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Sri Lanka Buddhist monks destroy Muslim shrine, alleged that local Muslims were trying to convert the shrine into a mosque

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A group of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka led a crowd that demolished a Muslim shrine last week, the BBC has learned.

This incident took place on Saturday in Anuradhapura, an ancient Buddhist city and Unesco world heritage site.

The mon..
India might see a Rahul vs Modi affair in 2014: CRS

Washington: As the debate on potential prime ministerial contenders for the 2014 elections picks up in India, a US Congressional report says it might just turn out to be a direct contest between controversial Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a..
Modi is king of governance, says US Congress report

Washington: A report drawn up by the US Congressional Research Service has identified Gujarat under chief minister Narendra Modi as offering perhaps the best example of effective governance and impressive development in India, and observed that ..
Indian black money abroad: How to bring it back

WHILE serving as Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica (1998-2001) I was concurrently accredited to two tax ‘havens’: the Cayman Islands and the Turk & Caicoos Islands as Commissioner of India. One day Delhi informed me that an Ind..

Equations and Symbolism in Vedic Scriptures

As B.B. Dutta writes: “The use of symbols-letters of the alphabet to denote unknowns, and equations are the ..
Upanishad Ganga : A series exploring vedic culture

"Upanishad Ganga", a treasure trove of stories Never told before on celluloid. A series depicting the story of..
Bharatpur opens a Pandora’s Box, Are Cong-ruled states equally prone to communal violence as the rest

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Aussie crowd abuses, Virat Kohli responds by showing middle finger, fined half the match fee

At the Sydney Cricket Ground, it was a show of the characteristic Australian indecency, for which their C..
25000 Indians travel to Switzerland very frequently, Why

Swiss bank revealed India has more money than rest of the world The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is..