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La Tomatina (Valencian pronunciation is a festival that is held in the Spain, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is held the last Wednesday in August, during the week of festivities of Buñol. The famous La Tomatina festival held in Spain during the last week of August is a tourist attraction. Event [...]

John Paul’s beatification comes just six years and one month after his death in 2005. The perception of haste has puzzled some faithful observers, especially those inclined to question the late pope’s record on combating the scourge of clerical sexual abuse. But, for Christian Church, with a fixation on proselytization, it is a …    [...]

Several Yagas and Homas were conducted in a grand manner at Sringeri beginning from 4th April 2011 – 16th April 2011. Ayuta Chandi Mahayaga, Ati Rudra Mahayaga, Rik-Samhita Yaga, Yajus-Samhita Yaga and Sama-Samhita Yagas were performed as part of the Shashtyabdapurti Vardhanti Mahotsava celebrating the (completion of) 60 years of the Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Sri Bharati [...]

A new biography on M. K. Gandhi ,  Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India, authored by Mr. Lelyveld  is creating controversy.  The book is published by Knopf Publishing Group. The author was once a New York Times correspondent in India and South Africa and later the newspaper’s executive editor.  The book provides [...]

Propaganda by definition is spreading biased information for the purpose of promoting some cause. It helps in creating and strengthening an environment which is conducive to take steps towards the goal that it is intended to achieve. Understandably, a typical propaganda will create some negative consequences and subsequently undesirable situations. To understand and reduce ill [...]

Sarkaryawah (working chief) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Suresh (Bhayya) Joshi has written a letter to Prime Minister of India on 9th February 2011 and has requested a meeting at a mutually convenient time to discuss this issue. The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention the deliberate attempts to distort, even pervert [...]

Four people including a Muslim cleric have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the death of 14-year-old girl who was publicly lashed. The teenager was accused of having an affair with a married man, police say, and the punishment was given under Islamic Sharia law. Hena Begum’s family members said a village court consisting [...]

Pope Benedict has a soft spot in his heart for organ donations but his body parts can’t be donated to save lives after he dies, the Vatican says. A doctor in Germany had been using the fact that the pope possessed an organ donors’ card from a medical association to advocate the practice. The Vatican [...]

The Supreme Court on Friday, 21st Jan 2010, upheld an Orissa High Court judgment that commuted the death sentence a trial court awarded to Dara Singh to life term. The court rejected CBI’s plea for death penalty to him. The bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan delivered the verdict. Lawyer Minakshi Lekhi [...]

Missionaries are promoting carol songs during Christmas every year in North Eastern states. From Nongstoin to Nagaland and Numaligarh to Nagaon. The Carolling will peak during this period and the songs could be heard from the streets and alleys with troupes doing the rounds of Christian localities. Youth for Christ ministry in Guwahati, members of [...]