RSS ideologue and former BJP leader Govindacharya has announced his return to active politics, declaring that he would launch his political front next year.
"It is time for the nationalist forces to pitch in. The two major conglomerates in Indian politics have become pro-rich, pro-minority and pro-foreign. I will announce the the formation of political front on the occasion of Makar Sakranti," said the former BJP general secretary, who severed ties with the party during the Vajpayee regime following his famous statement of calling Vajpayee a "mask" and Advani the "real face" of BJP. Govindacharya, a patron of RSS Swadeshi movement, had restricted himself to academic activities since he left the party.
On being asked if he had plans to join the Bhartiya Janshakti Party formed by his protege Uma Bharti, the former MP Chief Minister, he said, "BJS is of course an option but we are looking forward for a bigger platform of nationalist forces to strengthen nationalist politics in the country". "The challenges faced by the society today are three-fold -- combating terrorism, maintaining social harmony and providing pro-poor governance," he added.

BHUBANESWAr: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said it was opposed to the move by the Orissa government to rebuild churches that were damaged during the communal violence in the state's Kandhamal district in August.

“The government has no right to spend taxpayers' money to appease the Christian community. Churches and Christian training centres are patronising conversion activities,”

general secretary VHP's Orissa unit Gouri Prasad Rath said.

“If the government wants to restore communal harmony in Kandhamal it must stop any kind of financial help for their reconstruction,” he said.

The state government had earlier rejected a demand by Christian leaders for a Rs 30 million assistance for the reconstruction of damaged and demolished churches, saying that giving grants to religious places was against its secular ethos.

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RAIPUR: Senior BJP leader L K Advani has alleged that the majority community is being linked to terrorism to get votes of minorities.

"In last one month, a new term 'Hindu terrorism' has come into existence. This was pure vote-bank and minority- appeasement politics. We never linked terrorism with any religion. But now, this is being done to get votes," he said.

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An increasing number of companies are looking to Vaastu to bail them out of the financial doldrums.

Desperate times, may call for desperate measures, but sometimes solutions steeped in a mix of tradition, spirituality and science work as well. Or so it would seem, with the number of offices going in for redesigns governed by the principles of Vaastu Shastra.

What is Vaastu?
Vaastu Shastra deals with various aspects of designing and building living environments that are in harmony with the physical and metaphysical forces.

"It is a cosmic science," says Nitien Parmar, who has worked with Vaastu for the last 16 years. This ancient science combines the five elements of nature, balancing them with man and material to enhance health and prosperity.
According to Vikram Mehta, a well-known Vaastu expert,

"Vaastu Shastra combines magnetic and cosmic energy.This Indian science has been around for ages, and even Feng Shui is derived from it."

Amit Lamba, another Vaastu consultant, says that the fundamentals of Vaastu can even be found in the Vedas.

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JAIPUR: Loos are a luxury for millions of people across the country. But that’s hardly news. What really raises a stink is the places that have the worst sanitation — VIP constituencies.

Topping the list are prime minister Manmohan Singh, railways minister Lalu Prasad and Union home minister Shivraj Patil — the constituencies or areas they represent have the worst sanitation facilities and the least number of toilets.

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Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, has accused the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of torture and illegal detention.

In an affidavit filed on Monday, Thakur requested that an inquiry be conducted against the ATS for illegally detaining her for 13 days. The investigation should “include a polygraphic test and narco-analysis on officers of the ATS named by me and also of those officers whose names I don’t know, but can identify, for they subjected me to mental and physical abuse in custody…” the affidavit filed by her lawyer Ganesh Sovani said.

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A mockable circus of conversion and counter-conversion is being played out in the north-east. Hindus were converted to Christianity in Mizoram long ago, making a Christian-majority. Now jews are converting the christian converts and taking them away to Israel as citizens. Hinduism is already all but dead in the North-East. This silly circus is draining India's human resources. No doubt these fresh converts will be used for cheap labour, etc. in Israel. The Indian govt. is turning a blind eye as usual. Here is a report:

200 Indian Jews ready to leave for 'Promised Land' IANS
AIZAWL: About 200 Indians are set to emigrate to Israel in January after they were officially recognised as Jews, community leaders here said on Monday.

Rabbinical leaders in Jerusalem said the Israeli government approved the request for emigration by 200 people from the states of Mizoram and Manipur in northeastern India.

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PUNE: A kitty was raised with instant contributions of currency notes at a citizens rally called here by a host of pro-Hindutva organisations including Abhinav Bharat, in support of the accused in the Malegaon blasts case.

Taking strong exception to the expression 'Hindu terrorism' being used in regard to the suspects booked by Anti-Terrorism Squad ( ATS)--- Sadhvi Pragya Singh , Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Dayanand Pandey--- the Abhinav Bharat president Himani Savarkar told the gathering on Sunday night that the money collected would be used for the legal battle to defend and free the accused.

