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Lanka Buddhists take on Church

By Sandhya Jain @ DAILY PIONEER Lion-hearted Sri Lanka leads by example once again. It was the first nation in the post-World War II era to elect a woman Prime…

Mother caned in Bangladesh for talking to Hindu man

DHAKA — A Muslim mother has been caned for talking to a Hindu man in Bangladesh, police said Saturday, prompting fresh concerns about a rise in cases of harsh treatment…

Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism, stupid!

Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the Chief of the terrorist organization Jamaat-ud-Dawah, who was also the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack and against whose involvement the Indian government had given Pakistan…

LTTE: A Failed Christian Conspiracy

By K. M. MURALIDHARAN The nearly three-decade-long fight by the LTTE for a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka has come to end after the death of Tamil Tigers…

Abiding harmony of Hindu Dharma-Bauddha dhamma in India and Sri Lanka

S Kalyanaraman Shared values of civilization and historical experiences unite India and Sri Lanka . The eternal ethic that binds the two nations together is dharma (Sanskrit) or dhamma (Pali,…

49 Million Hindus Forced to Leave Bangladesh since 1946 – Reveals book by US Professor

49 Million Hindus Forced to Leave Bangladesh since 1946 – Reveals book by US Professor

Empire’s Last Casualty: Indian Subcontinent’s Vanishing Hindu and Other Minorities (2008) is a study of effects of religious communalism on a pluralistic, tolerant, multi-religious society. It focuses on the loss…

Terrorists Attack ISKCON Temple in Chittagong, Bangladesh

May 23, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH (INW) — On May 18, ISKCON News Weekly received a distraught message from an obviously emotional monk at ISKCON’s Nandankanan Sri Sri Gour Nitai Ashram in…

Anger growing among Indian students in Australia

MELBOURNE: Anger is mounting among Indian students here in the wake of recent assaults that left a youth from the community battling for life after being stabbed and another badly…

Waging Jihad Against India Is “Absolutely Lawful”

Several prominent Arab Islamic scholars and Mecca imams, have criticized Taliban leader Maulana Sufi Muhammad for saying that the Kashmiri movement is not jihad because it does not seek to…

Appeal against Jeopardizing Indo-American Relationship

Hon. President Obama: We are a group of people organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York .  Our aim is to strengthen and solidify Indo-American…

Italy: Requests for ‘debaptisms’ soar in Milan

Milan:  The northern Italian city of Milan is experiencing a boom in the number of people who want to renounce their baptism and leave the Catholic church. A report in…

Future of Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus

Re-Hinduise identity of Lankan Tamils   “Tamils and Sinhalas are one people. They have the same DNA structure. There is no ethnic difference between them. Sinhala and Tamil have a…

Make temple central to the daily life of a Hindu – Urges Malaysian Hindu Leader

Speech by President at the National Conference on Temples      Speech by Y. Bhg Datuk A Vaithilingam, President of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, at the National Conference on Temples at…

Ireland unveils long-awaited report on Catholic child abuse

The long wait is finally over today for thousands of Irishmen and women who suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of Catholic nuns, priests and monks inside state-sponsored children’s institutions.  A…

‘The Catholic church failed me. I despised myself and lost all confidence’

  An inquiry into child abuse by Catholic priests is published today. Its impact will be seismic, says victim and author of new book, Colm O’Gorman. Few men have made…

No Need To Panic Over BJP Not Winning the Election 09

I expected a lot of misplaced hue and cry over the election results that has put the Congress led coalition in power now. But those who have a deeper understanding…

Lion’s challenge, more after Tigers’ end

  “The defeat of LTTE is undoubtedly a cause for celebration in Sri Lanka, but it must celebrate in a subdued manner, for any amount of excessiveness would certainly hurt…

Pope’s visit to Yad Vashem and its implications: An Indian viewpoint

How the Pope’s visit to Yad Vasham affects India and Indians?Indians may not know what “Yad Vashem” is and hence they are not bothered about what Pope does. When Indians…

Dr. Swamy on Sonia Gandhi’s KGB money

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US Hindus and Sikhs condemn atrocities on Sikhs in Pakistan

MEMORANDUM TO MR. MOHSIN RAZI , CONSUL GENERAL OF PAKISTAN                                                                         MAY 6, 2009       Mr. Mohsin Razi Consul General of Pakistan 12 East 65th Street New York, NY 10065  …

South African President sworn in with the Gayathri Mantra

Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa was sworn in today with the recitation of the Gayatri Mantra by a religious leader. The impressive ceremony was attended by many prominent…

1 million Bhagavad-Gitas in US-Canada Motels

1 million Bhagavad-Gitas in US-Canada Motels

By Akruranatha das   On April 22-25, 2009, at a convention center just outside Washington, D.C., members of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) met for their annual national…

Pope keep on Apologising – Church keep on Abusing!

  Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his sorrow that generations of aboriginal children were abused at some Catholic boarding schools in Canada. The Pope was speaking after a private meeting…

Rashtriya Sikh Sangat criticises imposition of jazia on Sikhs

Rashtriya Sikh Sangat criticised the imposition of jazia on the Sikhs in Pakistan by Taliban. In a press statement issued in New Delhi Sikh Sangat international president Sardar Gurcharan Singh…

Nepali PM Prachanda Quits

Nepali PM Prachanda today resigned over a row of his sacking of the Army chief General Rukmanga Katawal. Prachanda who rode to power after forcefully removing the Nepali Hindu king…

Dr. Swamy on Sonia Gandhi’s birth and birth certificate – Video

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Thousands turn up for the Massive Rally against Radical Islam

Dear Colleagues/Supporters:   This is just to express our gratitude for participating in the Rally Against Radical Islam organized by 35 organizations representing Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Moslem, Sikh and…

How the Church Spoiled LTTE?

