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RSS not an external force: Ranjanth Singh; Says he and Narendra Modi will remain RSS men all their life

New Delhi, India: Hindutva fountainhead is ultimate ruling power in India under Narendra Modi/ BJP’s regime. Indian Home minister Rajnath Singh declined to see the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as an “external force”.

US President Obama to attend India’s republic day as ‘Chief Guest’ in 2015

New Delhi, India: US President Barack Obama has reportedly accepted invitation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be ‘Chief Guest’ on India’s ‘republic day’ on 26 Januar 2015. Media reports says that Obama would be the first US President to attend India’s republic day celebration as ‘Chief Guest’.

Hindutva sounds aloud in India: Delhi under ‘swabhimani’ Hindus after 800 years, says Ashok Singal

New Delhi, India: Vishav Hindu Parishan leader Ashok Singhal today (Nov. 21) said that the ‘Delhi has come back in to the hands of swabhimani (proud) Hindus after 800 years’. Singhal said that the victory of Hindutva forces in last Lok Sabha elections has brought back the control of Delhi into the hands of proud (upper caste) Hindus.

Naxals strike in Chhatisgarh; Chopper carrying injured CRPF men also targeted, claims police

Chhatisgarh, India: Five security personnel, including a CRPF inspector, were reportedly injured on Friday (Nov. 21) in a pressure bomb blast by Naxals in Maoist-hit Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said.

Narendra Modi tells Naxals to drop guns; Says Violence has no place in Gandhi’s country

Jharkhand, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Naxalite/ Maoist groups to drop guns and participate in “nation-building” project of the Indian state. Narendra ...

India: Manipuri Ph. D student found ‘murdered’ in Delhi

New Delhi: A Ph. D. scholar from Manipur was found ‘murdered’ at his rented residence in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area of Delhi last night. The deceased has been identified as Zingram Kengo. He was 33 years old and was pursuing doctorate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Video of protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Melbourne (Australia)

Melbourne, Australia: Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Nov. 18 to stage a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi was here to attend a dinner hosted by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot.

INDIA: Six incidents of communal violence reported between April-August 2014 in Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, India: Uttar Pradesh government on Monday said that between April to August this year, six incidents of communal tension took place in the state.

Chinese troops conducting training exercises for Pakistan Army, claims BSF report

A BSF report submitted to India’s security adviser Ajit Doval says Chinese troops are conducting weapons training exercises for Pakistan army at some posts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) adjoining Rajouri in Jammu & Kashmir.

Exlcusion of Kashmir from India’s map displayed at Queensland University in Australia during Narendra Modi’s visit irritates Indian authorites

Brisbane: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Australia to participate in G-20 summit. Within hours after his arrival following an overnight flight from Myanmar, Narendra Modi headed for the QUT for the first engagement of his five-day Australia visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 28 years after Rajiv Gandhi.

“Probe” into Hondh Chillar Massacre stopped after expiry of the Garg Commission’s term

Hisar, Haryana: The investigations into Hondh Chillar genocidal massacre of the Sikhs in November 1984 were reportedly stopped as the term of the Garg Commission constituted after 27 years of the massacre has expired. The extended term of Garg commission reportedly expired on 30 September, 2014; as a result the probe that was being conducted in a Hisar court was stopped with immediate effect.

AISSF files PIL petition on Sikh massacre in 1984 in Jharkhand

Jharkhand, India: All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has reportedly filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in connection with the Sikh genocide 1984 in Bihar-Jharkhand.

India: Family planning camp turns disaster as 8 women died, 30 critical after sterilization

Chhatisgarh, India: A mass sterilization camp organized by the Chhatisgarh state government in Bilaspur turned a mass tragedy as eight women have died and some 30 others are in a critical condition.

India: The new art of communal violence in operation to manufacture a “perfect riot”, media report

The communal tension in Trilokpuri in East Delhi, Bawana in the West, Majnu ka Tilla in the North and Okhla in the South in recent weeks reveals a crucial development in the art of engineering communal trouble for immediate benefit: sophistication. Creating a communal frenzy leading to violent incidents is passé - these are difficult to control and the consequences are often difficult to manage.

Omar Abdullah accuses Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of supervising massacre of Kashmiri youths

Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has blamed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for supervising the killing of thousands of youth in massacres in Kashmir when he was the home minister of India and accused him for being the biggest oppressor and tormentor in the history of the state.

Crimes against Humanity: What applies to Sri Lanka, applies to India: Dal Khalsa to UN

New Delhi, India: Alleging that New Delhi has failed to provide a resolution to the political conflict in various regions of the Indian Union, the Dal Khalsa has emphasized that the right to self-determination is the only solution to ensure that carnage's like November 1984 do not recur.

Rare footage and survivor Interviews recorded just few days after November 1984 Sikh Genocide

Thirty years have passed since the pogroms of Sikhs in India. During the first week of November 1984, police, politicians, and government leaders organized and implemented pogroms against Sikhs throughout the country.

Sikhs were put under house arrest in Haridwar on the occasion of Parkash Gurpurb of Guru Nanak

Uttarakhand, India: Sikh activists Gurcharan Singh Babbar and Ajmer Singh Randhawa has said that the police has covered-up every village of Sikhs around Haridwar and every Sikh house and no Sikh was permitted to step out and celebrate the Gurpurab day of Guru Nanak in Uttarakhand. They said that the police crackdown was directed by Harish Rawat led government in Uttarakhand.

India: Changes to environment, land acquisition laws jeopardize human rights – Amnesty International

New Delhi, India: Recent changes made and proposed to India’s environment and land acquisition policies strike at the right of communities to be consulted on decisions affecting them, Amnesty International India said.

Modi Govt. denies making announcement of compensation for 1984 Sikh Massacres’ victims

New Delhi, India: Just days after making the announcement, the Indian Government on November 03 conveyed to the Election Commission of India that it had not made any announcement about the grant of additional compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the 1984 Sikh massacre victims' families as reported in the media.

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