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Vigil for the terror attack victims of Ahmedabad and Bengaluru

Vigil for the terror attack victims of Ahmedabad and Bengaluru

It is widely believed that home is where the heart is. The Indian Diaspora, whose heart throbs for India, is no exception to this belief. But recent unfortunate series of…

The Man who Exposed Communist “Human Meat Grinder”

The Man who exposed the horrifying tales from Communist Russia under Joseph Stalin, The biigest mass murderer in the history of Modern world passed away today.   Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the…

HSS Protests Terrorist Attacks at Bengaluru and Ahmedabad

HSS Protests Terrorist Attacks at Bengaluru and Ahmedabad

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) of North America strongly condemns the series of bomb blasts at Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, and a similarly planned deadly disaster that was averted by vigilant authorities…

Lessons to learn from Pakistan

Hindus struggle to take back Manora temple http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C07%5C28%5Cstory_28-7-2008_pg7_36 KARACHI: The Hindus of the city are struggling to take complete control of the located historical Manora Island temple dedicated to Hindu…

Security fears worry Pakistani Hindus

The Hindu community in Pakistan has expressed concerns at the increase in incidents targeting the life and properties, including places of worship, of the Hindus in the Islamic nation.  …

US Professor publishes work on 19th-century Hindu modernism

Author:Steve Arney http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/DD1CE7F437F36EAF8625748D00120190?OpenDocument BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — When Brian Hatcher, now a professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, first gazed upon a pamphlet of obscure Hindu writings in a library in London,…

Terror funding in Kashmir from Europe-Netherlands NGO, Kolkatta Prof set to face action

Author: Sanjeev Pargal Source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/08july18/index.html Jammu: Intelligence agencies were reported to have written to External Affairs Ministry seeking action against a Netherlands based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), a Kolkatta based female Professor,…

Islamic extremists planning attacks on Games venues: China

BEIJING: China has claimed that a separatist Islamic movement was planning terror attacks on the Beijing Olympic venues, showing that terrorism still posed a “real” threat to the Games next…

An international school where Sanskrit is compulsory!

New Delhi : The corridors of the school resonates with the chants of Sanskrit shlokas each day. Never mind the somewhat muddled and imperfect pronunciations, the spirit of the students,…

Pope apologises to child victims of sex abuse, but critics say too little too late

Source Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4361704.ece The Pope has apologised for the “evil” perpetrated on Australian child sex abuse victims by paedophile priests, admitting it had seriously damaged the church and calling for…

Hindus lost 26 lakh acres of land from 1965 to 2006 says study

Extract from the memorandum submitted by Shri Rabindra Ghosh, president, Human Rights Commission for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), on Atrocities Against Minorities of Bangladesh and Investigative Reports-2008 to Shri Shivraj Patil,…

Catholic Indians abscond in New Zealand

32 Indian youths heading for the World Youth Day in Sydney absconded in New Zealand while in transit. The Catholic Church released a statement on the same and has informed…

Denial of US Visa to Modi – The reward for making Gujarat prosperous and controlling Islamic Terrorism

1. The denial of visa by USA to Narendra Modi, an elected head of a state in democratic India, is most unprincipled, unethical, & unequal. This is because neither Narendra…

Maldivian accused of espionage making film on police atrocities

Thiruvananthapuram: The controversial Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spy case of the 1990s that brought down then Kerala Chief Ninister K Karu-nakaran is in the limelight once again with one…

Rajapaksa worships Balaji at Tirumala

TIRUPATI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa prayed in the temple of Lord Venkateswara on Tirumala tonight, seeking peace and prosperity for his country and the world. Accompanied by Tirumala Tirupati…

Terror threat to Games: China shuts mosques

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have replaced top police and security officials in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province, which is the hotbed of separatism and political violence. They have also closed down…

Communist Islamophillia only in India – Hajj and reading the Koran declared to be a ‘crime’ in China!

Hajj and reading the Koran declared to be a ‘crime’ in China http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2008/06/26/9899.shtml A court in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang has sentenced five imams to seven years in Chinese…

Five Muslims planning ‘holy war’ killed in China: Report

BEIJING: Chinese police killed five Muslims who were planning a “holy war” but armed only with knives, state media said Wednesday, in the latest alleged terror threat ahead of the…

SIVA TEMPLE -UNESCO Honours when UPA Denounces

At a time Indian Government is pledged to destruct our Heritage sites for the reason it  will glorify Sanathana Dharma , UNESCO listed a Siva Temple -Preah Vihear in Cambodia…

Hindus Unite At WAVES Conference in Florida

FLORIDA, USA, July 5, 2008: The three-day international World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) conference concluded on June 29, with over 200 delegates at University of Central Florida, Orlando. It…

Fate of Temples in Bangladesh

Fate of Temples in Bangladesh

Last vestiges of Jagannath Mandir set for oblivionhttp://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=43439 Author:Durdana Ghias Bangladesh: Last vestiges of the hundred-year-old Jagannath Mandir, one of the oldest temples at Tantibazar, is now at the final…

Malaysian Hindu family in court to reclaim relative’s body set to be buried as Muslim

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Islamic authorities in a Malaysian state are seeking custody of a man’s body for burial, saying he was a Muslim convert, but his Hindu family disputes the…

India rejects OIC’s comment on Kashmir

New Delhi: India on Thursday night rejected references made by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) with regard to resolution of Kashmir issue, saying it had “no locus standi” to…

China demolishes mosque over Olympic row

BEIJING: Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August’s Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday. The mosque…

Catholics Join Hindu Outrage Over The Love Guru

A leading Catholic group has come to the aid of America’s Hindus who are boycotting MIKE MYERS’ new film THE LOVE GURU – because religious officials have found the film…

