July 20, 2018 Sabarimala temple board’s condition making it mandatory for Lord Ayyappa devotees to observe 41-day abstinence before undertaking the pilgrimage was impossible and was aimed at justifying the age restriction on female devotees, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. “This is imposition of an impossible condition that one has to observe a 41-day […]
July 20, 2018 Swami Agnivesh, who faced the people’s wrath for denigrating Hindu deities and insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has found a global sympathiser in World Council of Churches (WCC) that condemned the attack on this ‘renowned social activist’ in India. Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the General Secretary of the WCC, a Geneva […]
July 18, 2018 Tagging a woman’s right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple with her menstrual cycle is unreasonable, the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench observed on Wednesday. The Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked whether the exclusion of women aged between 10 and 50 from entering a temple because they are […]
July 18, 2018 After a severe crackdown by the state machinery, it is now being alleged that Muslim cow smugglers are using Hindu religious symbols to protect themselves from getting caught while being involved in criminal activities like cow smuggling and slaughtering. As reported by Patrika, two Muslim youth from Meerut have been arrested smuggling […]
July 18, 2018 Self-proclaimed spiritual and social activist ‘Swami’ Agnivesh was yesterday assaulted by a mob while on a visit to Pakur district of Jharkhand. The entire cabal has come out blaming the BJP for this assault without any substantive proof. State BJP spokesperson P Shahdeo denied involvement of his party men in the incident. […]
July 18, 2018 Amid protests against him over his ‘Hindu Pakistan’ remark, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor lashed out at the protestors asking them if they want to start a ‘Taliban in Hinduism’. “They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like […]
July 15, 2018 For thousands of years, India had been constantly ravaged by invaders who at times had been keen on uprooting the entire popular culture prevalent in this part of the world. Even before Muslims had invaded India, for thousands of years the Kushans, the Huns, the Greeks and many more had been invading […]
July 12, 2018 Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Thursday backed the proposal of opening Sharia courts in the country and said that “each community has a right to practice its own personal law”, ANI reported. “People are confusing social practices with legal system. Our law recognizes that each community can have own rules. Personal law […]
July 11, 2018 A major controversy erupted in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar after food packets distributed at anganwadi centres mentioned use of beef and pork. Supplementary nutrition food packets are distributed monthly at anganwadi centres for malnourished children and women. However, the sealed small plastic bags which contained oats, soyabean had “Pepperoni – Made with pork […]
