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Danish Man says Odisha Godman cheated him of Rs.2 crore
Bhubaneswar, Sep 2: Danish national on Wednesday accused self-styled godman Swami Shankarananda Giri of Odisha of cheating him of over Rs.2 crore.
Allen Nielsen of Munkebo in Denmark, who filed a cheating complaint against Shankarananda in…
Indrani’s troubled past may have driven her to Extreme Behaviour
New Delhi, Sep 1: As reports about the alleged parental abuse of Indrani Mukerjea - the mother and the prime suspect in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora - during her childhood emerge, experts say that effects of extreme negative…
CSR Law will reduce Trust Deficit between Corporates, NGOs
Manesar (Haryana), Aug 30: With companies that fall under the ambit of the new guidelines of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) likely to report about their activities from next month, the trust deficit between them and NGOs is likely to…
Patels bust Narendra Modi’s favourite Gujarat Model
Nothing shows more starkly the distortions that have vitiated the policy of reservations as the agitation by the financially and politically influential Patel community in Gujarat for inclusion in the backward-caste category to avail of the…
Who will benefit from Owaisis’ entry in Bihar Politics?
It was not long ago when Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbarudin Owaisi romped home to heroes' welcome in Maharashtra. In the assembly elections last year in one of India's most industrialized states, the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM)…
Bihar Assembly Elections – The Real Test for Narendra Modi
Roughly 32,000 new voters enrolled in each constituency for this year's assembly elections in Bihar may play a decisive role in determining the ultimate poll result. The presence of these new voters becomes important in the light of the…
Will Religious Census stir up India’s Political Cauldron?
Lucknow/Patna, Aug 26: Will the religious census released by the central government on Tuesday stir up India's political cauldron? Reports from two states with a sizeable Muslim population suggest that it just could.
In Uttar Pradesh, the…
Naga Peace Accord: NSCN(IM) starts Recruitment Drive
Even as the government is exploring every option to bring the various factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) within the recently inked Naga Peace Accord, the outfit's strongest group NSCN (Isak-Muivah) is recruiting…
Assamese News Channel derides Women wearing Shorts, triggers Uproar
New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 25: A news clip aired by an Assamese news channel, which went viral on social media, has equated young girls wearing shorts to monkeys, giving rise to a heated debate in civil society in the northeastern state with…
Back Ground Note on Rani Gaidinliu
Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga Spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British colonial rule in India. She was born on 26th January 1915 at Nungkao, a Rongmei village in Manipur. Ranima, as she was known with respect and…