Ahmedabad: Just before the Gujarat elections, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) - the sister organisation of the ruling BJP, which is part of the Sangh Parivar - has raised its voice against Chief Minister Narendra Modi government's handling of the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases. The Gujarat government recently approached the high court to enhance the punishment of 27 riot convicts from life imprisonment to death penalty. Terming it as an "anti-Hindu"...
05:57 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Washington: Five Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" topped by four US companies. Larsen & Toubro with an annual sales growth of 19 per cent is ranked ninth in the world followed by Hindustan Unilever (12) with 11.4 per cent. Infosys (19) comes third with 12.7 per cent growth thanks to what the US...
10:06 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Ahmedabad: Ten years on, Abdul Sheikh can still hardly believe that the doctor who had performed an ultrasound scan on his pregnant wife turned out to be a ringleader in the orgy of violence that killed both the mother and her unborn child. "I remember hearing the commotion and I rushed out to find Dr Kodnani inciting a mob of thousands, screaming 'kill those bastards!'," said Sheikh, one of the...
08:45 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Lucknow: Muslim religious leaders have now come forward to extend a helping hand to sadhus and seers who are campaigning for conservation of River Ganga. Maulana Saeedur Rehman, principal of Centre of Islamic studies, said that it is well known that Ganga is associated with the faith of Hindus but it is not any less important for Muslims. Terming the drive to clean the river as a "holy campaign", Rehman...
12:50 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Mangalore: Right wing vigilantes accusing a youth of sexual harassment, assaulted him in Alankaru in Puttur taluk and handed him over to Kadaba police on Thursday. Police sources said that members of Hindu Jagaran Vedike, which was involved in violent attacks at a Mangalore homestay, had assaulted 25-year-old Rasheed of Uppinangady after keeping 'an eye on him' for three days. Rasheed works as a bus driver at Arafa school in...
08:51 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Madurai: More than 15 years after the Melavalavu massacre took place in which dalit panchayat president Murugesan and five others were killed by caste Hindus, Murugesans son on Sunday allegedly stabbed the caste Hindu president of the panchayat in a purported revenge attack. On Sunday evening, when Vijayaraghavan, the caste Hindu president of the Melavalavu village panchayat, was travelling on his motorcycle, a youth stopped him asking for a lift....
12:42 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Kottayam: Making a stratagem move to consolidate its position like in a game of chess, the Nair Service Society (NSS) has withdrawn the writ petition filed in the Supreme Court against hiking the creamy layer cap. Although, the move will push them one step ahead for the expected greater alliance of majority communities, it could be a back-pedalling for the NSS as far as its proclaimed stance on reservation issues...
12:02 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: As sequels to movies like 'Aashiqui' and 'Ghayal' are underway, actress Karisma Kapoor believes that among her old films, the storyline of 'Raja Hindustani' has scope to be taken forward. In the 1996 film, Karisma played Aarti, a rich but simple girl, who falls in love with Raja, a local taxi driver. "Sometimes I always think with 'Raja Hindustani', you would want to know what happened between Raja and...
05:16 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Mumbai: If her fans are eagerly awaiting for Kareena Kapoor's marriage, Karisma Kapoor is equally excited about her sister's wedding, set to take place some time this year. Asked about Saif Ali Khan and Kareena's wedding dates, Karisma said: "I feel you should ask this to Kareena. She will get busy with the promotions of 'Heroine' soon, so you all can catch hold of her. "All I can say is,...
03:42 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: By invoking provisions of Article 142, the dissolution of marriage through mutual consent can be permitted before the cooling period of six months under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Supreme Court has said. "We are of the opinion that in appropriate cases invocation of such power would not be unjustified and may even prove to be necessary," said the apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice...
03:58 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Patna: A visiting Pakistani parliamentary delegation on Saturday rubbished reports of atrocities against Hindus living there and said the propaganda in this regard was far from truth. "The reports about atrocities against the Hindus in Pakistan is a myth... The facts about the status of minorities in Pakistan are far from reality," Leader of the House in Senate Jahangir Badar told reporters. He claimed most of the minority community members...
09:21 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: India has expressed its "serious concern" to Pakistan over abduction, forced conversion and marriage of Hindu girls against their will to Muslim men in that country. A demarche was made to Pakistan in this regard on May 8 to convey India's expectation that the government of Pakistan will look after the well-being of its minority communities and discharge its responsibilities in that regard. Minister of State for External...
10:16 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Koraput: Six employees were seriously injured when a fire broke out in a plant of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) at Sunabeda in Odisha's Koraput district on Saturday. The fire broke out in the compressor shop of the high-security plant, Manager (Industrial Relations) of the HAL unit, SK Rout said. He said all the six injured persons were shifted to a hospital in Vishakapatnam with burn injuries and now all...
05:21 PM, Aug 18, 2012
New Delhi: With growing concern over the plight of several hundred Pakistani Hindus coming to India, the government on Thursday said it was willing to grant long-term visas to those who want to stay back in the country. Around 250 Pakistani Hindus recently moved to India after promising Pakistani authorities there that they will return after their pilgrimage. Many of them have complained of ill-treatment and persecution in Pakistan, a...
01:23 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Mumbai: In a major achievement, a Mumbai woman became the first India to have successfully got her lung transplanted. Bed ridden for almost all of last year, Jayashree Mehta's lungs had thickened so much that she needed nine litre of external oxygen supply in a day. "It was very difficult. I couldn't go out. My husband use to take me in the car to the beach and everywhere but with...
11:52 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Amritsar: After a recent spate of attacks on Hindus in Pakistan, several families have made their way across the Wagah Border into India. They say they are afraid of going back. Those who have crossed over say there are hundreds of others who are also waiting to escape. Mukesh Ahuja had a flourishing business in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. He never thought the day would come when he would have to...
08:49 AM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: India has been taken by surprise by the recent development of a large number of Pakistani Hindus declaring their wish to stay on its soil after crossing over and will look into the issue. Government sources said on Tuesday that Hindus from Pakistan who are visiting India for pilgrimage were given visas like any other Pakistani nationals, and the developments that followed were somewhat unexpected. "This comes unexpectedly...
09:16 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mangalore: From an outsiders point of view, Mangalore with its booming economy looks like any other cosmopolitan city in the making. However, behind this facade is a deep divide within the society which is leading to frequent frictions that some call attack on individuals freedom; while others describe it as an attempt to protect Hindu culture. Not everyone here condemns the July 28 raid on Morning Mist homestay, although they...
11:44 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday demanded the government rehabilitate the Hindus who have arrived in India from Pakistan. Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad said the situation was similar to in 1947 when refugees had fled from both parts of divided India after the Partition. "The Hindu refugees have come here because they have been persecuted. Specially, women were under serious threat,"...
03:20 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Attari: The third batch of Hindu families from Pakistan on Monday crossed over, with members claiming that minority communities were living in oppressive conditions there and urged the Indian government to facilitate immigration of Hindus and Sikhs. Over 250 Hindus belonging to Balochistan and Sindh provinces, where the community has been the target of extortions, kidnapping and forced conversions, have crossed over to India since August 10 amid reports of...
01:41 AM, Aug 14, 2012
