How Mahatma Gandhi 'lived' cow protection more than preaching it

The Gujarat High Court today issued a notice to the state government on a PIL challenging its decision to convert into museum a 164-year-old school in Rajkot where Mahatma Gandhi had studied. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M ...

'This book is really the story of the woman whose destiny takes her onto the path of an inordinately iconic man whom the world reveres as God!''It is the day-to-day demolition of her dreams that are at stark variance with those who view him as a trail blazer on the holy path to redemption, while he wrecks the peace of those whom he loves the most; his family.' IMAGE: Mahatma Gandhi with Kasturba Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons When Neelima ...

" Nowadays, I study the Upanishads and the Gita since I am fighting the RSS and the BJP '' - Rahul Gandhi , Vice President, Congress. Once Rahul Gandhi decided to acquire the wisdom of the Upanishads to explore ways to counter the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ...

As Janmashtami coincided with Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited Hindu mythological heroes to drive home his point when he spoke from the Red Fort on Tuesday. As he spotted children dressed up like Lord Krishna, Modi opened his speech ...

Some major events that occurred from 1885, when the Indian National Congress was formed, till August 15, 1947, when India achieved Independence.   1885: The Indian National Congress is launched in Bombay with the aim of winning political rights for Indians. 1905: The Partition of Bengal leads to a massive upsurge among the people, and a call for swadeshi goods, leading to a boycott of British-manufactured goods. 1906: Formation of the Muslim League; Congress gives a call for swaraj ...

New Delhi : Pingali Venkayya, a fervent freedom fighter and the man who designed the Indian national flag, was born on 2 August, 1876. Venkayya joined the British Indian Army at the age of 19 and took part in the Anglo-Boer war in Africa. It was during the ...

All Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses running on biodiesel are now grounded. Reason: Fuel procurement problems. But what if a fuel plant comes up right here with tonnes of used, redundant cooking oil supplied by thousands of hotels and ...

The first Africa Business Summit of NRI forum Gopio began with a call to diaspora Indians to help develop the economies of their own countries and India, using resources they have built over the decades. The three-day summit in Durban organised by Global ...