LONDON: India has demanded an apology from the BBC over its presenter Jeremy Clarkson mocking Indian culture during a Christmas special programme while driving around the country, calling it a “breach” of agreement. Clarkson, one of the highest paid BBC presenters known for his controversial comments, presented the Top Gear programme, which since its broadcast prompted […]
Year: 2012
BHOPAL, MP Jan 12: Despite stiff opposition to the ‘Surya Namaskar’ exercise, a record number of 50 lakh students across Madhya Pradesh today took part in it, with state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan leading from the front. The School Education Department has made elaborate arrangements for ensuring grand presence in the event […]
Following the fatwa or decree against the Indian yogic Surya Namaskar in Madhya Pradesh, here is a track down on seemingly strange and nonsensicalfatwas. Fatwa 1: against Muslims joining BJP Election scenario 2009, with Varun Gandhi’s controversial speech in the background, a communal event was organized by congress on 15 March, 2009 in […]
Bhopal: As Madhya Pradesh government tries to create a world record on Thursday with thousands of students performing the yogic ‘Surya Namaskar’ exercise, Muslim leaders have equated it with idol worship and issued a fatwa against it. Leaders of the minority community have termed the move as un-Islamic and equated it […]
Bangalore January 11: Spiritual and religious leaders from across the State have came forward to join hands to support anti-alcohol drive of the Karnataka State Temperance Board (KSTB). A two-day round table conference has began in Bangalore today in association with Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, National Service Scheme and Karnataka State […]
BHELUPUR (BUXAR): It was an emotional ‘pilgrimage’ for Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to her ancestral village Bhelupur. She tried to fight back her tears but failed. As tears rolled down her cheeks, the ‘granddaughter of the soil’ entered her ancestral home and hugged women relatives in this remote and dusty village […]
JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlotabruptly left a session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas here on Monday after he found a gathering of NRIs cheering Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for his barbs at Congress leaders and UPA. Modi was his usual self, hitting out at UPA for its “step-motherly treatment” of Gujarat, and the audience lapped […]
Bijapur, Karnataka: Speedy probe into the case of hoisting of the Pakistan national flag in a small town in the northern Karnataka district of Bijapur on New Year’s night has defused a communal situation that had arisen in the region. The Bijapur police on Wed Referral And Viral Marketing E […]
Year 2012 to 2013 will be celebrated across the world as 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), bornNarendranath Dutta was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansaand the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the […]
In a rare and strange response on a social issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Sing has expressed his government’s deep concern over malnutrition in India. After being in power for 6 decades, the ruling party Congress, was least bothered on these issues, but ahead of polls in 5 states, the ‘Aam-Admi’ […]