U.S. lawmakers urge Modi to take action on religious violence
2016-02-27
Eight U.S. Senators and 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have raised “grave concerns about the increasing intolerance and violence experienced by members of…religious minority communities,” in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing threats to Christians in Chhattisgarh and vigilantism over beef that has led toContinue Reading
Bharatiya Janata Party wooing Church ahead of polls
2016-01-18
Pathanamthitta: The (BJP) has started avidly wooing various church denominations in Kerala ahead of the Assembly polls. Series of meetings held between the Union Ministers, including the Prime Minister, with church leaders in Kerala amply suggested the BJP’s game-plan in bridging the gap between the party and the church. ‘Building trust’Continue Reading
India won’t tolerate intolerance: Modi
2015-11-12
London: India will never tolerate intolerance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday. “India is committed to protecting every citizen’s freedom,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after being asked about the “growing incidents of intolerance” by the British media. The Prime Minister, who is on a three-day visit toContinue Reading
Kashmir Sikh group protests Granth Sahib’s desecration
2015-10-17
Srinagar: A Sikh group in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday burnt effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protest the alleged desecration of their holy scripture in neighbouring Punjab and sought action against the culprits. Nearly two dozen activists of Sikh group, Gurmat Taksal, J&K, demonstrated here while condemning theContinue Reading
Killing over cow slaughter rumors: Modi breaks silence
2015-10-09
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Not My Idea of India
2015-10-02
Last month, I was reading Nathuram Godse’s statement to the court in his defence of murdering Mahatma Gandhi. The statement published in the form of a book titled ‘Why I killed Gandhi’ had me in a state of shock with Godse’s justification of his intolerance. I was convinced that menContinue Reading
Villagers shave heads to protest delay in land compensation
2015-08-18
Navi Mumbai: Exactly one year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Uran and handed over to five project affected villagers the promissory note of giving them the compensation land under the 12.5% Scheme, several angry villagers shaved off their heads in protest on Sunday as the pending land compensationContinue Reading
Modi’s foreign trips, expenditure in crores and sufferings of the poor
2015-08-14
There are variety of problems that the government needs to address, especially poverty and the increasing number of suicides by farmers who are not able to repay the debts and finding it difficult to meet daily needs. According to the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal (MGD) programme, 270 millions orContinue Reading