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No one can deny that Narendra Modi is very adept with ‘hunting with the hound and running with the hare’ – the latest being the ‘bogey of conversion’ which is raising plenty of heat and kicking plenty of dust all over. A clever ploy indeed!

A peep at some of the actions and utterances done in very strategic ways will provide one with an inkling of their meticulous plans to defocus from the real issues which grip the country and simultaneously target the minorities through systematic denigration. So the ‘hindutva’ agenda hogs the limelight day-in and day-out.

An anti-corruption party is headed for a stunning comeback victory in the Delhi state elections exactly a year after his abrupt resignation after 49 days in power.

AAP triumph in Delhi is the first major setback for Mr Modi’s BJP and it is also a historic for Congress as the party was reduced to zero seats in Delhi.

The former taxman move earned him more criticism than praise, but the 46-year-old muffler man admitted that nothing is permanent or predictable in politics and is being overwhelmed by the scale of his victory.

What a victory! This diminutive former bureaucrat today stands tall in comparison to both past and present leaders of Delhi for scripting such an astonishing victory.

Tuesday’s poll outcome would surely go down in history as unparalleled, as no leader before him has tasted such majestic success.

Previously, the Congress under Sheila Dikshit, had bagged 52 of 70 seats when it trounced the BJP in 1998. But today’s victory is historic as the AAP blew all away by bagging all but three of the assembly seats.

40 accused police officers who were in jails in connection with 21 fake encounters had been granted bail within a year, according to Gujarat Siyasat; an Ahmedabad based Gujarati Muslims fortnightly predicted.

When the Modi man, Amit shah clearly got clean chit from encounter cases, the release of Gujarat fake encounter cops was expected, say activists.

With the news of the last two accused IPS officers Vanzara and Pandey being granted bail in the Ishrat case, families of the encounter victims have all faced disappointment, they vow to go on with their struggle for justice.

In a shocking incident, an elderly woman allegedly sold her infant grandson for Rs.50,000 to arrange for dowry for her daughter’s marriage in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, police said Saturday.

An FIR was lodged by Rukhsana Khatoon, whose 15-day-old child was allegedly sold by her mother-in-law to raise money for dowry for her daughter’s marriage, district police official Pramod Kumar Singh said.

“Police have began an investigation into the incident after a case was lodged,” said Singh.

When many actors and directors came out in support of the roast comedy show AIB Knockout, superstars and good friends of Karan Johar, Salman and Shah Rukh criticized the filmmaker for participating in the show.

As per reports, the Bollywood bigwigs are miffed with Karan Johar as he participated in the offensive roast even when his mother was present on the show.

Filmmaker Karan Johar’s mother Hiroo was sitting among the audience all through the show.
Well, in a reply to the actors, KJo stated that his mother enjoyed the show and was not upset with the content of the show.

The thought of tying the knot or exchanging marital vows with your loved one might be exciting, but if one goes by a survey, the spark in a relationship dies down gradually after getting married.

On the occasion of World Marriage Day, which falls Feb 8 this year, Bajaj Discover has released findings of a survey titled “Bajaj Discover – IMRB Relationship Survey”.

The more friendly you are with your next door neighbour, the more you will be able to withstand the crisis when disaster strikes, a new study suggests.

Researchers from University of Arizona (UA) found that communities that were more connected with their neighbours had a better chance of being able to successfully manage a crisis than did communities with fewer outside connections.

People know to rely on social networks during times of crisis.

India has for the first time managed to find a place among the top three countries generating most number of billionaires in the world with Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani, heading the Hurun Global Rich List-India 2015 of wealthiest in the country.

The India list gives details of the richest people in the country with a cut off wealth of Rs 6,000 crore. Mukesh Ambani with a a wealth of Rs 1.2 lakh crore tops the list among billionaires in the country, followed by Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma with an estimated wealth of Rs 1.02 lakh crore.

By 2050, it will be more difficult for Indian women to find an eligible partner, particularly if they have been educated at university or college-level,according to new research.

The research published in the journal ‘Demography’ theorises that if current social norms persist by 2050 whereby university-educated or college-educated men are more desirable spouses than women similarly educated, there will be a ‘mis-match’ in numbers of ‘suitable’ men and women.

Israel is the second most disliked non-European country among Britons, ahead of Iran and Pakistan but behind the beleaguered North Korea, a new research suggests, that also ranks India as the fifth most “favourable” nation.

The research, entitled ‘Internationalism or Isolationism’ British attitudes towards the UK’s international priorities’ classed the top five least favourable nations among Britons as North Korea, Israel, Iran, Pakistan and Nigeria.

Outside of Europe, Australia is the most “favourable” nation, followed by Canada, US, Japan and India.