Savarkar, who also heads the Hindu Mahasabha, shared the platform with leaders of Shiv Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) at the meeting held at Shivaji Mandir in the heart of the city.

The leaders who spoke on the occasion accused the ATS of framing Lt Col Purohit, being prosecuted by Maharashtra ATS for alleged links with the September Malegaon blast, and also hailed him as Mangal Pandey, a revolutionary soldier of the 1857 upsurge during the British rule.

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Bangalore, November 17: India's space scientists have developed hydrogen fuel cells to power an automobile bus by leveraging their know-how of the homegrown cryogenic technology for rockets.

The two-year effort has yielded positive results and the scientists are now readying for the fuel cells to be fitted into a bus.

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Panipat, November 17: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Sangh Parivar leaders like Ashok Singhal and Sadhvi Ritambhara on Sunday made a strong pitch for “regime change at the Centre when the country goes to elections in the coming months”. They, however, stopped short of endorsing the BJP.

The entire saffron brotherhood, including the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, was present to protest against “attempts to target Hindus in the name of Hindu terror”.

BJP president Rajnath Singh, who joined in towards the end, said his party “would take to the streets” if the “ongoing campaign against religious leaders was not halted.” Party’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani couldn’t make it (“he couldn’t fly to Panipat because of bad weather,” said an Advani aide) to the meeting, but speaking at a rally in Chandigarh later in the day, he said, “The Congress coined the term Hindu terrorism, but the BJP never used any term like Muslim terrorism.”

Raising the pitch on the Pragya Singh Thakur issue, Baba Ramdev said:

“Power is today being exercised by people who should either be in jails or who should be hanged. There will be a massive tussle for power three months hence. The country needs a big change, where Sant Shakti (religious gurus) and Jan Shakti (people power) come together. This process will not stop until the glory of India’s past is restored.”

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KANNUR: All 13 accused in a case regarding bomb attack on a house in 2000, in which three members of a family including a six-year old girl were injured, were found guilty by a local court on Friday.

Additional Sessions Court (Fast Track-3) Judge B Ramakanth found the activists of RSS and BJP guilty and set November 17 as the date for delivering the sentence.

Note- Definitely, such carelessness deserves punishment. However , India still awaits the sentencing of communist barbarians who killed hundreds of Hindus in Kannur recently , and stopped only when the party was threatened in Delhi. With a communist govt. in power in Kerala, one cannot expect justice for those who were killed. The little girl was injured by BJP-RSS men. If communists had been responsible, could she expect the same justice? An ideal India, that would be!

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BHUBANESWAR: A massive rally organised to pay homage to slain Hindu leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati killed in Orissa earlier this year passed off peacefully on Saturday in this state capital, an official said.

About 100,000 people, including thousands of mendicants, women and youths, walked in processions to the P.M.G. Square - a central place in the city where some Hindu groups had organised the meeting.

Saffron flags were seen fluttering in many parts of the city as Hindu activists raised slogans against the government for failing to arrest the people involved in the Kandhamal killing of the VHP leader.

"We are giving an ultimatum to the state government. If it does not nab the culprits by Dec 15, we will intensify our protest and organise a state wide shutdown Dec 25,"

Ratnakara Chaini, one of the speakers, said.

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NEW DELHI: France, chair of the 27-nation European Union, on Saturday lauded India on the successful lunar exploration mission, which, it stressed, confirmed “India's eminent position among the world-class scientific and technological powers”.

“France, on behalf of the European Union, warmly congratulates India for the successful landing of the Moon Impact Probe and the launch of the lunar exploration programme,” the French embassy said in a statement here.

“This remarkable success of the Indian space vehicle confirms anew India's eminent position among the world-class scientific and technological powers,” it said.

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INDORE: BJP has termed the arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the September 29 Malegaon blasts as a "poll gimmick" ahead of the assembly elections in six states which are going to polls this winter.

"The arrest of Sadhvi Pragya in connection with the Malegaon blast case is nothing but a poll gimmick which started before the polls...It will end once the election process gets completed,"

senior BJP leader and MP Sushma Swaraj said here on Friday after electioneering in the Malwa region.

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CHENNAI: Guess what award an employee of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) got from the management for wearing khadi? A notice, warning her of stern action for violating the dress code!

S Kasthuri, senior office assistant of the AAI in Chennai, had great regard for Mahatma Gandhi. As a mark of respect, she had taken an oath to wear only khadi or handloom dresses throughout her life. However, Kasthuri adhered to the uniform colour code of the AAI, but desisted from using the polyester or synthetic materials supplied by the authority. She also wrote to the management seeking permission to continue wearing khadi uniform.

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