[Rajan Zed | USA | 12-03-12] United States of America (USA) is the world’s second-leading destination for Hindu migrants, after India; according to a new study by The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

 The report, titled “The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants”, points out that Hindu migrants come mostly from India and Bangladesh and a much smaller numbers have come from the Pacific region known as Oceania (particularly Fiji) and the Caribbean (particularly Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana). USA has an estimated 1.3 million first-generation (foreign-born) Hindu immigrants, most of whom have arrived in recent decades.

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Last year Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, a critically-acclaimed and RTS Award winning forensic investigation into the events of the last few weeks of the decades-long war between the government of Sri Lanka and the rebel forces of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), presented by Jon Snow. It featured devastating video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity captured on mobile phones by both victims and perpetrators – some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.

This footage featured atrocities committed on both sides but its most disturbing finding was of a series of war crimes perpetrated by victorious Sri Lankan government forces including evidence of sexual assaults on female fighters, the execution of bound prisoners and the shelling of civilians in what were supposed to be safe ‘No Fire Zones’.

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Monday, Mar 12 2012 IST |UNI

BJP, Yuva Morcha, Hindu Aikya Vedi and Shiv Sena activists jointly staged a protest march to the Fort and Thampanoor Police Stations which registered cases against 11,000 women who offered Pongala during the Attukal Pongala Festival.

The cases were registered following the Kerala High Court verdict banning roadside meetings. Tension prevailed in the police station area following the protest march by a large number of agitators as police used mild force to disperse them, police sources said.

Three Police officials were suspended in this regard, today.

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Foreign funds help NGOs fuel unrest in India : Anti Hindu Conspiracy hatched on.

SATURDAY, 10 MARCH 2012 00:32 | J GOPIKRISHNAN | NEW DELHI \ Daily Pioneer.

In the midst of the raging controversy over alleged financial support by foreign-funded NGOs to the anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam, a recent Home Ministry report shows that such voluntary organisations are gaining massive funding from abroad for their activities in tribal-dominated States and North East.

According to the Home Ministry’s annual report of foreign contributions, approved by Union Home Secretary RK Singh on January 2012, as many as 2,325 NGOs are registered in the sensitive tribal-dominated States like Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These NGOs received around Rs600 crore during 2009-2010.

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As the country celebrates Women’s Day on Thursday, data on parliaments across the world reveal that India, the largest democracy, lags much behind other countries including its neighbours such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal when it comes to women’s participation in politics.

With only 11% of representation of women in Lok Sabha and 10.7% in Rajya Sabha, India ranks 105th in the world, according to the latest comparative data released by the IPU.

While India shares the 105th position with West African country Cote d’Ivoire, it is ranked 85 places below Nepal and 53 places behind Pakistan. Even China at 60th spot and Bangladesh at 65 are well above India, according to the IPU data based on December 31, 2011.

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Maoists taking to opium farming to source funds : Anti National Maoism growing on Opium.

In an alarming trend, the Naxals have now entered into farming of poppy in an organised manner to substantially fund their subversive activities.

Poppy produce can subsequently be used for deriving contraband, the proceeds from which will provide a dangerous financial boost to the rebels.

Worryingly, the strategy is also bringing the red rebels in closer liaison with Northeastern insurgents.

Intelligence inputs suggest Naxals have forayed into the upper reaches of Assam and have entered into tactical alliance with the insurgent groups from the North-East. The Naxals can exchange the revenues from poppy produce to procure firearms from the ultras of the North-East.

The Naxals have already been using weapons and communication sets of Chinese make.

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Chitra Paul: Norsborg, Sweden : 26^th Feb, 2012:  

In protest of series destruction of Hindu temples in Hathazari and Nandirhat, Chittagong, Bangladesh on 9^th and 10^th Februaray last and the unbearable situation of persecution of the BD minorities there, the ‘Oikya Parishad ‘and the ‘Dharmish Ashwan’ of Sweden vehemently condemned the provocations and attacks of various Islamist groups upon minorities in BD and appealed to the good conscience to stop such nefarious activities.Along with some social groups and political members, the united forum raised their voice in favor of the persecuted minority Hindu, Buddhist and other minorities in the venue of 17 Hudingvegan, Norsnorg on 25^th Feb, 1 pm.

The speakers condemned the rape and abduction of Hindu women, attack on Hindu temple and culture and fraudulent beef feeding to the Hindu students without their notice etc.

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Out of a rift between two anti social groups headed by the Muslims, the offenders attacked on Kali Temple at Kanchanpur Union at Basail Upazila in Tangail District on 1^st March night.

Two groups fought each other for a disputed land. As the matter was not settled the majority people comprising all the communities proposed that plot for a school.

But an unknown group broke the deity of the temple just beside the disputed land very unreasonably. Police and local administration visited the place and the local people filed a diary for that incident so far.

The Bangladesh Hindu-Bauddha-Christian Oikya Parisad has condemned the night attack on Hindu Temples in Bangladesh and wanted adequate police protection for the minority prayer venues and temples everywhere.

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The most popular Benagali website, SANATON dot COM, dedicated to the propagation of Hindu Dharma, has been withdrawn from the web after facing continuous pressure, nuisance and even threat to murder to the web site moderators and the owners by the suspected Islamist groups. The site was started in Bangladesh and gradually earned a international fame among the Bengali hindu viewers and the researchers on Hindu dharma and Culture. The site was a exceptionally singularized site in its category.

