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Updated Statement from Air Asia on Missing flight

QZ8501 December 27, 2014 at 9:23pm AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control...

Ganga cleaning project – Supreme Court raises eyebrows again

These are the types of headlines that show India's actual growth. Industrialism is one thing but development is another. Industrialism has never been a...
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Anti-Modi news agencies and what they need to learn

Chanakya Pandit says that out of the two- a snake and an envious person- the envious person is more dangerous than the snake because...

How long will the irresponsible conducts of opposition parties be tolerated in the Indian...

As soon as the winter session of parliament began, especially Congress has again taken to the same cheap tactic of doing hulla-gulla in the...
cow sale for slaughter banned

Congratulations India! Government imposes nationwide ban on sale of cows for slaughter

This, indeed, is a welcome news for a civilized country like India.  Continuing with its 3-year old tradition of fulfilling reasonable public expectations, the...

Why ban on beef in two more Indian states is a great news

Finally India's new government has managed to ban beef in two states - Maharastra and Hariyana.  Noticeably, there are people who have expressed their...
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High university degrees and foreign education essential for a leader?

This write-up is the result of a video clip, a part of which I recently happened to watch. Although carefully presented, the video was...

Identifying forces behind diseased Indian Media and its sinking credibility

In recent years we have observed a serious lack of trust in Indian media reports. The reasons for this development are threefold, with unethical...

Vibrant Gujarat Summit Rocks

Vibrant Gujarat summit, being held since 2003, is the brainchild of Team Narendra Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, has become...
Gujarat elections 2017 Rahul and Modi

Who lost Gujarat elections? Rahul Gandhi or Congress?

Enough has been said and done in Gujarat during last two months for winning one of the most prestigious elections both Congress and BJP...

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Cow protection and the vigilantes – What’s there in PM Modi’s mind?

Thanks to Narendra Modi's government, cow protection has lately become the talk of the town. His recent remarks condemning violence and business in the...
Navadvipa mandala parikrama

This one thing can save the world – Navadvipa mandala parikrama

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wondered, “when will that day come when the fair-skinned foreigners will come to Sri Mayapur dham and join with the Bengali...

Are asteroids really a threat to Earth? Here is a reality check

The latest claim by modern scientists on an asteroid makes me tell you a joke. A child was sitting in his room continuously shredding papers....

History books challenged by mind-blowing underground ancient city

Distortion of history is not unknown to India, nor to the world. Whoever ruled the land, be it authoritarian kings or democratic governments, compromising historical...
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Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and his glorious contribution to the Sankirtan movement

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, formerly known as Kedarnath Datta, was born in 1838 in Birnagar, West Bengal. Growing up, Kedarnath Datta preferred to sit and...