Court orders criminal case against Sonia Gandhi

April 30, 2013 

Chaitra Krushnapaksha 5, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) : A local court has directed the Kushaiguda police to register a criminal case against Congress president Sonia Gandhi for allegedly cheating people of the Telangana region and "having dual citizenship" on different names.

On January 29, BJP leader Satish Agarwal had filed a private petition in the II Metropolitan Magistrate's court of Malkajgiri alleging that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, during her 2004 election campaign speech in Karimnagar, had duped the four crore people of Telangana by promising them a separate state if they vote for the party. The promise was also reiterated in the Congress' election manifesto. Party leader from Rajahmundry U Arun Kumar had worked as a translator to Sonia Gandhi during the public meeting, the petitioner said.

"Though the Congress was voted to power for two consecutive terms, Sonia Gandhi has not fulfilled her promise and thereby duped the Telangana people. Thousands of innocents committed suicide due to this cheating," Agarwal said.

The petitioner also alleged that Sonia Gandhi was holding dual citizenship (Indian and Italian) on different names. "While being an Italian citizen with name Antonia Maino, the Congress chief has acquired an Indian voter ID card and citizenship in the name of Sonia Gandhi, which is illegal," Agarwal stated in the petition.

Dr. Krishan Bhatnagar, a staunch advocate of Hinduism passed away

April 30, 2013 

Chaitra Krushnapaksha 5, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

Dr. Krishan Bhatnagar, a Hindu stalwart of the highest order who spearheaded scores of campaigns against the anti-Hindu policies unleashed by the State and Federal governments of India, passed away yesterday morning at 5.30 A.M (April 22, 2013). at his son’s residence in USA. He was 86.  According to the family sources the end was absolutely peaceful when he was surrounded by his family members. For the past few months Krishan Ji had not been keeping good health and the family was taking care of him.

With Dr. Bhatnagar's demise, Hindu Dharma has lost studious thinker !

Dr. Krishan Bhatnagar was one of the prominent Hindu thinker in USA. He was the inspiration behind Hindu Janajagruti Samiti's protest campaign against the takeover of Shri Siddhivinayak Temple by Maharashtra Government. Dr. Bhatnagar collected all the information regarding the corruption going on in the Govt. managed trust of Shri Siddhivinayak Temple and it exhibited his intense fervour for the Hindu Dharma. As HJS carried out Shri Siddhivinayak Temple campaign successfully, he got attached to the activities of HJS. Dr. Bhatnagar used to call many times through mobile and he always asked about HJS activities. Many times he had said that today only HJS is working for Hindutva with honesty and passion. With Dr. Bhatnagar's demise, Hindu Dharma has lost studious thinker.

- Shri. Ramesh Shinde, National Spokesperson, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Shri. Jagan Kaul on the demise of Dr. Krishan Bhatnagar

Through and through Krishan Ji was a private person, a strong Hindu, intellectual, philosopher, philanthropist, activist and a planner. He was a keen researcher and writer. He put all these attributes to use for serving the community and advancing the causes of the Hindu Samaj.

I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Krishan Ji for nearly two decades. During the past five years our focus was against the robbery being committed in broad day light by the Indian establishments in the Hindu temples of India. Like the Moguls and other enemy invaders of India the Indian establishments while claiming to nurture the freedom of religion took control of the major temples of India, their landed estate and financial assets including the offerings of devotees. The loot from the temples continues to be used as Govt. revenue. This means that the Hindu Gods and Goddesses have been relegated to work horses of the Indian establishment. A significant part of this loot is being used to fund official projects including those meant to promote foreign born predatory religions in India. The intent of this communal policy is to weaken the Hindu society and its religious infrastructure. As a friend, colleague and partner he was an important part of our organization and its support system. He will be sorely missed.

The Bhatnagar family has requested all friends, well wishers and colleagues of Krishan Ji, who may want to send memorial gifts, to make donations to the charities of their choice in his name instead of sending flowers, cards or other memorial gifts.

