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Cuttack, August 11: If inhabitants of England are English, Germany are Germans and USA are Americans then why aren't inhabitants of Hindustan not known as Hindus, came a poser from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday. “The cultural identity of all Indians is Hindutva and the present inhabitants of the country are descendants of this great culture,” Bhagwat said while speaking at the Golden Jubilee'

Mangalore, Aug 11: The fishermen of Mangalore offered Samudra Pooja (sea worship) by offering milk to at Thannirbhavi in Mangalore on Sunday. The puja is offered by fishermen before resuming fishing activities after the monsoon break. Fishermen consider the day as auspicious as a large number of them offer prayers, to safeguard their family members from all evil spirit when they venture into sea

Moodbidri, Aug 10: Members of Sunni Students' Federation took out a massive Azadi' march to commemorate 72nd anniversary and as part of its silver jubilee celebrations main streets of Moodbidri on Saturday August 9. The march that commenced from the Shalimar Auditorium culminated at the Swaraj Mandir where a huge number of people gathered. Speaking on the occasion SSF National Vice President

Mangalore, Aug 10: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), UAE hosted an educational scholarship meet and career guidance symposium at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. College, in the city on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme State Health Minister U T Khader highlighted the responsibility of parents making their children good citizens. He also stressed on the importance of education in rural

New Delhi, Aug 10: The controversy over Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani's educational qualifications has taken a new turn with her asserting that she holds a degree from Yale University in US. Ms Irani (38) made the remark when pressed by a questioner at a summit in Delhi. Soon after the Lok Sabha results were announced on May 16, Ms Irani was at the centre of a raging

New Delhi, Aug 10: The issue of alleged kidnap and gangrape of girls in Western Uttar Pradesh for forced conversion and trafficking came up in the Supreme Court which warned an NGO from giving a religious “colour” to it. The NGO withdrew the petition later with liberty to file an appropriate one. “This is a secular state. Don't try to bring religion into the court. We are also concerned with the

New Delhi, Aug 10: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the sharp communal divide between minorities, especially Muslims, Dalits and Sikhs, in recent months leading to violence, arson and killings in Uttar Pradesh instigated by the political parties across the spectrum which have high stakes to capture power in the state. A Sayeed, National President SDPI in a press release

Kolkata, Aug 10: Amidst speculation that India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna may be conferred on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a majority of his family members today disapproved of the idea and instead demanded that the mystery of his disappearance be solved first. "Netaji has been missing since 1945. When you award him with Bharat Ratna posthumously, you have to say when he died, but where

Udupi, Aug 10: Mangalore based author and retired engineer B T Salian Kashyap' has been selected for Paniyadi award' for his Tulu novel Nammoorgonji Posa Pudar' (A new name for our village). The award instituted by Tulukoota Udupi will be presented at a function in Hotel Kidiyoor in Udupi. Mr Salian, stepped into literary world after an active life as an Engineer. Basically a Science graduate and

Bangalore, Aug 10: State Health Minister U T Khader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan to step up vigilance for possible Ebola virus affected patients landing at Delhi and Mumbai airports; the only two airports in the country that receive direct flights from Africa. Mr Khader told the media on Saturday that all the flights from affected areas