Creative aspects of Navratri

Bhanumathi Narasimhan | Sep 28, 2011, 12.00AM IST

Navratri is a colourful festival which brings richness in creativity and appreciation of culture. There is so much encouragement for artisans during these nine days as performances and exhibition of talents and skills are an integral part of the festivities; it's a time for celebration, whether or not you are a believer.

Pakistan Army tied to 2007 border ambush on Americans

Carlotta Gall

The attack, which killed a U.S. Major, was hushed up but has since become an emblem of the distrust that has poisoned relations.

US must work with India

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 23:43

FRANK J CILLUFFO

US’s national security has been held hostage by nearly two decades of unfulfilled expectations from Pakistan. It is now imperative for the US to strengthen its relationship with India's internal security architecture to counter the menace of terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Both countries must commit themselves to jointly combat the threat to India, the US and the world.

A divisive Communal Bill

Ram Jethmalani

Last Updated : 25 Sep 2011 11:08:46 PM IST 

The Prevention of Communal And Targeted Violence (Access to Justice And Reparations) Bill consisting of 138 Sections and several Schedules altogether running into 66 pages is as without any legitimate social purpose as it is mischievous in its thinly concealed aims and objects. The need for a marathon criminal statute arises only when the prohibited conduct has assumed endemic proportions and the statutes already in force are thoroughly ineffective to eliminate it. In other words it has turned into a chronic cancer of the national multitude. 

'Communal Violence Bill' will create differences among citizens: Mohanji Bhagwat

Jammu, Sep 25 (ANI): 

RSS Chief Mohanji Bhagavat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the proposed 'Communal Violence Bill' would create differences among the citizens and divide the country on the basis of caste, creed and religion.

Pakistan opens doors to 160-year-old Hindu temple

By Manzoor Ali

Published: September 22, 2011

Community can use site for worship but will not be given control of the property. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

PESHAWAR:Despite the fact that they probably will not be given control of the property, the Hindu community in Peshawar rejoiced at the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) orders to reopen a 160-year-old Hindu temple.

India opposed to new 21st century agenda in WTO

Nivedita Mukherjee

Express News Service

Last Updated : 24 Sep 2011 08:40:09 AM IST

NEWDELHI: With the Doha round headed for deep freeze over the next two years at least, the fate of ministerial conferences, the platform for discussions on the Doha Round held every year in December, hangs in balance. Ministers of member countries, including India, are caught up in a debate over what to do in the next two years, ie 2012-2013, or, rather, as Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar puts it, “Where do we go from here?”

A game of chicken

Anita Joshua : September 24, 2011

AFP DRIVE AGAINST THE NETWORK: Admiral Mike Mullen and Leon Panetta are leading the charge against Pakistan over its links with the terror network led by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a matter on which Pakistan Army chief Asfaq Pervez Kayani said Islamabad reserved the right to formulate policy in accordance with national interest.

Who will blink first on the latest set of ultimatums from the U.S. to Pakistan on the Haqqani network remains to be seen. 

Whose politics is it anyway

Sunil KhilnaniSunil Khilnani | Sep 24, 2011, 12.00AM IST 

The Anna Hazare meteor, as well as many other recent agitations and mobilisations roiling across the landscape - whether battles over mining, land or the siting of nuclear installations, whether about khap panchayats or over gujjar status - are not simply disaffected challenges to the particular party that happens to be in office. They go deeper than the issue of the Indian state's ability to govern adequately. In fact, they display all the signs of a more fundamental disturbance that, periodically, unsettles our sense of the political domain.

भ्रष्टाचार से ब़ढी महंगाई

Swatantra Vaartha Sat, 24 Sep 2011, IST

अन्ना हजारे ने महंगाई का कारण भ्रष्टाचार बताया है। पिछले दिनों संसद में भी महंगाई को लेकर काफी शोर शराबा हुआ था। भाजपा के नेता और पूर्व केन्द्रीय वित्तमंत्री यशवंत सिन्हा ने भी कहा कि महंगाई भ्रष्टाचार के कारण ब़ढी है। इसलिए भ्रष्टाचार पर काबू पाने के उपाय तुरंत किये जाने चाहिए, लेकिन सरकार महंगाई पर काबू पाने के लिए ब्याज दरें ब़ढा देती है। 