सत्य की निरंतर खोज का नाम ही हिन्दुधर्म है- डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल

सत्य की निरंतर खोज का नाम ही हिन्दुधर्म है- डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल

Source: VSK-Udaypur      Date: 29 Apr 2013 19:28:03

उदयपुर, अप्रैल 28 : हिन्दुधर्म कोई कोई संप्रदाय या पूजा पद्धति नहीं है| हिन्दुत्व एक सांस्कृतिक धारा है जो सभी को जोड़ने का कार्य करता है। सत्य की निरंतर खोज का नाम ही हिन्दुधर्म है| यही विचार स्वामी विवेकानन्दजी के थे, जो कि वर्तमान दौर में भी प्रासंगिक और आवश्यक है। उक्त विचार राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सह सरकार्यवाह डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल ने स्वामी विवेकानन्द सार्द्धशति समारोह समिति द्वारा आयोजित प्रबुद्ध नागरिक सम्मेलन में व्यक्त किये।

स्वामीजी ने विदेश की धरती पर जाकर उस समय भारत के प्रति प्रचलित धारणा कि- भारत के लोग जंगली, बर्बर और गवांर है, को नकारा और वास्तविक भारतीय दर्शन का प्रतिपादन किया। उन्होने कहा कि मैं उनका प्रतिनिधी हूँ जो प्राणी मात्र के सुख का चिन्तन करते हैं। भारत का दर्शन वहीं हो सकता है जिसमें सभी के कल्याण की बात हो, जो ‘सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिन:’, ‘एकम् सत विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति’ का संदेश देता हो।

स्वामीजी ने आग्रह किया कि, शिव भाव से जीव मात्र की सेवा करना ही भारतीयों का कर्तव्य है। ये भगवा वस्त्र, मठ, मंदिर केवल स्वयं की साधना के लिए ही नहीं है अपितु असहायों, जरूरतमंदो की सेवा करने के लिए है। तुम तभी हिन्दु कहलाने के लायक होगें जब सामने खड़ा व्यक्ति का दु:ख तुम्हे अपना लगे।

डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल ने कहा कि, समाज में फैली हुई कुरीतियों को दूर करने के लिये एक नये ग्रंथ की रचना करनी होगी। महिला शिक्षा पर जोर देना होगा। दुनिया के लोग भारतीय दर्शन को समझने लगे है। जिन स्वामी जी की हम इस वर्ष 150 वीं जयंती मना रहे है। यह विडम्बना का विषय है कि भारत में पैदा में हुए युगपुरुष स्वामी विवेकानन्द के जन्म दिवस को युवा दिवस के रूप में मनाने कि पहल यू. एन. ओ. ने की। फिर भारत में इसकी शुरूआत हुई।

विवेकानन्द जी चाहते थे कि भारत दुनिया का नेतृत्त्व करें। किन्तु पहले भारत में रहने वाले असहाय, गरीब और जरूरतमंद की सेवा को प्रभु की भक्ति माने। उन्होंने कहा कि हिन्दू धर्म व संस्कृति में भेदभाव का कोई स्थान नहीं है।

मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में बोलते हुए प्रात:काल समाचार पत्र के मुख्य संपादक सुरेश गोयल ने कहा कि, यह हमारे लिए बहुत गौरव की बात है कि भारत में युवाओं का प्रतिशत सर्वाधिक है और अगर हमें देश को आगे बढ़ाना है तो इस सामर्थ्यवान युवाशक्ति को आगे लाना होगा। लेकिन हम अपनी युवापीढ़ी के सामर्थ्य का उपयोग नहीं कर पा रहे है, फलस्वरूप हमारे युवा पश्चिमी संस्कृति के वाहक बन गये है।

लेफ्टनेंट जनरल नन्दकिशोर सिंह ने कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता की।

‘हिन्दू एक बड़ा मंच है जिस पर कई संप्रदाय खड़े हैं’ 

हिन्दू संकुचित शब्द नहीं है| पाश्च्चात्य संस्कृति से प्रभावित व्यक्ति, विश्व के अन्य संप्रदायों से तुलना कर हिन्दू को भी संप्रदाय मानते है| यह उनकी बहुत बड़ी भूल है। क्योंकि हिन्दू तो एक बड़ा मंच है जिस पर कई संप्रदाय खड़े हैं, ऐसा प्रतिपादन राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सह सरकार्यवाह डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल ने किया| स्वामी विवेकानन्द सार्द्धशति समारोह समिति, उदयपुर द्वारा 27 अप्रैल, 2013 को सामाजिक सद्भावना बैठक का आयोजन किया गया। इस बैठक में डॉ. कृष्ण गोपाल मुख्य वक्ता के रूप में उपस्थित थे|                 

