Idaho Senate to open with its 1st Hindu prayer
Idaho Senate, upper house in the State Legislature, will start its day with ancient Hindu mantras on March third, said to be a first since Idaho acquired statehood in 1890. This reportedly historic invocation will contain verses from Rig-Veda; the...
Pachauri steps down as IPCC chair after sexual harassment allegation
After facing allegations of sexual harassment, Dr Rajendra K Pachauri has stepped down as Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with effect from Tuesday. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) also announced that Dr Pachauri, who...
Devendra Fadnavis clears probe against Bhujbal
Mumbai/Nagpur: Former public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal seems to be in a fresh trouble after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday approved a crucial Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) proposal for an open probe into his assets. Fadnavis confirmed to media that he...
Land Acquisition Bill : Shiv Sena Boycotts NDA Meeting on bill
BJP on Tuesday refuted the charge that the Land Acquisition Bill brought by the Narendra Modi government was "anti-farmer" and claimed that "long-term interests" of the agriculturists had been kept in mind while preparing the draft. "Opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool,...
Can we expect much from the budget ?
Now Kejriwal too stands up for Mother Teresa
When RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat made the statement at a function about Mother Teresa doing social work only for the cause of Christianity and converting .people to Christianity he could not have guessed the can of worms he was opening. The...
Looking for Rahul Gandhi. Last known post – VP of INC.
With the crucial budget session commencing yesterday and Opposition parties gearing up to being proactive inside Parliament and outside in Delhi, V.P. and crown prince of Congress Rahul has disappeared from the scene. The word given out officially is that...
Controversial Land Acquisition Bill in Lok Sabha today, Opposition demands debate
PM Modi's government will introduce the land acquisition amendment bill 2015 to replace the contentious ordinance in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, in a move that is expected to trigger protests among the Opposition once again. The Opposition has remained firm...
With polls just five months away, Nitish becomes CM of Bihar for 4th time
Bihar in the days ahead, is going to point the way to how politics is going to be played in the most influential Northern states where the PMs of India are decided. With 'Chanakya' Nitish back in the driver's seat...
No marriage, but PDP-BJP inching towards live-in relationship in J&K
The unlikely affair in the valley this spring is getting cosier and may soon culminate in a formal arrangement that is likely to be more a live in than a love marriage. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is likely to return...
In season of Second Chances Nitish to return to Patna as CM of Bihar
On the heels of Kejriwal's tumultuous come back in Delhi, we have another thorn in BJP's flesh, former ally Nitish Kumar resuming his position as CM in Bihar, a seat he gave up almost impulsively as a reaction to...
Hindus urge Pope to discipline N. Ireland priest who linked yoga to Satan
Hindus are urging His Holiness Pope Francis to discipline a Northern Ireland Catholic priest who reportedly linked yoga to Satan. Father Reverend Roland Colhoun, a priest at Waterside Parish of Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry in Northern Ireland, as reported by...
Obama first pricks India and now hails Modi’s word on equal respect to all religions
US President Barack Obama, who had pricked India during his recent trip by underscoring that India's success depended on the nation not being 'splintered along the lines of religious faith', has issued a statement welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
Bombshell: Journalist Santanu Saikia, arrested in Petrogate, shouts “it is Rs 10,000 crore scam
Dropping a bombshell, journalist Santanu Saikia, arrested in Petrogate (Corporate espionage case), shouted in pitched voice it's a Rs 10,000 crore scam. Saikia made the dramatic admission while going out of the Delhi Police Crime Branch office. “Quote me, I was...
Nitish Kumar does a Kejriwal, apologises for quitting post; to be sworn-in on Sunday
Anticipating a landslide victory in the Assembly elections later this year, Nitish Kumar, who is set to return as Chief Minister of Bihar, did a Kejriwal and profusely apologized for his decision to quit office last year. "With folded hands,...
Oppn’s line falls flat, PM Modi’s pinstripe suit not worth Rs 10 lakh, it is Rs.4.31 crore
National. The Opposition criticism and the hours of debate on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suit with his name woven into it in gold pinstripes have fallen flat. The suit is not worth “Rs 10 lakh” as Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi...
75-year old TERI chief Pachauri booked on charges of sexual harassment
The Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has found himself in troubled waters when a 29-year-old woman researcher has accused him of sexually harassing her. Subsequently, Delhi police have filed First Information Report (FIR) against...
Gangrape of Nigerian woman tourist in moving car in Delhi
New Delhi. Some places seem to be just so haunted that the same crime happens there again and again despite all the outcry against it in the world. Over two years ago, this crime happening in a running bus had shaken Delhi....
‘Jitan’ Ram Manjhi resigns as Bihar CM after convening assembly
'Jitan' means the victorious one in Hindi - sadly, the nine month old as Bihar CM, Jitan Ram Manjhi could not live upto his name. Manjhi developed cold feet after he had asked Bihar Governor to convene state assembly...
We are getting impatient – Indian Industry tells Modi
Diamond trader from Bhavnagar bids Rs 1.40 crores for PM Modi’s Bandgala suit
Gujarat. The much talked about auction of the Bandgala monogrammed pinstripe suit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in Surat (Gujarat) on February 18, 2015 and is said to be on for three days (i.e. February 20, 2015). At the...