गरीबों की सहायता के लिए बनने वाली योजनाएं

Swatantra Vaartha Sat, 24 Sep 2011, IST

गरीब जनता के नाम पर सरकारें जो योजनाएं चलाती हैं, उसका मकसद केवल इतना ही नहीं होता कि उसे सरकार और उसे चलाने वाली पार्टी की लोकप्रियता ब़ढेगी और उसका लाभ चुनावों में वोट के रूप में प्राप्त होगा, बल्कि अब इन्हें इसलिए भी शुरू किया जाता है कि इसके माध्यम से पार्टी कार्यकर्ताआें को आर्थिक लाभ पहुंचाया जा सके, जिससे चुनावों के समय पार्टी के लिए काम करने वालों की एक फौज तैयार रहे। 

Pakistan, U.S. & the immoderate Taliban

Praveen Swami 

Islamabad's relationship with the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network has precipitated a crisis in its relationship with Washington.

Why China wins, we lose

Arindam Chaudhuri 

In India the opportunity to organise the Commonwealth Games was turned into an opportunity to loot public funds and plunder the treasury. China, on the other hand, used the opportunity to organise the Olympic Games to showcase its pre-eminence in the world of sports and promote its national interest on the global scene.

अमेरिका भी मोदी का मुरीद

Swatantra Vaartha Thu, 22 Sep 2011, IST

अमेरिका भी अब गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी का मुरीद बन गया है। लगभग छह साल पहले मोदी को वीजा देने से इंकार करने वाले अमेरिका ने आज मोदी को भारत का सबसे बेहतर प्रशासक बताया है। अमेरिकी संसद की एक शोध संस्था ‘कांग्रेसनल रिसर्च सर्विस’ की ताजा रिपोर्ट के अनुसार भारत में विकास और अच्छे प्रशासन का सबसे अच्छा उदाहरण गुजरात राज्य है। जहां के विवादास्पद मुख्यमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने राज्य के आर्थिक विकास को नई गति दी है। मोदी ने प्रशासन में व्याप्त भ्रष्टाचार और लालफीताशाही से निपटने के लिए क़डे कदम उठाये हैं। उनके नेतृत्व में गुजरात देश के आर्थिक विकास में अहम भूमिका निभा रहा है। लेकिन मोदी की तारीफ करने वाली यह रिपार्ट कांग्रेस को रास नहीं आ रही है। बहरहाल कांग्रेस माने न माने दुनिया अब मोदी की तारीफ कर रही है। गुजरात में ब़ढते पूंजी निवेश से भी इसकी पुष्टि होती है। 

भारत-चीन तनातनी में एक और मुद्‌दा ज़ुडा

Swatantra Vaartha Thu, 22 Sep 2011, IST

चीन और भारत के बीच संबंधों में तनातनी का एक और कारण पैदा हो गया है। यह नया कारण है वियतनाम के साथ उसके समुद्री क्षेत्र में तेल एवं गैस की खोज के लिए भारत द्वारा किया गया एक समझौता। दक्षिण चीन सागर क्षेत्र के बारे में समझा जाता है कि उसकी तलहटी में तेल और गैस के विशाल भंडार छिपे हुए हैं। भारत की सरकारी तेल एवं गैस एजेंसी ‘ओएनजीसी’ ने २००६ में वियतनाम पेट्रो के साथ इस क्षेत्र में तेल एवं गैस की खोज का एक समझौता किया था। अब इस खोज कार्यक्रम को जब आगे ब़ढाने का काम शुरू हुआ है, तो चीन ने भारत को धमकाना शुरू कर दिया है। 

SC questions TRAI's finding on exchequer loss

PTI

Last Updated : 21 Sep 2011

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI's report purportedly assessing zero loss in 2G spectrum allocation during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja today came under sharp criticism of the Supreme Court which questioned the functioning of the autonomous body.

All the world's a stage

Shiv VisvanathanShiv Visvanathan | Sep 22, 2011, 12.00AM IST 

Narendra Modi's fast, which ended on Monday, was sheer theatre. To understand it, one has to see it as a text in itself. It succeeds or fails as high drama. As beginnings go, it was auspicious. The script looked tight. The public event begins on a personal note. He visits his mother on his birthday and she gifts him a Ramcharitmanas.

