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Kathmandu: The Embassy of India in Kathmandu on January 9, Friday organised a cultural programme at its premises to mark Vishwa Hindi Diwas, celebrating the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of India and Nepal. As part of the event, several schools from Kathmandu participated in Hindi poetry recitations and skits. …

NEW DELHI: Sangh evolves and manifests itself in newer forms, people feel that the Sangh is changing. However, the Sangh is not changing; it is gradually manifesting itself in different forms. This is the process of a seed becoming a tree, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat …

The Andhra Pradesh High Court, on January 6, 2026, ordered the registration of criminal cases against police officers found to be involved in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Parakamani theft case. The court directed the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to proceed with a full-fledged investigation and …

RAIPUR: A controversy erupted in Dharampur village of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, after villagers, along with local Hindu workers, protested against alleged conversion activities in a private premise. The dispute arose on Tuesday, January 6, after villagers and Hindu activists received information about suspicious activities in a residential complex located at …

GUWAHATI: In yet another bold step, the Assam government has cleared over 6200 bighas of encroached land in Burha Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district. 710 Bangladeshi-origin Muslim families were evicted from the forest area encroached during the previous Congress regime. Sonitpur District Commissioner Anand Kumar Das said the land …

REASI: The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, Kakryal, Reasi (J&K), for running the MBBS course with 50 seats for the academic year 2025-26. The decision, dated January 6, 2026, …

BENGALURU: In a deeply disturbing case that has shocked Bengaluru Rural district, serious allegations have emerged against Syed Imran (40)of Janatha Colony in Sulibele village, Hoskote taluk, accusing him of attempting to sacrifice an infant boy as part of a puja allegedly performed for wealth. Acting on specific and credible …

The decline of Mamankam cannot be understood in isolation. It must be situated within a much older and broader Hindu grammar of sovereignty, in which political legitimacy, sacred geography, ritual assembly, and public participation were inseparable. Mamankam was not an anomaly of Kerala history; it was the southernmost expression of …

Universalism has long been among the most ambitious moral projects of the modern world. Born of the European Enlightenment, it promised a vision of humanity bound together by shared reason, rights, and moral equality. Yet even within Western political thought, there has been sustained unease about how this promise has …

NEW DELHI: A doctored and misleading video clip falsely attributed to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat is circulating widely on social media platform X, claiming that he advocated the removal of Dalits, Other Backwards Classes (OBCs), Muslims and Christians from the Indian Army. A thorough fact-check confirms …