from Obama' - Rediff.com

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    • Claiming that differences have emerged between United States President Barack Obama [ Images ] and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [ Images ] on foreign policy issues, an American magazine on Friday suggested that Hillary Clinton's trip to India and Thailand has been her way to distance herself from the White House.

      "The trip to India and Thailand, in one sense, is Clinton's way of literally and figuratively distancing herself from Obama, her way of letting us know she has better policies for dealing with Beijing [ Images ]," wrote Forbes columnists Gordon G Chang.

      Author of the book The Coming Collapse of China, Gordon said that during her recent visit to India, Clinton devoted most of her time to relationship-building events.

      "Clinton's concept of siding with another large democracy seems much more attractive -- and sustainable," he wrote, adding most important, the US and India share values.

Who says RSS is a dying institution?: Rediff.com news

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    • Rashtriya Seva Bharati compiles and publishes a report of Seva karya growth after every 5 years. The report is called 'Seva Disha'. Started in 1995 with the cooperation of Seva Vardhini of Pune, this report has previously been published in 1997 and 2004.

      According to the press release of RSS, along with Rashtriya Seva Bharati, the social service projects and institutions inspired by the organisations Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bharat Vikas Parishad, Rashtra Sevika Samiti, Vidya Bharati, Deen dayal Shodh Sansthan, and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad are also growing.

    • This year, 10,479 Swayamsevaks from 6,982 places participated as trainees in the 'Pratham Varsha' (first year) Sangh Shiksha Varg, which is a part of a three year course.

      2,581 Swayamsevaks participated in the 'Dwitiya Varsha' (second year training), while 973 Swayamsevaks completed the 'Trutiya Varsha' (third year) training. Every year, the Swayamsevaks who have completed the initial training of the Sangh called 'Prathamik Shiksha Varg', are eligible to participate in these 20 days residential course.