Is Modi jogging to Delhi any faster?

September 22, 2011

Try this experiment: Watch the speech Narendra Modi gave on September 17, the first day of his fast (it’s available on YouTube). Then switch off the sound and watch it on mute. (Mr Modi’s animated persona is more telling than the words he uses.) Chest puffed out, clear eyed, unsmiling and daring his opponents to come and take him on. Whatever he says is of secondary importance; his body language transmits arrogance and defiance. Yes, it seems to say, this is who I am, like it or not.

Taliban has upped the ante

September 22, 2011 |  By Srinath Raghavan 

The assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, leader of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council and former President, is a grim reminder of the fact that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan remains elusive. In particular, it should serve as a wakeup call to Western officials and analysts who have lately been rather optimistic about the prospects of the peace process. Their dominant response to the killing of Rabbani has been predictably trite: the assassination was aimed at derailing the quest for a settlement and that aim should not be allowed to succeed. But the assassination yet again underscores the need to secure the right background conditions for any serious attempt at a negotiated settlement.

Supreme Court Verdict on Ananta Padmanabha Swamy Temple - (English)

Courtesy : Headlines Today (English Channel)

Supreme Court Verdict on Ananta Padmanabha Swamy Temple - (Telugu)

Courtesy : ETV-2 (Telugu Channel)

మతాన్నిబట్టి న్యాయం

--సాక్షి

September 17th, 2011

మాటవరసకు మీ వీధిలో ఓ కిరాణా దుకాణముంది. అక్కడ సరుకులు కల్తీ; తూకంలో మోసం! ఆ సంగతి మీరు కనిపెట్టారు.

Message from Gujarat

Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:17 Pioneer comment

Narendra Modi is committed to social harmony 

Modi proves his critics wrong

Sunday, 18 September 2011 01:06 Swapan Dasgupta

There are politicians’ perceptions of the outside world which are derived almost exclusively from interactions with karyakartas who now live abroad or whose son/daughter or neighbour’s first cousin is now the proud holder of an OCI card. This could explain why their sense of the world happens to be somewhat eccentric. I recall

A cartoon published in Eenadu Telugu Daily on RSS-BJP - see and enjoy

Original (Telugu)

Translated to English

Unpunished crimes destroy rule of law

Soli J Sorabjee

Last Updated : 18 Sep 2011 03:33:56 AM IST 

Lahore Seminar: “Justice for All and Impunity for None” was the theme of the regional seminar organised in Lahore by Asma Jahangir, the indomitable president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association. The theme of the seminar had many facets.

Modi’s fast unites NDA, UPA dithers

Anita Saluja

Express News Service

Last Updated : 18 Sep 2011 09:27:41 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi has taken the fast-track to national prominence. As his three-day fast began on Saturday, the Congress could at best offer a poor parody of the Gujarat Chief Minister with the anti-Modi fast by former CM Shankarsingh Vaghela and State Congress chief Arjun Modhvadia in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati ashram getting few takers.

Mysteries of a temple vault and of the universe

Ravi Shankar Etteth

Last Updated : 17 Sep 2011 11:46:17 PM IST 

God is under scrutiny. The treasure of Sree Padmanabha, who reposes in yoga nidra on the cosmic serpent Ananthasayanam, is now part of a soap opera. It now faces an audit. Strange. Isn’t it God who audits the actions of mankind; its sins and acts of mercy, its transgressions and compassion, its greatness and evil? By opening Vault B, now, is Sree Padmanabha expected to be an income tax assessee?

Narendra Modi’s second coming

Anita Saluja

Express News Service

Last Updated : 18 Sep 2011 09:04:16 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi has fasted his way into the crowded centrestage of prime ministerial ambition, scattering challengers and aspirants like leaves in a new storm. Rising phoenix-like from the ashes of 2010, Modi’s fast has recast his image as that of a mature, national leader ready to put the nightmare of the past behind, to offer a national future as shining as Gujarat’s present.

