India’s richest woman can’t afford a car

HISAR:  She is said to be India’s richest woman. But Congress nominee from Hisar assembly seat, Savitri Jindal, does not own a car. However, the Haryana minister for revenue has wealth worth $2.9 billion, according to the Forbes Magazine survey of richest women of the world.
In her statement given before the returning officer, while filing [...]

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God insured for $600,000 in India

The supreme ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Guruji M.S. Golwalkar believed that the festivals were a medium of mass-awakening besides the one-hour shakhas.

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Hinduism’s motherland was not in India but Pakistan

Empires of the Indus by Alice Albinia
In a land where it seldom rains, a river is as precious as gold.
Water is potent: it trickles through human dreams, permeates lives, dictates agriculture, religion and warfare. Ever since Homo sapiens first migrated out of Africa, the Indus has drawn thirsty conquerors to its banks. Some of the [...]

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Nepal PM Prachanda choses China over India

Nepal’s new Maoist PM, Prachanda, has made his choice clear. Within a week of taking office, he is breaking bread with the Chinese leadership at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, preferring it over meeting the Indian leadership in New Delhi.
The political overflight of New Delhi has not gone unnoticed here — Prachanda [...]

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Why Kashmiris are against India?

According to a computation made by the General Administration Department (GAD) in 2005, for submission to the Sachar Committee, the Jammu and Kashmir state had roughly 3,52,000 employees. The Department worked out the percentage of employees to the total strength of respective communities. Hindu employees represent 4.61 percent of the 30 lakh Hindu population in [...]

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