Rationalist exposes mid-brain activation fraud

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim is controversy's child. Here's a look at few other gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.  Gurmeet Ram Rahim Leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda, a socio-spiritual orgnisation, Gurmeet Ram Rahim has led his organisation to several Guinness World Records.   The Dera Sacha Sauda head was in the news for announcing that that nearly 1,500 followers of the sect were ready to marry the Uttarakhand women who lost their ...

Though the list of superstitious beliefs is long, often dissolving distinctions of class, caste, religion and education, Karnataka's anti-superstition bill is seen as a big step ahead.Nikita Puri reports from Bengaluru.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   It took a 'talking' bird for Edgar Allan Poe to write The Raven. All it took for its crow cousin to become the subject of news in Karnataka was its deciding to sit atop Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's car last year. The crow ...

"There is a similarity between Gauri Lankesh's murder and that of Dabholkar, Kalburgi and Pansare. What I see is that the tools used are the same. There is a conspiracy of people -- a sort of hit gang that is working towards eliminating progressive voices. "I am also on so many hit lists. All these vested interests, people who are promoting a superstitious way of thinking, all go hand in hand with each other."Narendra Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Association, an ...

In a much awaited verdict, the Supreme Court ordered a stay on the centuries old practice of triple talaq in a 5-3 decision where the majority agreed that the practice was un-Islamic and arbitrary. The verdict garnered praise from political parties, activists ...