“The share of population of religions of Bharatiya origin, which was 88 per cent, has come down to 83.8 per cent, while the Muslim population, which was 9.8 per cent, has increased to 14.23 per cent during the period 1951-2011,” said the RSS resolution.Continue Reading
Organisers of a documentary film festival are unlikely to screen a 21-minute film that deals with “beef-eating practices in Mumbai” during the event starting Friday because the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has refused to exempt it from certification. The documentary, titled Caste on the Menu Card, was the only oneContinue Reading
Amid the campaigning for local body polls in Kerala, contents of a retired archbishop’s memoirs could embarrass both the ruling UDF and Opposition LDF. Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Powathil’s memoirs, which appeared in Kudumbajyothi, monthly magazine of the Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery, say T V Thomas, a former CPI minister, hadContinue Reading
New Delhi: Known as the surrogacy capital of the world, India has announced that it would like to end its practice of allowing foreigners to contract surrogate pregnancies. “The government does not support commercial surrogacy and also the scope of surrogacy is limited to Indian married infertile couples only andContinue Reading
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday once again called for preserving the multiplicity and pluralistic character of the country and said India has thrived due to its power of assimilation and tolerance. The President, who had on a number of occasions spoken against growing intolerance in the last three weeks, wasContinue Reading
Romila Thapar is one of the most celebrated historians of India known for her scholarship and academic integrity; there are few in the country who can challenge her expertise and her objectivity. A few days ago, this 83-year old scholar was invited to deliver a lecture in Mumbai entitled ‘IndianContinue Reading
New Delhi: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Saturday expressed concerns that there is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India and said the governments should bring back the sense of confidence in them “I am not a politician, I am not interested in politics, therefore, I don’tContinue Reading
Malappuram: Aligarh Muslim University’s Malappuram Centre in Kerala has become India’s university to get complete Wi-Fi. The launch of the project under Digital India 2020 mission took place on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, one of the founders of the university, twocircles.net reported onContinue Reading
Chandigarh: A day after Times of India reported about an article in a monthly magazine of Haryana education department which said that beef is one of the best dietary sources of iron, the Manohar Lal Khattar government on Thursday sacked the editor of the magazine. State education minister Ram BilasContinue Reading
Sangma was kidnapped on TuesdayContinue Reading
