Moscow: Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by them as "extremist literature". Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk argue that the Russian translation of "Bhagvad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers, an issue which...
05:43 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: A day after a Russian court rejected the petition to ban Bhagvad Gita, Government on Thursday said its observation that the petitioner has not gone through the original text of the holy scripture has been vindicated. "Yesterday, I received information from the Foreign Secretary that the higher court, in which the case was being heard, have rejected the petition and clearly demonstrated that even those who filed the...
06:14 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: A Siberian court will hear on Wednesday the petition from a group connected to the Christian Orthodox Church, seeking to declare the Bhagvad Gita an "extremist text". India on Tuesday conveyed to Russia its concerns over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagavad Gita and asked it to help resolve the matter. Ahead of the court hearing in Tomsk city,...
09:09 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist best known for his 1879 book The Light of Asia that describes the life and times of Gautama Buddha. The book opened the world of Buddhism to Western readers. Arnold arrived in India in 1856 as principal of the Government Sanskrit College at Poona and returned to England in 1861, where he worked with the Daily Telegraph and ater became its...
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11:50 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: India on Tuesday described a complaint about the Bhagvad Gita in Russia as patently absurd. The government also promised Parliament that it was taking the controversy seriously and was closely monitoring the case. But the BJP is not satisfied and has even asked the government to declare the sacred scripture as a national book. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna assured Parliament on Tuesday that India has registered its...
06:27 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna assured Parliament on Tuesday that India has registered its protest to the Russian government on a petition seeking a ban on Bhagvad Gita in a Siberian court. Welcoming Krishna's statement Sushma Swaraj, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Leader of Opposition, said that merely asking the Russian authorities to act in the case was not enough. "The Government should work towards removing the...
12:32 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: Both the Houses of Parliament witnessed uproarious scenes on Tuesday over different issues. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved a privilege motion against Home Minister P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha for speaking on Metropolitan Hotel owner and Sunair Hotels Pvt Ltd Chairman SP Gupta issue outside Parliament, while the House is in session. "Chidamabaram has talked to the media outside when Parliament session is on. Instead of...
11:55 AM, Dec 20, 2011
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