भारतवंशी महिला बनी त्रिनिदाद की PM - indian woman became pm of trinidad - www.bhaskar.com

• भारतवंशी महिला बनी त्रिनिदाद की PM - indian woman became pm of trinidad - www.bhaskar.com

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  • कैरिबियाई देश त्रिनिदाद एवं टोबैगो में कमला परसाद बिशेशर पहली भारतवंशी महिला प्रधानमंत्री बन गई हैं। उनके पूर्वज 19वीं सदी में भारत से मजदूर के रूप में यहां आए थे। प्रधानमंत्री पैट्रिक मैनिंग ने अविश्वास प्रस्ताव से खुद को बचाने के लिए मध्यावधि चुनाव करवाए थे, जिनमें उनकी पार्टी नेशनल पीपुल्स मूवमेंट को जनता ने सत्ता से बाहर कर दिया।
    
    सोमवार को घोषित परिणामों में कमला के नेतृत्व वाले गठबंधन पीपुल्स पार्टनरशिप को 41 में से 29 सीटें मिलीं। प्रधानमंत्री मैनिंग ने हार मान ली है वे 2002 से प्रधानमंत्री थे। इसके साथ ही उनकी पार्टी का 43 साल पुराना राज खत्म हो गया है। कमला परसाद बिशेशर को राष्ट्रपति जॉर्ज मैक्सवेल रिचर्डस मंगलवार शाम (भारतीय समयानुसार बुधवार) को प्रधानमंत्री पद की शपथ दिलाएंगे।
    
    कमला कट्टर हिंदू हैं और वे त्रिनिदाद एवं टोबैगो की पहली महिला अटार्नी जनरल रह चुकी हैं। उनका जन्म इसी देश के सिपारिया में 22 अप्रैल 1952 को हुआ था। यहां से वे 15 साल सांसद रहीं। इनकी पार्टी यूनाइटेड नेशनल कांग्रेस गठबंधन के रूप में 2000 में सत्ता में आई थी, जिसमें वे शिक्षा मंत्री थीं। अप्रैल 2006 में पार्टी सत्ता से बाहर हुई और वे विपक्ष की नेता चुनी गईं। इस साल 24 जनवरी को उन्हें पार्टी के संस्थापक बासदेव पांडे की जगह अध्यक्ष चुना गया।
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RSS wants Sanskrit registered in census - dnaindia.com

• RSS wants Sanskrit registered in census - dnaindia.com

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  • Kiran Tare / DNA
  • After opposing the caste based census, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) now wants citizens to voluntarily register Sanskrit as their second language in the census.

  • The RSS feels that if people register the language, the final census data would reflect higher literacy of Sanskrit, which will force the government to take measures to preserve the language.

    “According to the last census, only 14,135 people knew Sanskrit and the language ranked 118 among all Indian languages. The result was that the government listed Sanskrit as an in-danger language like Arabi and Pharsi,” said Shirish Deopujari, an official of Sanskrit Bharati, a wing of the RSS.

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    Emphasising the importance of the language, Deopujari said that whoever speaks an Indian language knows at least 50 per cent Sanskrit words as Sanskrit is the mother of most languages.

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No Lord's land for Vedanta: VHP - Express India

• No Lord's land for Vedanta: VHP - Express India

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  • Rourkela
  • Vowing not to give an 'inch of land belonging to Lord Jagannath of Puri' for the proposed Vedanta University in Orissa, VHP International Secretary General Pravin Bhai Togadia on Wednesday said his outfit would fight tooth and nail to protect the "land of Lord."
  
  • Stating Vedanta has taken up the project to have an university in Orissa which is funded by a foreign agency run by church, the VHP leader charged "the agency wants to set up Vedanta University in our country to fulfill their agenda but Naveen Patnaik should not play into their hands."

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Right-wing outfit, aided by engineering student, used Google to plan Goa bombings- Hindustan Times

• Right-wing outfit, aided by engineering student, used Google to plan Goa bombings- Hindustan Times

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  • Members of the Hindu right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha (SS), accused of carrying out the 2009 Diwali eve blast in Goa, 'Googled' circuit diagrams from the Internet and later used them to build improvised explosive devices (IED), officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said.

    “In furtherance of the said conspiracy, accused Dhananjay Ashtekar downloaded circuit diagrams using the internet (Google search),” NIA officials mentioned in their chargesheet that was submitted to a local court last week.

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12-yr-old installs idol in temple, creates history | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-05-24

• 12-yr-old installs idol in temple, creates history | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-05-24

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  • Breaking centuries-old right traditionally held by male priests, a
    12-year-old girl in Kerala has installed the idol of goddess Durga in a temple near here.
    The girl, Jyotsna, performed the idol installation rites — known in local parlance as 'prathishta karmam' — on Sunday at Painknnikkavu Bhadhrakali temple with full support and blessings of senior members of her family. As per temple traditions followed by Kerala for centuries, only a few Namboodiri (a caste) families have the right to install idols in new or renovated temples and they are known as 'thanthris' (traditional high priests).

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