Puri Makeover: But At What Cost?
The Puri administration’s move to demolish many structures, including ancient maths, around a 75-metre radius of the Jagannath temple walls has not gone down well with archaeologists, historians and other…
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Poor Hindu nomadic tribe in Tamil Nadu protests child evangelism & forced conversions to Christianity
Villagers protested against forced conversion in Madurai, alleging harassment by Christians for not converting to Christianity. Residents of Sathyamoorthy Nagar in Samayanallur, Madurai, who predominantly belong to the Kattu Nayakar…
Father of Dalit youth lynched by Muslim mob commits suicide in Congress-ruled Rajasthan
A month after 28-year-old Harish Jatav was brutally thrashed by a Muslim mob in Alwar for accidentally hitting a Muslim woman with his motorbike, his blind father Ratiram Jatav committed…
Odisha: No funds to even distribute ‘prasad’ in Govt. controlled temples of Subarnapur district
People visiting temples in Subarnapur district return without ‘prasad’ thanks to shortage of funds with the temple committees. This is the sad plight of 27 temples in the district. Even…
India, That is Not Bharat
We emerged from the long shadows of a thousand years of ravaging, savaging, ruin and rule by ideologies that were neither native nor accommodative nor respectful of Bharat and its…
Petition forces TN HRCE to provide details of 36,000 Temple properties under its control
In an attempt to protect temple properties, the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE)…
Bishop Offered Rs. 5 Crore Hush Money to Rape Victim, While Kerala Police Delays
Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Latin Catholic Church’s Jalandhar Diocese offered Rs 5 crore and a top position to a nun to stop pursuing rape charges against him, the nun’s family…
Interview with Retired TTD Administrator on Head Priest’s Allegations
The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) is in the news again, but this time for absolutely unholy reasons. The revelations of the chief priest of Tirupathi, Dr A V Ramana Deekshitulu,…
‘TTD & CM Chandrababu Naidu Plundered Tirupati Temple’s Wealth,’ Claims Ex-head Priest
The former priest of Tirupati temple, Dr. AV Ramana Dikshitulu, has made a series of stunning corruption & mis-governance allegations against the Govt. controlled body TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams), which…
Democracy? BJP Women Workers Thrashed in Bengal, Tribals Arrested – Media/Courts Stay ‘Neutral’
The poll violence in West Bengal has now reached unimaginable levels. In a shameful act of barbarity, TMC goons were seen brutally thrashing BJP workers, including women, who were trying…