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Egypt has drafted a bill to ban burqa and Islamic veils in public places. Bangladesh wants to gets secular, Iceland wants to decriminalize blasphemy law, and even in India muslim women have approached the Supreme Court to consider banning triple thalaq, female genital mutilation, entry into darga etc.. So where will… Read More

Bhumika Patel, a cashier in a US convenience store chased away a 17 year old while male robber who tried to rob her at gunpoint. Bhumika tried to snatch the gun from the robber and hit him with her own hand before chasing him out. Like so many other such… Read More

The JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar sparks another unfortunate controversy by saying Indian Army are rapists. Is he seeking free publicity or is he provoking people to seen as a victim, remains unclear. In no country in the world do you find its citizens criticizing its army public. Indian… Read More

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which is a front of the US Christian evangelical organizations visit to India is an attempt at moral policing where none is warranted. Government of India has rightly denied them a visa - in light of past unbalanced reporting. As we all may… Read More

Now Hijras or Transgenders will get some respect as they can vote as the third gender bringing some excitement to this community who initially had to vote as male or female, and later as "Other" gender. The development driven by a 2014 Supreme Court judgement, represents a truly coming out… Read More

Controversial, biased and political motivated NDTV anchor Barkha Dutt claims to have received threats, and she has filed a police report. While we hope she and all are safe, one has to wonder is this a ploy at seeking victimhood? After all, she has been accused to have hosted, run… Read More

A Facebook posts noted, this fellow is 28 years old, still a student, is economically dependent on his mother who earns only Rs. 3,000 per month and father is bed ridden. We have nothing against this person, but this JNU fellow is still studying on govt subsidies and is asking… Read More

Twitter was supposed to provide a service, till its India head Raheel Khursheed jumped to take political sides. In this case HE CHOSE TO SIDE AGAINST the patriotic, smart and dynamic 15 year old Ludhiana girl, Ms. Jhanvi Behal who wants to debate the JNU protester and anti-national Kanhaiya Kumar.… Read More

Air India this past Sunday kicked off the 17 hour Delhi to San Francisco flight, the world's longest using an all women crew. This crew under Captain Shubhangi Singh, consists of cabin crew, cockpit crew, doctor, customer care staff and also the ground staff including the operator, technician, engineer, flight… Read More

As we all know about the red-shirted "Coolies" who provide a critical service at railway stations. The term itself has a tinge of negative to it. Now with the Railway budget, they will be renamed "Sahayaks" or helpers, be given new uniforms, be asked to learn “soft skills” for dealing… Read More

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi are other Congress leadership is enmeshed in a growing number of legal proceedings. Sonia-Rahul, the mother-son duo are out on bail in the National Herald case. Rahul Gandhi by himself is facing sedition charges in multiple courts, Digvijaya Singh the outspoken Congress leader is out on… Read More

Delhi High Court judge in the JNU student union president petition noted that the claim of "fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression is some kind of infection from which such students are suffering which needs to be controlled/cured before it becomes an epidemic." Further, the judge noted that… Read More

Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Agra city unit vice-president Arun Kumar Mahaur, a Dalit, was shot dead in broad daylight by five assailants for opposing cow slaughter, which is banned in UP and invites heavy fines and arrest if you caught in the act. The leader and others were returning home… Read More

Indian Navy’s all-women crew vessel “Mhadei” has reached Kochi after leaving from Vishakhapatnam, and is finally bound for Goa. The women officers led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshiare are training for an all-women crew to go around the world next year. Source: Indian Express Read More

Where only around 4 kms/day of track was laid in recent years, Indian Railways will speed that up to 7 Kms/day next year, and this will see a BIG JUMP to 19 kms/day by 2019. Laying new tracks, replacing old ones and doubling and tripling of lines are essential to… Read More