Jun 5, 2022
A Strange New World - Road was clear for Indira Gandhi, nothing could stop her and there seemed no opposition to her regime, 'The New York Times' marvelled at how the JP movement had just melted away
We were fast asleep when the phone rang in the early hours of 26 June 1975. Subramanian Swamy, was on the line, sounding very agitated as he informed that JP, KR Malkani, and other opposition leaders had been picked up by the police earlier in the night. He then went on to say that he had to leave his house in Greater Kailash before the police came to get him. My husband, Virendra Kapoor, a journalist working for the Financial Express, asked him to come straight away to 520 Vithalbhai Patel (VP) House.
Jun 5, 2022
Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California, Bettina Aptheker describes her teaching philosophy as “revolutionary praxis”: one of her course syllabi describes lesbianism as the “highest stage of feminism”
When The Professors was first published in February 2006, it was greeted by cries of outrage from the academic Left. The author was denounced as a reincarnation of Joseph McCarthy and his book as a “blacklist,” although no evidence existed to support either claim and both were the opposite of the truth.
Jun 5, 2022
29 May to 4 June 2022 - Hindus under attack: Bulletin roundup of persecution, discrimination, and hate crimes against Hindus
Attacks on Hindus and Hindu Dharma, both in Bharat and overseas, are frequent and unrelenting. In many regions of the world, this persecution is like a genocide slowly unfolding before our eyes.
Jun 4, 2022
Two minors arrested in Hyderabad gang rape of minor girl at Jubilee Hills: NDTV journalist Uma Sudhir writes an entire thread about second arrest but refrains from mentioning that accused is a son of a Waqf Board official
Hyderabad police on Saturday arrested two minors including the son of a senior Waqf board official in connection with the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at Jubilee Hills.
Jun 4, 2022
IIT + IIM = This Joker: Author-columnist Chetan Bhagat ridiculed for giving bizarre ‘Mosples’ suggestion to Temple-Mosque issue, cites Hagia Sophia to talk about mythical ‘conjoined past’
As the entire country is witnessing heated arguments about reclaiming ancient Hindu temples which were destroyed and converted into Islamic religious structures by Islamic invaders, author-columnist Chetan Bhagat has come up with a bizarre suggestion to the issue, inviting ridicule and jokes from netizens.
Jun 4, 2022
‘HRCE Department is bound to protect temple properties and their belongings’: Madras HC lashes out at Tamil Nadu govt, orders to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached temple land, warns strong action
The Madras HC recently came down heavily on the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department of the Tamil Nadu government asking it to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached lands of Sri Ramanaadheswarar temple at Palnankuppam.
Jun 4, 2022
DMK govt relentlessly destroying traditions of Hindu temples and community, amends rule to transfer temple staff including pujaris: Earlier replaced pujaris of generational traditions with 2-year crash course certified pujaris
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has amended the rules of the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board Act to transfer temple staff, which includes pujaris, as it wishes. Unfortunately, the court has ruled that the amendment is valid even though it gives powers to the government to transfer pujaris from temples following different sampradayas.
Jun 4, 2022
Terrorist Commander of proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen Nisar Khanday killed, incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including one AK 47 rifle recovered: Operation in progress
A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist commander has been killed in an encounter that started on Friday between terrorists and security forces at Rishipora area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Saturday.
Jun 4, 2022
'Strict action against perpetrators of Kanpur violence after Friday namaz, identify all illegal religious structures built on roads across state in 15 days, keep plan of action ready', orders CM Yogi Adityanath
On Friday, taking cognizance of the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district, CM Yogi Adityanath in a late-night video conference meeting directed state police to identify and report all illegal religious structures built on roads within 15 days.