Nirmala Sitharaman named defence minister
NEW DELHI: Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named the new defence minister, only the second woman to hold the post since former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Sitharaman is...
Hafeez Jallandhri- Pakistan’s national anthem & Krishan Kanhaiya
This year, Pakistan’s 70th Independence anniversary and Janmashtami (the Hindu festival celebrating Krishna’s birth) fell on the same day: August 14th. With that coincidence...
Politically connected – and now a convicted rapist: Gurmeet Ram Rahim
A CBI court in Panchkula on Friday held Dera Sach Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim guilty of raping two of his former followers.
The controversial self-styled spiritual...
Professor urges Scots finance sector to go back to its roots
A financial services academic who has written a book on the collapse of HBoS hopes it will help drive greater focus on culture and...
Saving Mumbai’s Fountains
Metallic sheets barricade the approximately 15ft (4.5m) drinking water fountain (pyaav) outside the postal headquarters in south Mumbai. Dozens of pigeons are jostling in...
May Lord Krishna always shower his blessings on you
May Lord Krishna’s flute invite the melody of love into your life. May Radha’s love teach not only how to love but to love...
Yogi Govt’s Independence-day Guide To Madrassas
The Uttar Pradesh government has issued a notification to all the madrassas across the state ahead of the Independence Day celebrations. As per the...
Five states that refused to join India after Independence
The midnight of August 15, 1947 is perhaps noted as the most significant in the pages of Indian history. In the words of Jawaharlal Nehru,...
“Build Mosque at a reasonable distance from Ram Janma Bhoomi”
Seventy-one years after losing a legal battle for ownership of Babri Masjid, Shia Waqf aBoard of Uttar Pradesh on 9th August 2017 approached the Supreme Court, challenging...
Maharashtra Education Board Removes All Traces of Mughals From History Textbooks
Rajasthan University in June included in its syllabus a book claiming Maharana Pratap defeated emperor Akbar in the Battle of Haldighati, the Maharashtra education board has reduced the Mughal...
