'You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'
'Hindus have fought for almost 500 years for the land and today our dream has been realised.'
The latest petitions have been filed by Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Samiti and one Farooq Ahmed challenging the high court judgement, which the apex court had dubbed as "strange" as none of the parties had demanded partition of the land.
The finance minister is ready to present a second financial package. The Centre has ruled out a mega stimulus and will rely on targeted, incremental packages. Industry is clamouring for a bailout, the liquidity upheaval in capital markets is nowhere close to being sorted out, and all budgetary forecasts now stand irrelevant, reports Arup Roychoudhury.
Stampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 1,000 lives in the last 10 years in the country.
Divya Nair speaks to an Indian teenager who skied across Greenland to raise funds for an institution for leprosy patients' daughters.
For former head of the University Grants Commission, Yash Pal, students scoring 100 per cent should be given negative marking.
Nilanshu Chaturvedi polled 66,810 votes, while Bharatiya Janata Party rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi got 52,677 votes.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that 'Bhatija (nephew) and company' had swindled central funds sent for Amphan relief and said that probe will be ordered into it and culprits will be booked after the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in West Bengal.
Belying all expectations, the Trinamool Congress registreted a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly elections, overcoming the might of the Bharatiya Janata Party after a bitter campaign that had turned into a virtual duel between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Simply put, the fight against corruption in India cannot be left to an institution manned by a handful of officers from the government despite a Lok Pal of impeachable integrity.
After the towering DU cut offs, it was time for Mumbai students to battle its share of anxiousness and surprises as Mumbai colleges declared its second merit list on June 23.
Get Ahead reader Bienu Vaghela describes her admission ordeal in response to our reader invite on admission nightmares.
The man also went live on Facebook five times from the protest site and the cover picture of his profile showed him holding a sword.
'The power of love is the greatest power in the world.' 'Add a smile and you can conquer the world,' Bengali actor June Maliah, the Trinamool Congress's candidate for the Medinipur constituency, tells Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com.
The inclination towards this field was natural for 22-year-old Sanjhi Agrawal, an alumnus of Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer.
'While we may speculate about personality politics, the reality is that there are more important issues that drive the India-US relationship.'
'These villages have never seen a communal dispute, let alone communal violence.' 'Are attempts to create a communal divide acceptable to the MP administration?'
Sibal's statement is significant in the light of the fact that the Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010, was tabled in the Lok Sabha two weeks back.
The oath taking took place as the House witnessed a virtual slogan-shouting contest between treasury and opposition benches.
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
'The fight was against those who were being immoral. Not once was there any directive from me or anyone to beat up women,' says Pramod Muthalik, the man behind the shameful Mangalore pub attack incident
Right-wing organisation Shri Ram Sene has called for a Karnataka bandh on Saturday to protest the humiliation faced by its chief Pramod Muthalik recently.The situation in Mysore and Mangalore remained tense on Friday as Sene workers allegedly indulged in violent activities.Sene activists also reportedly disrupted the screening of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name is Khan at a cinema hall in Mysore. The police immediately swung into action, but the screening film was halted.
Shri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik faced a major embarassment when some youth alleged to be youth congress workers smeared his face with charcoal at a public function in Bengaluru on Thursday.
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
Munna Master, who has been singing bhajans for 30 years, earnestly believes the Padma Shri is a result of his devotion to gau mata.
The Shri Ram Sena has called off its proposed protests against Valentine's Day protests in Bengaluru. Sena founder Pramod Muthalik said that the decision to call off the protests was taken after they received specific information that some miscreants were planning to disrupt peace.
'The signals were clear. December 6 would not witness another show of "Hindu" strength staged periodically in Ayodhya. Something grave was afoot.' Radhika Ramaseshan's personal recollection of the events of December 6, 1992.
Talking to reporters in Pune, Swami Govind Devgiri Maharaj also said all chief ministers must be invited for the ceremony. "The PM has agreed to come to Ayodhya on August 5 for the 'bhoomi pujan' of Ram temple. He will be there for one-and-a-half hours.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi on Wednesday said all statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati would be replaced with those of Lord Ram once the party regains power in the state.
Around 10 hoardings have been put up near the disputed land which says that Muslims want the construction of the Ram Mandir
Valentines Day in Karnataka passed off peacefully with no untoward incident being reported thanks to the fact that there were more policemen wandering the streets compared to the lovers. Celebrations were subtle across the state due to the threat by the Shri Ram Sena.
A three member team of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad arrived in Mangalore to interrogate Shri Ram Sena founder Pramod Muthalik in connection with the Malegaon blast case. The ATS is in Mangalore to interrogate Muthalik who was sent to a day's police custody.
U R Ananthamurthy, one of India's greatest writers and a leading figure in contemporary Kannada literature, is 'saddened and disgusted' by the moral policing in his beloved state. Moral policing is a parental duty, he says, not a governmental one.
Pramila Nesargi, senior advocate and former chairperson of the State Women's Commission, terms the attacks as 'horrific', but feels that the issue is being blown out of proportion. In an interview with rediff.com, Nesargi stated that the law should be allowed to take its own course in this case.
"The Karnataka government has already initiated strong action against the unacceptable act of hooliganism that took place in Mangalore. The BJP condemns the incident in totality," BJP President Rajnath Singh told media persons in Bangalore.
The gift is a special reproduction of the original research proposal she submitted for fellowship at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla in May 1986.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the Dussehra celebrations at Ram Leela maidan in Dwarka and in his address said that India is a land of festivals and that every festival brings our society together. He also urged people to take up and fulfill one mission that would benefit the country.
Mamata said the saffron party could not build even a small Ram temple in the last five years.
Sacked National Commission for Women member Nirmala Venkatesh on Monday defended her controversial report on the Mangalore pub attack, saying she had the power to take suo motu action being a member of the commission.
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