पराधीनता के काल में प्राण रक्षा के लिये जातिगत व्यवस्था बनाकर कई प्रकार की व्यवस्थाऐं बनाई गयी। जो आज के परिपेक्ष्य में कुरीतियों के रूप में दिखाई देती है। आवश्यकता इस बात है कि स्वाधीनता के पश्चात प्राचीन जंजीरों की आवश्यकता नहीं हैं इसलिए कुरीतियों रूपी जंजीरों को तोड़कर समाज में ऐक्य भाव देते हुए आगे बढ़ना चाहिये। जैसे शरीर के विभिन्न अंगों में विभिन्नता होते हुए भी उनमें होने वाला रक्तसंचार शरीर के ऐक्य भाव को बनाए रखता है। उसी से हमारा राष्ट्रदेव खड़ा होगा। हजार-बारासो वर्ष के संघर्षकाल में, प्राण रक्षा में बहुमूल्य संस्कार छूट गये। जिन्हें पुन: संजोना होगा, ऐसा उन्होंने आवाहन किया|

सद्भावना बैठक की भूमिका डॉ. भगवति प्रकाश ने रखी व विभिन्न समाजों के पधारे हुए प्रतिनिधियों ने अपने समाज में किये जा रहे नवाचारों को व्यक्त किया। 76 समाजों के 215 लोगों ने बैठक में भाग लिया। कार्यक्रम का संचालन रमेश शुक्ल ने किया व एकल गीत डॉ. कोशल शर्मा ने गाया।

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Kochi: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated Bhaskar Rao Bhavan

Kochi: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated Bhaskar Rao Bhavan Kochi April 7: In a much awaited moment which inspired thousands of Malayalee Sangh well wishers of Kerala and abroad, RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated Bhaskara Rao Bhavan at Kochi on Sunday morning. The new building was newly named ‘BHASKAREEYAM’, the Bhaskara Rao Memorial Mandir, after first RSS pranth pracharak of Kerala Sri Bhaskara Rao. The air-conditioned convention centre, built in 75,000 square feet area with state-of-the-art auditorium to accommodate 1500 persons, has been dedicated to the memory of K Bhaskar Rao, who spent his entire life for Kerala’s Hindu renaissance. “Hinduism doesn’t accept conversions. Hindus try to reverse conversions, Conversions are not necessary. If you have the basic human values, what you wear, what you eat and what you pray all these are immaterial,” said Mohan Bhagwat, adding, ‘Hindu society needs to spread this message world over’. All round progress of Hindu society is not for its own sake, but for the betterment of the whole world, he noted. Former ISRO Chairman, Dr G Madhavan Nair was the Chief Guest on the occasion, said changes in the education sector was needed as it had become highly commercialised. Those coming out of colleges are not employable, which needs to be changed, he said, adding, there is need for imparting value-based education. Nair also stressed the need for promoting entrepreneurship rather than going for jobs in government or multi-national companies. Several socio-religious leaders, prominent leaders of Sangh Parivar including Ashok Singhal of VHP, RSS top functionaries K Suryanarayana Rao, KC Kannan, J Nandakumar, Parameshwaran of RSS Kerala, Gopalakrishnan of Seema Jagaran, Jayakumar of Vijnan Bharati and thousands of well wishers attended the event. Major Ravi, popular Malayam Cinema director, a former Indian Army Officer, also attended the event. ... ... ...

RSS summer camp begins in north TN

RSS summer camp begins in north TN

Source: VSK-Chennai      Date: 24 Apr 2013 15:43:41

Gudiyattam, April 23: Prathama Varsha Sangha Shiksha Vargha of Uttar Tamil Nadu unit of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp by his Holiness 'Mahadevamalai Vibhuti Sitthar' and offering floral tributes to Bharata Mata by Yuvaraj, the leading trader of Gudiyattam. 