Hindu numbers down from 20 to 2pc in Pak

ISLAMABAD: While expressing dissatisfaction over the present condition of the Hindu community in Pakistan, two Hindu representative bodies have disclosed that the Hindu population in Jinnah’s Pakistan has plummeted from…

Cambodia closes border access to controversial Hindu temple

  Phnom Penh – Border access to Preah Vihear temple has been closed indefinitely after the potential World Heritage Site was turned in to a political football in neighbouring Thailand, Cambodian…

Obama supporters gifts him Hanuman idol

Hindu priests of a major temple of Lord Hanuman, in  India’s capital city New Delhi, offered prayers on Tuesday (June 24) seeking victory for Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate of the…

OHM-KHNA to Hold Bhagavatha Sapthaham from July 7-14

TUSTIN, CA – The Organization of Hindu Malayalees of Los Angeles and Kerala Hindus of North America will be conducting a Bhagavatha Sapthaha Yajnam from July 7 to 14.  The…

Historic American Hindu Welcoming Ceremony

Omaha, Nebraska, USA In a historic religious event that occurred on Saturday, May 31, 2008, Eight Americans were formally welcomed into the ancient tradition of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) in a…

UK Caste Discrimination Claims are Exaggerated

London : The Hindu Council UK (HCUK), Britain’s first and most representative umbrella body for the UK Hindu community has welcomed a report released today by the Hindu Forum of…

Global Warning from China

By J. Ajith Kumar Voice of truth from the old & wise are often unheeded and shouted out by the unwise and crooked ones with vested interests. This is what…

Los Angeles Commends Amma

Los Angeles Commends Amma

17 June 2008 — Los Angeles, California, USAAmma was welcomed to Los Angeles with the presentation of an official commendation signed by the city’s Mayor and the City Council. She…

International Seminar on ‘Vedic Sarasvati River and Hindu civilization’

Website:  http://sarasvatiseminar.blogspot.com/2008/04/intl-seminar-on-sarasvati-river-and.html  Venue and Date  India International Centre, New Delhi between Oct. 24 (11 AM) to Oct. 26 (4 PM) (Friday-Sunday), 2008 [Venue details: http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/ India International Centre (Homepage)]  Sponsor…

San Francisco Bay Area forms Malayali Hindu Organization

Santa Clara, CA. Apr 30, 2008: A long-cherished dream of the large community of hindu malayalees in the San Fransisco Bay Area came to fruition today, with the announcement of…

Nataraja Statue Banned from Malaysian Bharatanatyam Dance Performance

IPOH, MALAYSIA, : At the beginning of every Bharatanatyam performance, artistes of this famous South Indian classical dance pay obeisance on stage to a statue of Lord Nataraja. However, on…

The Ramayana : Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic -Exhibition in London

  The Ramayana , one of the world’s greatest and most enduring stories, is considered to be fundamental to the art and culture of India and South East Asia and…

Maoists in Middle East ?

A report in the national dailies of Kuwait warned about the increasing presence of naxal groups amongst the expatriate population of Asian especially from India and Bangladesh. These extremist presence…

Sheik al-Qaradawi: No Christian churches in Muslim lands

An influential Muslim leader has declared that no more Christian churches should be built in Muslim countries. Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an important Islamic scholar in Qatar, has issued a fatwa…

For: “CHURCH” – Read: “SANATANA DHARMA” – For “ENGLAND”-Read: “INDIA”

Ignored and spurned, the Church has lost its faith – in government Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4083506.eceAuthor : Ruth Gledhill [ A Minister for Religion should be appointed to restore the Church’s central…

MF Husain Insults West to Glorify His Religion

This is a response to an article in the June 6, 2008 India Post, entitled “West offers only junk culture: M F Husain.” MF Husain says that the West offers…

Pathanjali Yoga Centre Opening shortly in China

Baba Ramdev, who is an eyesore of Indian Communists, is opening a Yoga Centre at communist China shortly. “Yoga is not Religion. More than Religion China needs the alternative of…

Tattva-An International Online Magazine for Youth, June,2008

Tattva-An International Online Magazine for Youth, June,2008

Namaste, As always, with each new month comes a new edition of Tattva. An important festival falls in this month-Hindu Sanghatan Diwas, or Hindu Unity Day. This day marks the…

All Pervading Islamic Terror

We think that only we have problems with the  Islamic terror in India. You do not have to go far to know that almost every country with Islamic population has similar problems.…

CPM Leader is in Saudi Arabia

Kannur: Senior CPM Leader and Member of Parliament from Kannur AP Abdullah Kutty is now in Saudi Arabia for doing his Umrah at Makkah. He went there along with his wife Dr.Rosna…

Congress succumb to China’s desires – Five Foreign Nationals thrown out of India

Shame on India’s Congress party for giving in to Communists china’s desires – five foreigners thrown out of India for supporting Tibetan causes Courtesy: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/19502.aspAuthor: Lata Rai It is a…

Our prayers to Earth quake Victims in China

A human tragedy is ongoing in the region of western China and the effects of the quake have been felt in Vietnam and Thailand. The quake is reportedly caused by…

For Hindus, BA takes beef off its menu

LONDON: British Airways has taken beef off its menu for economy-class passengers on most international flights in a bid to avoid offending Hindus. The carrier, whose second-biggest long-haul market is…

100-yr-old temple in Pak being used as auto workshop

AMRITSAR: The conversion of a century-old-Hindu temple into an auto repair workshop in Karachi has invited the ire of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan. After failing to get the…

$100 Million Lawsuit against Hindu leaders

New York based Indian National Overseas Congress Inc. (INOC) has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for $100 million against three prominent Hindu…