Category: National

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The idea of AAP now lies in a Delhi model of governance

April 22, 2015, Times of India Editorial Like a long running saas bahu serial, the AAP break up has not been short of intrigue and histrionics. The expulsion of senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan was inevitable once they...

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Seeing Stars in the Daylight – Indian Currents Editorial

Leave Judiciary Alone Dr Suresh Mathew It is never too difficult to deliver justice within the boundaries of the law and Constitution….. There is a need to be cautious against perception-driven verdicts that are often driven by five-star activists.” This...

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Marian statue tied with dog chain, bishops demand action

Agra (Matters India Reporter): Unidentified miscreants broke statues and tied a dog chain to Mother Mary’s neck as they vandalized a Catholic church in Agra, a top tourist spot in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Father Eugene Moon Lazarus,...

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Muslim women set new trends in Kerala

Story By: mattersindia.comKozhikode: K K Fathima Suhra, a middle aged post graduate Muslim woman in Kerala, was busy in shopping for her school going child. Like most of the educated Muslim women in the state, the native of Santhapuram village...

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Bishops’ team meets home minister

Story By: mattersindia.com. New Delhi — A three-member delegation led by Albert D’Souza, Archbishop of Agra and Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. The visiting delegation thanked the...

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11,000 girls in Odisha are mothers before 15: Study

Bhubaneswar(Matters India): The 2011 Census has come up with the shocking disclosure that girls below the age of 15 in Odisha have given birth to babies when they should have been going to school. The exact figure, the data shows, of...

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Shankracharya wants nationwide beef ban

The seer said that with a pro-Hindu government at the centre, this was the right time to enact a law to protect cows. Lucknow (UCAN):  Shankracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati has sought a law on protecting cows and asked Prime Minister Narendra...

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Muslim owner forced to sell property in Hindu locality

Ahmedabad (Matters India): Facing opposition for a year from local residents, backed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a Muslim owner has sold off his property in a Hindu locality in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district. In April 2014, VHP leader Pravin...

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‘Good for Christians if Hindus avoid convent schools’

Goa's Factories and Boilers minister Deepak Dhavalikar and his wife Lata have exhorted Hindu parents against sending their children to convent schools. Panaji(UCAN):  Caitu Silva, a legislator of the ruling alliance in Goa, on Wednesday sarcastically said that if Hindus...

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Sacking of Bhushan by AAP is a Blessing in Disguise

Captain GR Gopinath in Captain's Musings inTimes of India,  April 2, 2015   (The moment you enter dirty politics to clean it up, politics mill make you dirtier than you ever were. AAP is a shining example, says the writer. History is...

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Will settle Good Friday issue: Chief Justice of India

The Chief Justice expressed his misgivings about the controversy, calling it “unfortunate.” New Delhi (UCAN):  Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu on Sunday downplayed Justice Kurian Joseph’s objection to the holding of the Chief Justices conference on a Good Friday,...

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Church attacks not a Modi regime phenomenon: crime records

New Delhi (Matters India) — Even as Narendra Modi government faces criticism for the attacks on churches and Christian institutions during its 10-month rule, crime records from the UPA era reveal that not only were there a matching number of...

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Amid police cover, Easter celebrated in Delhi

The recent attacks on some churches here made the government step up security outside Christian institutions. New Delhi (UCAN):  The Christian community celebrated Easter on Sunday with prayers and sumptuous meals, with police providing protection to all major congregations. While...

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Citizens Are Not Beggars

(Indian Currents) “India is the only country where citizens address bureaucrats as SIR. This in turn gives the impression that the government, as personified by the bureaucrat, is the dispenser of largesse, and the citizen a humble beneficiary of the...

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Two minor explosions reported in Belur Math

The News Minute | April 4, 2015 | 08:50 am IST Two low intensity explosions took place at the Belur Math in West Bengal on Friday evening. Though no one was injured in the blast, some glass counters at the...

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Over 50 Villages Ban Christian Missionaries in Bastar Region

Christians denied ration –  Babu Thomas (Christian Today) More than 50 villages in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh have banned the entry and propaganda by non-Hindu missionaries, especially Christians in the last six months which is credited to the aggressive campaign launched...