While defining religion is a theological exercise, many a times the tribunals and judges are pontificating on the nature of Hindusim on the basis of common sense and their own perceptions of it. Many of these perceptions are dictated by the contemporary politics, which wants to present Hinduism in a different light. It was a great surprise that a recent Income Tax Tribunal held that Hinduism is...
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New Delhi, Mar 16: HP has launched its ElitePad 900 tablet in India that is aimed at enterprise consumers. The company aims to make it the device of choice for business users who may oterwise opt for an Apple iPad because of the convenience it offers - merging a laptop and a tablet in a handy package with a number of hardware design and usage customisation offerings. Design and hardware: HP has...
The Jamaat-e-Islami is said to be the cause of the present instability in Bangladesh. Many of its leaders are now being tried for alleged crimes committed during the liberation struggle of 1971. There is also a growing mood in the country to isolate and ban the Jamaat. The acting secretary-general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI), Rafiqul Islam Khan, spoke to Pranay Sharma about the current...
Mangalore, Mar 13: National Institute of Karnataka (NITK), Suratkal, in association with ‘The 3 Hungry Men’, Mangalore’s first and only food reviewing body are going to conduct Mangalore’s first ‘Hogathon’ on November 16 and 17, during ‘Incident’, the annual fest of NITK. This competition is open to everyone above the age of 18. Another added highlight is that this competition is open for all, not...
Lucknow, Mar 12: Expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) Lok Sabha member Jaya Prada, it appears, has learnt from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on how to deal with prying journalists. Following in Mamata's footsteps, Jaya Prada also threatened to slap a journalist. Jaya Prada, a Lok Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh's Rampur constituency, was speaking to reporters at Deoria, about 325 km from...
New Delhi, Mar 10: Adopting a name and shame policy to make borrowers pay their dues, banks have decided to publish in newspapers photographs and details like names and addresses of wilful loan defaulters and market leader SBI has taken the lead in doing so. Besides, banks would also publish photographs, names and addresses of guarantors of such defaulters in newspapers if the dues are not cleared...
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans filled the streets of Caracas to accompany the casket of President Hugo Chavez to the military academy where he began his career and where his body lay in state before today's funeral.The former paratrooper lieutenant colonel had been in power for 14 years, and the outpouring reflected popular support for the undeniable, albeit limited, improvements in social...
A user has discovered a security flaw in the Samsung Galaxy S III that allows anyone to bypass the lock screen of the phone by following a few simple steps. Sean McMillan has posted a method to access the lock screen of the Galaxy S II on a mailing list. According to him the bug can be reproduced by following these steps: 1) On the code entry screen (of the lock screen) press Emergency Call 2)...
The gadget industry seems to have decided that 2013 will be the year of the smartwatch, says David Pogue. Every time you look, our computers have moved closer to us. In the beginning, they existed only in corporate headquarters. Then came the desktop PC – three feet away. Then the laptop – one foot. Then the smartphone – in our pockets. What"s next – computers on our wrists? The central idea is...
Gulbarga, Mar 3: The city witnessed spontaneous protests by Muslims on Saturday, against offensive articles and images of Prophet Mohammad and the Koran posted on Facebook. The protesters demanded that the offensive material be blocked immediately, and action be taken against those responsible for posting it. Muslims, under the banner of the Gulbarga Muslim Welfare Association and other...