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Param Vir Chakra is the highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour in the presence of the enemy................
Swapan Dasgupta
Every government is periodically confronted with problems created by the swagger and reckless behaviour of its functionaries..............
B Shantanu
A few days ago, I came across this "Aurangzeb was even-handed with Hindus, Muslims"statement by TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirulla. He said:.............
Poulasta Chakraborthy
On 19 January 2014, Ahmed Hassan Imran was nominated to the Upper House of the Parliament by Trinamul Congress (TMC).............
Worldhindunews.com
Hinduism is homogeneous and all the philosophies of Hinduism are interlinked.Different philosophies ,born out of one philosophy is prescribed to people..............
Deeptimaan Tiwary
Home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday raised the issue of growing radicalization among Muslims in Nepal settled near Indo-Nepal border with Nepal PM Sushil Koirala and Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam...............
IndiaFacts Staff
On this day about seven decades ago a momentous event took place in the history of Independent India as the Indian Army through their valor and meticulous preparation..............
Hindol Sengupta Distortion
As a senior journalist, I usually keep away from responding directly to the essays or articles written by politicians because they are often just that-political and biased..............
The Economic Times
Influential lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard, the only Hindu member of the US Congress, has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and presented her personal copy of Bhagavad Gita to him............
Chris Buckley and Alan Wong
Downtown Hong Kong turned into a battlefield of tear gas and seething crowds on Sunday after the police moved against a student democracy protest............
Irfan Husain
OFTEN, the choice is between good and bad. At other times, it’s between bad and worse. But in the Middle East, it’s between worse and worst.............
Bryon Morrigan
It can be infuriating trying to discuss Indian politics with my friends here in the USA, particularly when they find out that I am a supporter of Narendra Modi and the BJP...........
Poulasta Chakraborthy
On 17 September, 2014 in an op-ed on Times of India titled ‘Rename secularism. Call it ‘dharma’ or righteous administration...........
Vigilonline.com
"Here begins our tale: The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." This opening adage of Romance of the Three Kingdoms...........
Kanwal Sibal
President Xi Jinping’s visit to India produced less than the expected results, despite favourable conditions for a “re-set” of India-China relations being in place............
Poulasta Chakraborthy
On 22 September 2014, this report from Hindustan Times speaks of the RSS’s new found agenda of absorbing Dalits into the larger Hindu fold by rewriting history...........
Sandeep Singh
In the evening of 24 February 2012, Rinkle Kumari, a 16 year old student of Mirpur Mathelo, in a small village in the province of Sindh..........
The Hindu
“As with all guests hosted by U.S. Presidents over the years, we always work to respectfully accommodate the practices of our visitors," said Caitlin Hayden, spokesperson of the National Security Council...........
Rajiv Srivastava, TNN
BJP elders may have shied away from mentioning it, but "love jihad" has found its place in the agenda of women's wing of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)..........
Minxin Pei
As New Delhi gets ready to roll out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the question on the minds of most observers is..........
Maria Golovnina
Al Qaeda's South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea, in the first major assault by the newly created group.............
Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar
Pandit Kamalashila famously defeated the Chinese abbot Mahayana Hashang in the great debate at Samyé (the first monastery built in Tibet)............
Firstpost.com
A 25-year-old woman was gangraped allegedly by a youth she trusted as her lover and seven of his friends at Hajo in Rangiya last night............
Pranav Kulkarni
On the night of September 12, responding to an SOS, a team of five Army personnel led by an officer launched a relief operation at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk..........
Soeren Kern
Portugal, like Spain, also figures prominently in a map produced by the jihadist group Islamic State [IS] that outlines a five-year plan for expanding its Islamic Caliphate into Europe..........
Jay Jina, Discrimination & Appeasement
Whilst India’s brave soldiers are working round the clock saving the lives of flood victims in the Kashmir valley and surrounding areas...........
Douglas Murray
Jews are attacked here in Britain, they are blockaded into a synagogue in Paris and the chant ‘Death to the Jews’ is heard in Germany for the first time in 70 years............
Farooq Tariq
Pakistan is witnessing a rise in fanaticism. Ever since last year’s electoral victory of the right-wing Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-Insaaf (PTI),.............
The Times of India
Aspiring students at the ancient Nalanda Mahavihar could only enter by answering tough questions from the ‘dwara pandit’, .............
Daily News & Analysis
Cracking the whip, government has disconnected power and water supplies to the official accommodations in Delhi of former union ministers and ex-MPs including Ajit Singh.............
PR Ramesh
The manhunt for Yasin Bhatkal was India’s most meticulously planned undercover operation. An Open Exclusive chronicles India’s most sensational stakeout.............
Shrinivasa M.
In a vindication of Delhi's suspicions that Pakistan-leaning militants were stoking anger and anti-India feelings among the local populace.............
Rose Troup Buchanan
A Yazidi girl captured by ISIS has revealed the extreme abuse she suffers as a sex slave at the hands of Islamic State extremists..............
Poulasta Chakraborthy
One should respect Ayman Muhammad Rabi al-Zawahiri’s perfect sense of timing. On 3 September 2014, the long-time second-in-command and present head of the dreaded terror organization Al-Qaeda.............
