Jun 22, 2021
Earlier, the high court had directed the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining all cases of alleged human rights violations in the post-poll violence in West Bengal
Bengal: Calcutta HC Asks NHRC To Examine Pleas Of People Displaced By Post-Poll Violence; Warns State Government Against Obstruction
On Friday (18 June), taking note of the inaction of the state government over the matter of post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court ordered the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee to examine the complaints filed by persons who were displaced during the violence.
Jun 21, 2021
If a party says that it wants to contest elections on its own without joining hands with others, it should first generate confidence among the public of its ability to provide jobs
Is Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra on the verge of an imminent collapse?
With the rift widening between the members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha MP and senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday reassured that Uddhav Thackeray will continue to remain the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Jun 21, 2021
Mr Champat Rai is a senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and a member of the Ram Temple Trust and the accusations against him by the accused are baseless and prima facie the accusations against his relatives are baseless too
Three booked for falsely accusing general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust in a Facebook post in ‘land scam’
Invoking 15 sections of the IPC and three sections of the IT Act, Bijnor Police have booked journalist Vineet Narain and two others for falsely accusing the general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust in a Facebook post.
Jun 20, 2021
Odisha’s Raghurajpur village is a hub of Pattachitra, an indigenous art form, with at least one artist involved in the trade in every family. This art form dates back to the 12th century
An Artisan Heritage Crafts Village: Indigenous Sustainability of Raghurajpur
Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in the district of Puri in the state of Odisha. This village is recognized for its folk art called Pattachitra, an art form which dates back to 5th Century B.C. and Gotipua dance which existed as a predecessor before the emergence of Odissi dance and is hence the home of a prominent visual art as well as a performing art.
Jun 20, 2021
In 2009, too, India had committed USD 10 billion to the IMF to help it tackle the global financial crisis. It had again contributed USD 4 billion in 2010
If Modi’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ wrong, Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Eurozone Bailout’ wrong
Not too long ago, Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi replaced their pictures with posters that read “Modiji humare bachon ki vaccine Videsh kyu bhej Diya (Modi, why did you send vaccines of our children to foreign countries?) on social media.
Jun 20, 2021
How can they keep the title of the film as just Prithviraj when the film is based on the great Prithviraj Chauhan? We want the title to be changed to his full name and give respect to him
Protestors demand change of movie name ‘Prithviraj’, burn Akshay Kumar’s effigy: Here’s the name they want
On Thursday (June 17), protestors belonging to All India Kshatriya Mahasabha (AIKM) burnt the effigy of actor Akshay Kumar over his upcoming film on the great Hindu king Prithviraj Chauhan.
Jun 20, 2021
Out of the foreign-born rapists, a whopping 40% came from Africa or the Middle East while those hailing from Afghanistan accounted for 5% of rapes and attempted rapes
On World Refugee Day, read how Germany, Sweden, and India bore the brunt of incoming refugees
In a world divided by nation-states, immigration remains one of the contentious and debated issues. Objections have been raised by governments of both developed and developing nations about the unchecked inflow of migrants due to employment, political instability, and religious persecution. While there is a growing consensus among nations to check illegal immigration, the case of refugees provides for a unique case.
Jun 20, 2021
The handle of Popular Front of India's Karnataka unit, which has over 16k followers, has now been bestowed with the 'blue tick' by Twitter
Twitter rewards an Islamist org, set to be banned by India, with a verified blue tick: Here is what PFI has done in the past
In a controversial move, the micro-blogging site Twitter has verified the Twitter handle of notorious radical Islamic organisation – Popular Front of India (PFI).
Jun 20, 2021
“Periyar is a Muslim inside. His plan is to outwardly stay in the Hindu faith and send the Depressed Classes over to Islam“. There was no objection from any quarters to this claim
Periyar EV Ramasamy and his relationship with Islam
A striking aspect of the Dravidian brand of rationalism is how it attacks only Hindu beliefs and icons and is very careful to never critique the beliefs and practices of any other religion. Let us peer back in history and see if it was always so.