The Vishwa Hindu Parishad will organize a meet of Hindus in the state of Jammu and Kashmir to discuss issues related to the Amarnath yatra. The meeting will be held on 20 May, 2012. “We are organizing a Hindu Sabha on May 20 at 4.30 PM at Mahajan Hall Shalamar, Jammu, in which international VHP [...]
A 5 year ban has been slapped on Shah Rukh Khan, from making his entry into Wankhede stadium. The matter was announced by Congress Minister and MCA President Vilasrao Deshmukh. The ban comes following the lewd midnight brawl involving SRK and security officials at the Wankhede Stadium. “Shah Rukh Khan banned from entering stadium for [...]
Following the tax demand of Rs 58 crore, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s trusts have issued a challenge against the Income Tax department, questioning their action. The tax demand has been slapped on Ramdev’s trusts through their sale of Ayurvedic medicines. The department has made an assessment of Rs 120 crore for the financial year 2009-10. [...]
The Central government has gone ahead with the crucial amendments regarding divorce laws after much coercion from women activists. According to the amendments, women women can procure half a share in the husband’s residential property, acquired before or during the course of marriage. The green signal for making amendments has been shown by the Union [...]
Inorder to enable the exchange of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in Indian territory, an amendment in the Indian Constitution is drafted. This was disclosed by Minister of External Affairs, SM Krishna, following an issue raised by CPI leader Prabodh Panda in the Lok Sabha earlier this month. Panda had asked [...]
The Standing Committee on Land Acquisition headed by BJP MP Sumitra Mahajan has submitted its report in Parliament today. The report is likely to be accepted by the UPA government under pressure from allies like Trinamool Congress. The following are the main points highlighted in the report: Land acquisitions to be made by Central/ State [...]
Anonymous, the group of hackers who remains elusive has taken down the websites of Supreme Court of India and All India Congress. The reason cited is this: “Internet Censorship, this take down comes after the website like Vimeo, ThePirateBay etc have been blocked by most of the Indian ISP on government request.” A tweet came [...]
The Central Government has stated that it has repealed 415 obsolete and outmoded laws. This is being followed by the withdrawal of 17 Acts. This was announced by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. According to Khurshid, a special commission set up by the government has identified 1382 redundant laws. But the Ministry of Finance has [...]
Sikhs who serve for the Washington Police source have been granted the right to wear turbans and religious items in the American capital will be allowed to wear turbans and items of religious significance while they are on duty. The announcement was made as part of the new uniform policy by Chief of Washington DC [...]
Major torrent websites like Pirate Bay has been banned by the Internet Service Providers of India. Any trials of access leads to messages like “The site has been blocked as per instructions from the Department of Telecom” and “Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders”. The first to be blocked was [...]