This year, Sangha Shiksha Varga of Uttar Tamil Nadu is organized at Gudiyattam, Vellore District of Tamil Nadu which commenced on 21st April, 2013. 

Kumaraswamy, Uttar Tamil Nadu Pranta Karyavah (State Secretary) addressed the trainees who are attending this camp from all sections of the society. 

A total of 227 participants including students, company executives, workers, agriculturists, self-employed etc are participating in the summer training camp.

Interfaith Gathering Highlights Hindu-Jewish Relationship

Interfaith Gathering Highlights Hindu-Jewish Relationship

“Lead us from the unreal to the Real; Lead us from darkness to Light; Lead us from death to Immortality,” the audience repeated after the speaker. Though they were there to memorialize the Holocaust, their words did not come from the Torah, nor are they found in Christian Bible or the Quran.

The prayer came from the Brahadaranyakopanisad, one of the Upanishads, a series of ancient philosophical works central to Hinduism.

“It’s one of the most sacred texts in Hinduism,” explained Rajan Zed, who led the University of Nevada-Reno’s Holocaust Remembrance Day audience in a recitation of the scripture. Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, participated in the event along with Jewish, Buddhist and Christian clergy. “I chose the text as a way to honor those people who had died and suffered, whose lives were changed forever.”

The major differences between Hinduism and Judaism—two religions with divergent views about theism and sacred images—have come to overshadow the many similarities between the two religions and their accompanying cultures, wrote Barbara Holdrege, a professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Holdrege also authored “Veda and Torah,” in which she notes that both religions are comprised of many sects, have priesthoods, notions of purity and impurity and vast legal codes.

Zed added that Hinduism and Judaism both emphasize family institutions, have dietary laws and designate sacred languages for prayer. These similarities have allowed India’s Jewish community to live in harmony with India’s Hindu community for nearly 2,000 years.

According to Nissim Reuben, program director for Indian-Jewish American relations at the American Jewish Committee’s Asia Pacific Institute, Hindu and Jewish communities in America share mutual successes in academia, business and culture—in addition to religious similarities—which have drawn them closer.

“The Hindu community, particularly Hindus from India or of Indian origin, sees themselves as the new Jews,” Reuben said. “Both Jews and Hindus are dedicated, loyal, and focus on family and education. Indian-American Hindus have the same attachment to their motherland, India, as Jews do to Israel.”

With a strong and well-respected voice in the American life, the Jewish community serves as a model minority group for American Hindus, said Jay Kansara, the associate director of the Hindu American Foundation.

“The Hindu community finds a role model for advocacy, political activism—small in numbers but large in impact,” he said. “As a community in small numbers we would like to voice our opinion and exert strength like the Jewish community.”

Relations between the Hindu and Jewish communities have taken off internationally since 2007, when representatives from the AJC, the Hindu American Foundation, Israel’s chief rabbi and Indian Hindu leaders met in New Delhi for a summit organized by the World Council of Religious Leaders. The conference was aimed at eliminating confusion about the beliefs of the two religions. The original summit was followed by two more in 2008 in Jerusalem and a third in 2011 again in New Delhi.

The increase in relations between the Hindu and Jewish communities has been a boon for commercial ties between Israel and India. In an interview with the Hindustan Times in 2012, Israeli ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz said trade between the two countries had vaulted from $180 million in 1992, the year the two countries officially normalized relations, to about $5 billion in 2011. Reuben said Israel is now India’s second largest supplier of arms. He is working on ways to drum up more business between the two countries.

As partnerships between the two faiths have steadily increased, there has been a surge of interest in interfaith efforts on the grassroots level. Steve Brody was inspired to organize a Hindu-Jewish interfaith event at Adat Shalom synagogue in Bethesda, Md., after speaking with a Hindu friend he knew from the space industry.