Poulasta Chakraborthy
On 8 September 2014, a historic moment was witnessed as for the first time, the celebrations of Dalit icon Mahatma Ayyankali’s birth anniversary was attended by the Prime Minister of India..............
Niticentral.com
US Senator John McCain delivered an address on the India-US Strategic Partnership at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on September 9..............
The Times of India
He is supposed to be among those who enjoy the trust of Prime Minister Narendra Modi because of his familiarity with complex policy matters and the ways of big business..............
Manosh Das
Almost every house in the heritage village of Nartiang in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya has a portrait of Goddess Bishohori or Monosha.............
Justin Moyer
In what was called the largest anti-terror operation in Australian history, police have arrested 15 people allegedly linked to the Islamic State, some who plotted a public beheading............
Champat Rai
Compiled on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Year (50 Years) of the global body by Ma. Shri Champat Rai, Secretary General, Vishva Hindu Parishad............
India Today
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday said Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister should not be blamed for the 2002 riots in the state...........
Presstv.ir
Press TV has conducted an interview with Rodney Shakespeare, Committee Against Torture in Bahrain, from London, to discuss the situation in Bahrain...........
Claude Arpi
President Xi Jinping will soon be arriving for his maiden visit to India. While in Delhi, he is bound to raise one of his pet projects — the New Silk Road..........
Swapan Dasgupta
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mischievous aside in Tokyo about “secular” critics at home question ing his gift of the Bhagavad Gita to Emperor Akihito wasn’t out of place in Japan.........
Bella Jaisinghani
Over a century ago, Govardhandas Tripathi, author of the Gujarati classic 'Saraswatichandra' became distressed after a young female relative.........
Sandhya Soman & Mithila Phadke
Whenever Jaya Nair wanted a traditional Kerala recipe, she would get her mom to dig it up from a Malayalam magazine.........
Tarek Fatah
Three years ago, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared the major threat Canada faced was “Islamicism”, he faced a barrage of criticism.........
Anchal Vohra & Sanchari Bhattacharya
On Wednesday evening, on an Air Force helicopter that flew over flood-affected areas in and around Srinagar.........
The Times of India
DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said the arrest of ISI spies and their activities in Tamil Nadu has created panic among people..........
Rose Troup Buchanan
A Yazidi girl captured by ISIS has revealed the extreme abuse she suffers as a sex slave at the hands of Islamic State (IS) extremists...........
Claude Arpi
Xinhua recently released a text called the ‘Lhasa Consensus’. It is said to be the resolutions reached at the end of the ‘2014 Forum on the Development of Tibet..........
Sandhya Jain
It is necessary to take cognisance of the ‘sexual jihad ’ being embraced, apparently voluntarily, by many young Muslim women across the Islamic world...........
NDTV.com
China's President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to India next week, as Beijing seeks to allay fears that it is encircling its neighbour...........
Champat Rai
Compiled on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Year (50 Years) of the global body by Ma. Shri Champat Rai, Secretary General, Vishva Hindu Parishad..............
Ali A. Rizvi
As of this writing, the National September 11 Memorial Museum still hasn't caved in. But the pressure is building, and it feels very familiar.............
J P Sharma
One of the oddities from which our Constitution suffers is that while it does not define the term “Minority,” it contains numerous provisions specifying the rights of the Minorities............
Bharat Karnad
All diplomacy is calculation but it is how the lines of national interests and strategy clash or converge that are of concern during state visits which...........
Poulasta Chakraborthy
September 1 2014 was a day of pride for the people of India, and specifically the people of Bihar as the Nalanda University............
Prabhu Chawla
Modi is a message. Even his sworn enemies concede that. But he is also au courant with the medium to disseminate his message in real time...............
Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel and was deputy prime minister of Israel from 2001 to 2003..............
Arun Lakshman in Thiruvananthapuram
Bharatiya Janata Party state president V Muraleedharan said the CPM leadership had run out of ideas and was trying to suppress its political opponents by physically intimidating them............
Vishnu Som, Edited by Prasad Sanyal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a big swipe at "my secular friends" predicting television debates back............
The Times of India
Some months ago, the secretary of an economic ministry was grumbling about his team turning up late for a 10am meeting................
The Hindu
Modi sat on the floor with knees bent as is the tradition in Japan and drank tea from a special cup. Abe sat next to him to share the moment................
Ananth Krishnan
In and around Quanzhou, a bustling industrial city, there are shrines that historians believe may have been part of a network of more than a dozen Hindu temples and shrines...............
Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS activist was allegedly hacked to death in Kannur district of Kerala today and another is critically injured and in hospital...............
Firstpost.com
Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was on Saturday slapped with a fine of Rs 3 lakh by a Delhi court for failing to appear before it in a defamation case filed by her against BJP leader Vijender Gupta.............
Michael S. Schmidt and Eric Schmitt
American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have identified nearly a dozen Americans who have traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.........
The Times of India
When PM Narendra Modi visits Japan, his counterpart Shinzo Abe will give him a rare honour. Abe will host a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu, for Modi in Tokyo on Monday..........