Turning threats into opportunities is Modi's way

Prabhu Chawla

Last Updated : 18 Sep 2011 03:38:09 AM IST 

Indian politics has acquired the image of a fine-dining restaurant in a five-star hotel. Unless one changes its look and feel every now and then, politics loses both clientele and attraction. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has mastered the art of repackaging himself according to the times. Come elections, he is ready with a new slogan, a story board and the medium to gain maximum political mileage.

Sri Ganesh Utsav is a Symbol of the Unity and Equality of the Society

Speech by the Chief Guest Ma. Sri. Dineshchandhraji, VHP Sangathana Mahamantri in Ganesh Nimajjan Program held at Hyderabad, organized by Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti .

Sri Dinesh Chandraji is giving speech

Khairatabad Ganesh Ready for Nimajjan - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh Idol reached Mint Compound Road - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh Idol at NTR Marg Road - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh Nimajjan Special Pooja at Tank Bund - 02 - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh Nimajjan Special Pooja at Tank Bund - 02 - Video

Bye Bye Ganesha - Khairatabad Ganesh Idol Nimajjanam Live - 01 - Video

Bye Bye Ganesha - Khairatabad Ganesh Idol Nimajjanam Live - 02 - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh nimarjanam 2011 part 3 - Video

TV9 - Ganesh immersion in Hyderabad Part 1 - Video

Khairatabad Ganesh nimarjanam 2011 part 2 - Video

TV5 - khairatabad ganesh immersion 2011 - Video

Ganesh Immersion Live from Mozamjahi Market & Tank Bund - Video

Ganesh Nimajjanam Live From Tank Bund - 01 - Video

Ganesh Nimajjanam Live From Tank Bund - 02 - Video

Ganesh Nimajjanam 2011 @ Vinayaka sagar(Hussain sagar)-HYD - Live - 05

Ganesh Immersion 2011 - Exclusive Live Videos

 

50 foot tall Khairatabad Ganesh - Tv9

 

People across the city come to see Khairatabad Ganesh - Tv9

Ganesh Utsav 2011

Hyderabad Ganesh

watch khairatabad basheerbagh mohinjahi market ganesh - video

USA - Varadhi - Ganesh festival celebrations in full swing - video

Ganesh will be given darshan as Garuda at Khairatabad - video

The Details of Delhi Bomb Blasts - Some Videos and news

Delhi bomb: India High Court explosion kills 10

BBC News

Recent bombings in India

BBC News

Bombs bring sickening sense of deja vu

BBC News

A man injured in the Delhi court blast is taken to hospital

Untouchability is alien to Hindu Dharma

Pujya Viswesha Theertha, Pejawar Muth

“we are all equal Hindus. There is no place for untouchability in Hindu Dharma.

Sriram Sathe Memorial Lecture at Bhagyanagar

The Memorial Lecture on Sri Sriram Sathe, one of Historians, held at Bhagyanagar in this evening. Sri Sriram Sathe one of great historians and Founder of 'Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Samiti'. 

Attack on Procession of Lord Ganesh - Roits between two communities

Adoni : An attack on the Procession of Lord Ganesh. It held at a Masjid located at Victoriya

Pujya Pejawar Swamiji Padayatra at Madannapeta

Pujya Swamiji Sri Sri Sri Viswesha Teertha, Peethadhipathi of Pejawar Peetham of Udipi in Karnataka has offered Pada Yatra in some slums at Madannapeta (a basthi) in Hyderabad on 30th August 2011 at evening at 3pm. This is second day of tour by Swamiji. Pls see the Photos.

Pejavar Swamiji Padayatra at Madannapeta

Swamiji released a Telugu book 'Hitokthi Mukthavali'

The Book 'Hitokthi Muktavali' written in Telugu by Saadhu Yekaanthji has released by Pujya Pejawar Peethadhipathi, Swami Visweshateertha, at a releas function, held at Jagriti Bhavan, on 30th August 2011 at 6pm. 

See the Photos

Swamji released a book

Pujya Pejawar Swamiji Padayatra

Pujya Swamiji Sri Sri Sri Viswesha Teertha, Peethadhipathi of Pejawar Peetham of Udipi in Karnataka has offered Pada Yatra in some slums in Hyderabad on 26th August 2011 at evening. Pls see the Photos.

Pujya Pejawar Swamiji Padayatra