The event, titled “A Jewish Hindu Evening of Exploration!” featured a slideshow of images from space accompanied by readings from the Torah and the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s holy scriptures. The reading was followed by a dialogue between Adat Shalom’s Rabbi Sidney Schwarz and Anuttama Das, a religious leader at the Hare Krishna temple in Potomac, Md. The evening was capped off with a performance by Hinjew, a band fronted by Brody’s son along with students from the University of Virginia that specializes in traditional Indian music.
“The community warmly embraced the idea and had a healthy dose of curiosity,” Brody said. “I was really impressed with openness and kindness of [the] Hindu faith. It was a great experience for me. It was personally rewarding and I was very pleased and humbled by the comments about the value it provided to both Jewish and Hindu participants.”
A few miles away from the congregation at the Indian Embassy, Reuben and the AJC have collaborated with the Indian embassy for an annual Chanukah party every year since 2002. Reuben, an Indian Jew originally from Ahmedabad, India, said in an email that the party grew out of a conversation his father, Benjamin Reuben, had at a 2002 dinner party with India’s then ambassador to the United States Lalit Mansingh. The elder Reuben suggested that a Chanukah party would be a great way to highlight India’s vibrant Jewish heritage. Each year at the event Nissim Reuben recites Chanukah prayers Indian Jewry use in their Chanukah celebrations.
Zed has been collaborating with Jewish leaders in Nevada for years. Daniel Sanchez, a student at the University of Nevada and president of the Interfaith Student Club, said Zed’s participation in the event brought another perspective to the ceremony and more importantly, continued to break down barriers between the two communities. “It reduces the amount of space,” he said.

गंगा सुरक्षा पर ध्यान दे सरकार: शंकराचार्य

भुवनेश्वर,vsk संवाददाता:

गंगाजल को लोग अपना व्यवसाय बना दिए हैं। गंगा जल को कई तरह से दूषित किया जा रहा है, मगर सरकार गंगा की रक्षा के लिए किसी प्रकार का कदम नहींउठा रही है।

यह बातें जगतगुरु शंकराचार्य ने स्थानीय जीजीपी कालोनी में गंगा रक्षा व देश रक्षा विषय पर पत्रकारों से बातचीत के दौरान कही। जगतगुरु ने कहा कि गंगा की रक्षा करने का समय आ गया है। इसके अलावा भगवान श्रीराम ने सीता को बचाने के लिए जिस सेतु का निर्माण किया था, वह सेतु अब नष्ट होने जा रहा है। अमेरिका के वैज्ञानिकों ने परीक्षण कर नासा द्वारा सेतु फोटो जारी किया गया। उसमें बताया गया है कि समुद्र पानी के पांच फुट नीचे सेतु अस्तित्व में है, जो देखरेख के अभाव में नष्ट हो रहा है। शंकराचार्य ने कहा कि एक दिन ऐसा आएगा जब यह सेतु पूरी तरह से नष्ट हो जाएगा। शंकराचार्य ने कहा कि यह देश के लिए एक बड़ी समस्या के रूप में उभरेगा।

BAN COW SLAUGHTER IN COUNTRY: SHANKARACHARYA

Bhubaneswar(vsk)Puri Gobardhan Pith Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswat during his three-day visit to Jagatsinghpur district attended several religious programmes. He demanded a ban on cow slaughter and consumption of cow meat besides strict action against illegal export of the meat to Arabic countries and Bangladesh.

He urged the Union and State Governments to implement strict laws to prevent cow slaughter in the country. Delivering his speech in a religious discourse at Gothada Mutt near Naugaon block on Friday, Swamiji said India is being culturally exploited even today.

There was an attempt to destroy Ram Sethu Bandha, while Ganga river water is being polluted, he said, expressing concern over the destruction of the Himalayas.

The Hindu religious mentor suggested that the Government should implement action plans to protect the Ganga river and the Himalayas and called upon all Hindus to get united and resort to

peaceful protest pressing Government to save old religious heritages.

"We seers are proposing to organise a mega conference and an action plan for protection of all Hindu religious institutions and monuments," Swamiji informed. While blaming politicians of the country, Swamiji said they are maintaining double standards on many issues.

Swamiji stressed that voters should first educate them about democracy and electoral process since then politicians are exploiting them because of their gullibility and ignorance.

Swamiji attended religious gatherings at Naugaon, Balikuda and Rghunathpur blocks, where he was greeted by several organisations and locals.

 

 

Nation’s Security is under threat due to ‘Unfriendly Attitude’ of its neighbours: RSS Chief Bhagwat

April 19th, 2013, 4:45 pm

Nasik, Maharashtra, April 19, 2013 : Celebrating Ram Navami festival at Nasik, RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat has said that the nation’s security is under threat due to ‘unfriendly attitude’ of its neighbouring countries.

RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat at Nasik.

Without naming any country, Bhagwat said the growth and development of India is necessary for the welfare of humanity, however, it will not solve the global problems as the country is surrounded by non-friendly nations on its eastern and western borders posing a security threat.

He said this while addressing a public meeting last evening organized by the Nashik unit of RSS on the eve of ‘Ram Navami’.

Despite the three wars, the non-friendly attitude of the neighbouring nations is still on. The country’s borders are not safe as fake notes, arms and terrorists infiltrate inside India from there, he said.

“On one hand, we dream of becoming an economic superpower whereas on the other commoners are fed up of inflation, suicides by farmers are on and the country is reeling under drought. In such a situation, where is the development?” Bhagwat questioned.

Voters are equally responsible for this. Quarrels about caste, regions, languages, water and borders are on across the nation and rape cases are emerging everyday. We discuss the issues but do not try to solve them, he said.

According to Bhagwat, RSS’s base is very strong. “We are not opposing anybody and nobody is our enemy. But attempts are being made to finish us. But considering RSS’s works and its worldwide popularity, nobody has the power to finish us,” he said.

RSS Nashik unit members Vijay Kadam, Kacheshwar Sahane and Kailas Salunkhe were also present on the occasion.

In 1999, Manmohan blamed RSS for anti Sikh riots

In 1999, Manmohan blamed RSS for anti Sikh riots

Rediffmail.com: September 1999: Former finance minister Manmohan Singh, Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha from South Delhi, today accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party, of being involved in the 1984 anti Sikh carnage in the capital.

Addressing reporters at the Press Club of India, Dr Singh said the 1984 riots were "a black spot and the saddest event". But the Congress as an organisation had no role in it, he claimed. "It should not have happened."

He pointed out that in 1984 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the President of India. Had there been any institutionalised anti-Sikh bias in the Congress, which was then the ruling party, he would not have got the coveted award, he argued.

The first information reports lodged at different police stations in Delhi prove that several RSS men were involved in the riots, Dr Singh said.

He dismissed as "BJP propaganda" reports that Sikh voters had asked him during campaigning how they could vote for a party that had "blood on its hands".

He said the BJP had no right to dictate from where he could contest. "How can they prevent me from contesting an election just because I am a Sikh?" he challenged.

Though he was non-committal on who would be prime minister if the Congress came to power, Dr Singh said it would be decided by the party after the results are known.

He said the Congress does not consider it so important to name the prime minister before the election as it is trying to contest on the basis of issues. He said he is against any kind of "gutter politics" and trading of personal charges. The remarks made by Defence Minister George Fernandes and Information and Broadcasting Minister Pramod Mahajan were uncalled for, he said.

He dared the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government to institute an inquiry against him if it was sure that there was a scam when he was governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Dr Singh said the possibility of a scandal fuelling the current stock market boom could not be ruled out. He said that though the 1992 securities scandal was detected when he was finance minister, it had begun during the tenure of his predecessor, Yashwant Singh, who is the finance minister again today.

Dr Singh said his party would review the 'Most Favoured Nation' status given to Pakistan if Islamabad continues to behave in a belligerent manner towards India.

The BJP's argument in defence of sugar imports from Pakistan under the open general licence does not stand scrutiny as the government could very well have withdrawn the commodity from the OGL category, Dr Singh pointed out.

Singh also lashed out at the government for its failure on the telecom front, saying that his party favours a review of the policy. He said transparency is absolutely necessary in such matters, but the manner in which Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had acted and the fact that the telecommunications minister was changed after the election was announced tend to give the impression that all is not above board.

Dr Singh said the Congress is going to the people seeking a clear-cut majority to implement its policies. The question of forming a coalition will be decided only after the results come in.

Asked if the Congress would join hands with the Left parties in a coalition, he said: "We will cross that bridge when we come to it."

Answering a stream of questions on economic issues, he said priority would be given to speeding up economic growth while simultaneously emphasising poverty-alleviation programmes.