Through a notice in the site, the site was stopped from 21^st Feb, 2012 by the site manager.  Read the source….

VSK: 13/03/2012 : Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh: Expected to be released in 1762, a copper coin dating back to the British era with images of Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman on one side was found in the hundi of the Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy shrine in Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh.

The coin in the denomination of Rupees Two Annas Eight (Rs 2/8) was issued by the East India Company in 1762. The temple staff chanced upon the rare coin during the counting of hundi collection on Monday. They handed it over to the Executive Officer Bhadrinathacharyulu.

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5 MAR, 2012, 11.13AM IST, PTI | BEIJING:

More than 2,000 ancient Buddha statues have been unearthed by archaeologists in China’s Hebei province, highlighting the popularity ofBuddhism in the country ever since it spread from India.The 2,895 Buddha statues and fragments dating back to the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi period (534-577) were found in the historic site of Yecheng, Linzhang county.

The statues are made of white marble and blue stone and some are painted or gilded…

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PTI | Mar 4, 2012, 07.27PM ISTPATNA:

Replicating the world largest Hindu temple in Combodia’s Angkor Wat, the Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust ( BMMT) on Sunday said they will build a bigger temple in Bihar’s Vaishalidistrict.To be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, the five-storied and 222-feet tall temple will come up at a sprawling campus spread over 15 acres at a place near Ismailpur village on Hajipur-Bidupur road, which will be christened as Angkor Nagar, BMMT’s secretary and ex-IPS officer Acharya Kishore Kunal said.

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28/02/2012 01:14:26Agniveer

- Press Release:

In an Agniveer sponsored event, 40 Christian families in Western UP reverted back to Vedic Hindu Dharma yesterday jettisoning fanatic belief that those who do not believe in some son of God would go to eternal Hell.Of these 40 families, one member from each family will receive training as Purohit from Agniveer so that they become respected Brahminsand are able to  conduct religious and social rituals. Also they would be able to conduct Vedic induction ritual for others. This is our way of slapping the faces of casteism and blind evangelization.Also you would be glad to know that the person conducting the Shuddhi ritual was an ex-father of church himself and several of those who came back to religion of Ram and Krishna were Christian missionaries themselves.We are committed towards making a noble Brahmin out of every Dalit Christian.

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THE RAMLILA MAIDAN CASE

ARUN JAITLEY
Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha

28/02/2012

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February 29th, 2012, 10:57 am| Samvada.OrgBangalore:

Eminent personalities enlightened students of IITs, IIMs and NLUs like premier institutes at two-day Think India 2012 conference organized by Think India at Satish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalor, held recently.This year’s edition titled ‘Vision for a Vibrant Nation’ organized by Think India, a forum for premier institute students, saw participation of over 200 student, researchers, alumni and faculty from 27 different institutes of India, Including topmost IITs, IIMs, NLUs and NITs in India. Prof P R Mahapatra, Dean Engineering Indian Institute of Science inaugurated….  Read More…...………

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February 28, 2012|| Eurasia Review

Hindus have welcomed a Cambodia ban on spit-roasting of cows in front of restaurants and other public places.Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that “it was a step in the right direction”.

It was a highly cruel practice, he added.Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, thanked Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for ordering this ban saying that it ran contrary to the teachings of Theravada Buddhism, the country’s official religion. Read more….

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Kasargod, Feb 28: A woman and her two children suffered serious injuries after bombs were hurled by unknown miscreants at their home in Payyannur on Sunday February 26. The injured have been identified as Janaki (58), her sons, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist, Vishwanathan, and Biju (29).The incident occurred at around 7.15 am on Sunday. All the three were admitted into Payyannur hospital, where they are being treated.The injured have blamed CPM activists for the act. The windows and door of the house were damaged in the incident. One of the bombs, which did not go off, was found inside their house.

Payyannur policemen, who registered a case, have begun investigation. Source: Samvada.Org.

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February 25th, 2012, 12:14 pm | Samvada.Org

Prashanthi Kuteeram Bangalore:

“Our national identity is Hindutva, we are Hindus, irrespective of castes we are all inter-related by DNA. The one who believes that his ancestors are Hindus is a ‘Hindu’. There are attempts to destabilise this mindset among Indians” said Dr Subramanian Swamy.

Addressing the conclave Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamiji of Kanchi Peetham said, “Live for the nation. The youth population should lead a life which is committed for the society and to the nation”

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Dialogue with Shri Arun Kumar Ji, Director, Jammu-Kashmir Study Centre and Prashanth Vaidyaraj, VSK, Bangalore.

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I had the privilege to attend the conference on ‘POK and Northern Areas’ at Indian International Centre, New Delhi on the 22nd of Feb, 2012 by the Centre for Security and Strategy.It was a august gathering of the best minds on POK. Hence I was witness to the most erudite deliberations on the past, present and the future of POK vis-a-vis India.

A follow up session was held on the 23rd Feb at the ‘Deenadayal Shodh Sansthan’.

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Under Modi, 10 years of riot-free Gujarat

When it comes to commemorating or even celebrating anniversaries, Indians are inclined to be notoriously lax. The 50^th anniversary of Indian independence in 1997 was, for example, perfunctorily observed and mainly as a sarkari celebration.

Yet, and not surprisingly, the 10^th anniversary of the Gujarat riots has become a media event or, to be more precise, an English-language media occasion.

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