The pathetic status of LTTE must be an eye-opener for all the organizations fighting for the just cause of liberating oppressed humans, anywhere in the world. When formed and until…

Feeding Beef to Hindu Political Prisoner in Malaysia

Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Uthayakumar (in the picture) has lodged a police report against Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar for ignoring Hindu sensitivities after allegedly being served…

RSS Pracharak from Sri Lanka died in road accident

COLOMBO : RSS Pracharak Sri N. Rameshbabu (39) in Sri Lanka from 2003 onwards passed away near Colombo on 05.04.2009 Sunday because of a road accident.  He along with three…

100,000 Enlightened Britons seek ‘de-baptism’

LONDON : More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded “certificates of de-baptism” from the Internet to renounce their Christian faith. The initiative launched by a group called the National Secular…

Cowardly and brutal display of Islamic Law

Despite the cover up by “conceding appeasing pacifist” (MK) Gandhi who was manipulated as the sacred icon of treacherous All-India Congress Party in 1947 to soften the blow of Partition…

Catholic Church, an ally of Tamil Tiger terrorists

By : By Ranjan Jayakody, Mohan Gunaratnam and Ranjit Surendran   @ Srilankan Gaurdian Desperate situations call for desperate measures and desperate measures can leak out material factors that may…

Learn lessons from Patriotic UK Media

The following stories are only a tip of the iceberg- Threat faced by Britain for it’s soft approaches in dealing with Jihadi’s. Unlike in US the left oriented Politicians as…

American Hindu leaders urge for Removal of disparity in UN General Assembly Voting Systems

American Hindu leaders urge for Removal of disparity in UN General Assembly Voting Systems

On March 10, 2009. a delegation comprising of Narain Kataria, President of Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF), Arish Sahani, Vice President of IAIF, Dr. Narinder Kukar, former Chairman of the…

8 Women Sentenced to Death by Stoning in Iran

8 Women Sentenced to Death by Stoning in Iran

Amnesty International , which has been fighting to end death by stoning in Iran, reports that 8 Iranian women have been sentenced to be stoned to death after being convicted…

Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes

CAIRO: The sentencing of a 75-year-old widow to 40 lashes and four months in prison for mingling with two young men who were reportedly bringing her  bread has sparked new…

A Great Mountain Burned by Fire: China’s Crackdown in Tibet

New ICT report publishes banned writings from Tibet and reveals intensified repression on eve of anniversary March 10, 2009, marks the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa that…

Indian Background of Nietzchean Thought

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Hindu families from Pak seek refuge in India

AMRITSAR: Stating that they do not wish to return to Pakistan due to Taliban’s tyranny in the tribal areas, a group 35 Hindus, nearly half of them women, from the…

Srilankan Attack – Handwork of ISI, Army or Govt.?

Blood thirsty Islamic monster is at it again. Recent attack on Sri Lankan cricketers have raised eye brows as to who is involved. ISI, Army or Govt or combination of…

Infidels of the World, Unite!

Narain Kataria     The world is under siege.  This siege has been laid by radical Islamists.  Radical Islamists believe in the holy war – Jihad, a pure and simple…

Jihadi attack on Srilankan Cricketers – Five Hurt, in Jihadistan

Jihadi attack on Srilankan Cricketers – Five Hurt, in Jihadistan

Lahore attack: 6 SL cricketers injured; none critical Source:www.zeenews.com Lahore, March 03: Terror struck cricket on Tuesday when the Sri Lankan cricket team, which is in Lahore to play the…

‘Converted’ LTTE

Though almost all Indians are sympathetic and worried about the misery of ordinary Tamil folks in Srilanka, the heightened battle between government forces and LTTE has helped us expose one…

Drug Peddler’s Jihad

Taliban earns $300m a year from illegal drugs: UN PNS | New Delhi Linking the prevailing security scenario with illicit opium cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations on Thursday said…

Islamic Reformer Beheads his Wife

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GOI plans to buy outdated Reactors from Canada- Another Multi Million Scam in the offing

Ref- India actively considering Canada’s offer for nuclear cooperation ____________________________________________________________________INDIA GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO BUY OUTDATED, OUTMODED AND INEFFICIENT CANDU TYPE REACTORS FROM CANADA   According to Newspaper reports (attached…

Singapore – Hindu leader VR Nathan dies

FORMER Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) chairman V.R. Nathan died yesterday, at age 78. He had been unwell for more than a month with complications from a lung infection and died…

Kudos to Dr. Kusum Vyas

Kudos to Dr. Kusum Vyas

Enclosed herewith please find an inspiring story regarding Kusum Vyas that appeared in Indo-American News of Houston (http://www.indoamerican-news.com/Stories/121908/KusumVyas.html) , UN News and many other international newspapers. Some Sri Lankan newspapers…

Nepalese convert to Islam for work

More and more Nepalese emigrants who have gone to Muslim majority countries to work – for example, on the Arabian Peninsula – are abandoning their Hindu religion and embracing Islam…