Poverty removal will be through enhanced spending on health and education, better delivery systems, greater investment in agriculture and rural development, and expansion of the National Renewal Fund and the Employment Guarantee Scheme.

He said the BJP's economic agenda is a hotchpotch and its social and political philosophy such that it will take the country back to the 17th century into a world of fundamentalism and narrow nationalistic and parochial goals.

The Congress agenda, on the other hand, is futuristic, aimed at taking the country into the 21st century by ensuring a better deal for the poor, he said.

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Defamatory remarks against RSS, BJP: Court to pronounce order on April 23 on summoning Shinde

Defamatory remarks against RSS, BJP: Court to pronounce order on April 23 on summoning Shinde

New Delhi: April 11: A Delhi court today fixed April 23 for giving its order on whether to summon Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a defamation case filed against him for his remarks linking BJP and RSS to Hindu terror.

Metropolitan Magistrate Amitabh Rawat fixed the date for pronouncing the order after the complainant's counsel completed the arguments on summoning Shinde as an accused in the case.

Earlier it had recorded the pre-summoning evidence of the petitioner V P Kumar after it heard his counsel Monika Arora who had alleged that the Home Minister had "willfully" made the "derogatory" remarks to cause "ill will and hatred among communities".

Kumar, in his petition, has alleged that Shinde's remarks were aimed at "polarising minority votes" in the 2014 general elections.

"The impugned statement is not only defamatory in its natural meaning but also contains the imputation and insinuation that Hindu religion is involved in anti-national and terrorist activities," the petition said, adding the minister "has used the word saffron as synonym of terrorism, which is totally absurd, wrong, mischievous and defamatory".

According to the petition, Shinde had, while addressing an AICC meeting at Jaipur earlier this year, said "...We have got an investigation report that be it RSS or BJP, their training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism. We are keeping a strict vigil on all this".

RSS: Swayamsevaks at rescue operation at Chitheri

RSS: Swayamsevaks at rescue operation at Chitheri

Chennai: April 11: Chitheri, a village in Tamilnadu-Vellore district around 90 kms off from Chennai shook once again when 11 bogies of Bangalore-bound Muzaffarpur-Yashvantpur Express derailed on Wedesday.

RSS volunteers plunged into rescue operation and saved lives of the passengers.   Food packets were distributed to them.  It is to be remembered that RSS volunteers were part of the rescue operation during September 2011 train accident at the same place.

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SHAIKSHIK MAHASANGH TO HOLD STIR IN DELHI ON APR 25

SHAIKSHIK MAHASANGH TO HOLD STIR IN DELHI ON APR 25

Bhubaneswar(Visakeo)Teachers under the banner of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) will stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to press various demands on April 25. The same day the association will summit a 15-point charter of demands to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

“Though the teachers have submitted their charter of demands to the Prime Minister and the Human Resources Minister on many occasions, yet they were ignored. The apathy of  Central Govt in solving the genuine problems of the teachers has led to a steady fall in standard of our education system across  country and if the Government does not take proactive steps to plug the loophole, the association will intensify its agitation,” warned ABRSM additional general secretary K Balakrishna Bhat at a Press meet on April 17.

Around 50,000 teachers from across the country will participate in the dharna, informed Bhat.

ABRSM State president Prof Prafulla Kumar Mishra rued that though there are only three universities having Sanskrit departments in Odisha, they are ailing from teachers’ vacancies since long. The Government has not been filling the posts for the last 30 years, he said.

Among others, Dr Narayan Mohanty and Pabitra Kumar Rath were present. The demands of the association include  restructuring of the education system by incorporating national identity, Indian values, character building, social concern, research and innovation, setting up an a autonomous regulatory commission for controlling education at the State and national level, allocation of 15 per cent of GDP by the Central Government and  30 per cent of the State budget for education, a halt in the commercialisation of education, uniform pay and service conditions, teacher-student ratio at 1:30, minimum salaries and proper service conditions for teachers working in different names like Vidyarthi Mitra, Para-Teacher, Contract Teacher, Guest Lecturer, Shiksha Mitra, Part-time Teacher and Shiksha Karmi etc.

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Offering floral tribute in the statue of Dr.Ambedkar in AG SQUARE,Bhubaneswar by town unit of RSS

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