Elections are won by forging strong vote-banks, and vote-banks are usually built around caste, region or religion. But the Capital showdown of 2015 is an election like none other.

This is possibly the first Assembly poll in India that’s being fought on the basis of economic divisions in society. It’s the have-nots versus the haves. And the have-nots are rooting for Arvind Kejriwal.

Sadhvi Prachi lands BJP in yet another new controversy by asking Hindus women to have four children and not 40 puppies. “I asked people to have 4 kids, not 40 puppies,” she said.

Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strict instruction to its party members to abstain from making controversial statements, she defended her claimed.

In a speech in Badaun, she said, names like Tughlakh, Musharraf, etc. were nowhere 1400 years back and that India was ‘Hindustan’ and all Indians are Hindus.

The Shiv Sena has objected to the scheduled visit of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi to Pune, saying it may create law and order problems if he makes controversial statements.

Action Committee, Maharashtra and Mulnivasi Muslim Manch — the Pune-based organisations — have invited Mr Owaisi as the chief guest for the February 4 event where discussion will be held on the need of reservation for Muslims. Other invitees include leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party.

City Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy on Saturday confirmed that a 19-year-old girl from Hyderabad, who wanted to join the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and even went up to Turkey, returned to the city after changing her mind.

Sales volume fell by 18 per cent in the residential market even as vacancy levels dropped to 17 per cent for first time since 2012 in the office market in Hyderabad during July-December 2014, according to a report by real estate research and brokerage firm, Knight Frank.

As per the second edition of Knight Frank India’s half-yearly report launched here, the residential market in
Hyderabad continues to lose steam despite political scenario (following bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh) easing out.

On his way back to US, President Barack Obama landed in Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences to the royal family on the demise of King Abdullah. When Obama reached there, King Salman left the ceremony to welcome Barack Obama midway to offer Namaz. In the video, Barack and Michelle Obama arrive at the airport where Saudi officials welcome him. Saudi King Salman also shares a handshake with the couple.

Facebook has reportedly blocked several pages that seem to insult the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) following orders by a Turkish court.

According to the Verge, the court had ordered Facebook to close the offending pages in a ruling handed down Sunday, threatening to block access to the social network if it failed to comply.

The move comes amid this month’s attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , believed to have been carried out in response to blasphemous cartoons published by the magazine on its cover page.

After arresting rowdy sheeters, chain snatchers and Snake Gang, Police will take action under PD act against contract marriage brokers. A senior official of South Zone of City Police told that within a week orders will be issued for taking action against active marriage brokers.

“Here richly, with ridiculous display,/The Politician’s corpse was laid away/While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged/I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged”, was prolific English author Hillaire Belloc’s caustic send-off to an unnamed politician. The verse also exemplifies the vibrant, universal tradition of political satire that exists alongside organised government – from the plays of Aristophanes in ancient Athens to TV shows like “Yes Minister” and “Saturday Night Live” now. And closer to home, both Hindi and Urdu literature used it to devastating effect.

Less than a week after Maharashtra government declared mineral rich Chandrapur as ‘dry district’, state Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, instrumental in the decision, received a letter threatening him.

Mungantiwar had played a key role in the decision to ban the sale, purchase, production and consumption of liquor in Chandrapur.

People are most likely to turn to superstitions or lucky charms to help them achieve their goals when they face high levels of uncertainty, a new study has found.

The study, published in the latest issue of ‘Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin’, also distinguishes between
two different types of goals, a performance goal versus a learning goal, and finds that people are more likely to turn
to superstitions to achieve a performance goal.

Performance goals are when people try to be judged as successful by others.

Dignitaries and leaders from around the world were to arrive in Saudi Arabia today to offer their condolences to its new King Salman, a day after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Charles and French President Francois Hollande were among the first
leaders expected while US Vice-President Joe Biden was due to visit in the coming days.

Abdullah, a cautious reformer who led the US-allied Gulf state through a turbulent decade in a region shaken by the Arab Spring uprisings and Islamic extremism, died early yesterday aged about 90.

Freedom of expression is the right to communicate one’s opinions and ideas to the world using any medium whatsoever.

Freedom of expression is indispensable for a just society. This Right is the first defense of an individual against oppression, tyranny and injustice. In addition, freedom of expression is absolutely necessary for dvancement of science and Without freedom of expression the world would not have made the progress it has.

A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court here to designate RSS as a “foreign terrorist organisation”.

The federal court in the Southern District of New York issued a summons for US Secretary of State John Kerry to
respond to the suit within 60 days.

Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in the declaratory lawsuit asked the court to designate RSS as a foreign terrorist
organisation, accusing it of “believing in and practicing a fascist ideology and running a passionate, vicious and violent