Topic: Muslims
RSS-backed IAS institute has been quietly grooming ‘nationalist’ civil servants since 1986
In 2020 civil services exam, Samkalp Foundation has claimed a success rate of 61%. The institute with close ties to RSS claimed similar success in the last few years too.
Delhi HC stays broadcast of Sudarshan TV show on Muslim ‘infiltration’ in IAS, IPS
The programme titled 'Bindas Bol', was scheduled to air tonight at 8 pm.
‘Grotesque assault on India’ — over 1,700 citizens demand FIR against Suresh Chavhanke
The petition, which was sent to seven chief ministers Friday, was signed by several well-known personalities like Anurag Kashyap, Sagarika Ghose and Aakar Patel, among others.
Sudarshan News ‘bureaucracy jihad’ report is hate speech, say civil servants, demand action
Civil servants condemn Sudarshan News Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke after he posts teaser video of report, to be aired Friday, that claims ‘infiltration of Muslims’ in the services.
How a 3-yr-old boy in Maharashtra made his Muslim parents celebrate Ganpati festival at home
Abrar along with his parents Aslam Jamadar and Arshiya have been celebrating the festival at home since last week. They have also been performing aarti every day.
A new freedom struggle for India must be based on a new nationalism. No short-cuts will do
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is right about death of secularism. But he doesn’t answer why the entire spectrum of Hindu public opinion turned against secularism.
‘Secularists & distorians’, not Muslims, scared of real history — RSS editorial on Ram Mandir
In latest edition of RSS mouthpiece Organiser, editorial says India made 'another tryst with destiny' with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan on 5 August.
‘We live as brothers, sisters’ — Muslims form human chain to save temple amid Bengaluru riots
Muslims formed the human chain to show they are 'here for all', but, at the same time, say they cannot tolerate insult to Prophet Mohammed and are seeking justice for it.
Want to preserve secularism in India? Well, preserve the Hindu ethos first
Secularism in the Indian context would mean maintaining equidistance from all religions. Unfortunately, that equidistance never happened.
Indira Gandhi wanted to give Ayodhya a facelift to show she wasn’t just courting Muslims
In The RSS and the Making of a Deep Nation, Dinesh Narayanan writes about Indira Gandhi’s plans for Ayodhya and political outreach to the Hindu heartland after 1980.
Why we’ll need masks even with a coronavirus vaccine
One study has shown that if everyone wears masks that are only 75% effective, the number of people infected by each coronavirus carrier will shrink fourfold.
Investors continue to flock Mukesh Ambani, now KKR to invest $754 million in Reliance Retail
US private equity group KKR will hold a 1.28% stake in Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail, valuing India’s biggest retailer at Rs 4.2 lakh crore or $57 billion.
Defence
CAG report flags vendors’ ‘dilly-dallying’ on offsets deals, cites Rafale as example
The CAG made the observations in its latest report, which was tabled in Parliament Wednesday.
Suspect all, fix all? Is that the motto of our new ‘National Suspicion State’?
It’s not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a ‘we suspect all’ mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?