Smriti Kak Ramachandran

Pak a rogue state, India should remain cautious: RSS

Pak a rogue state, India should remain cautious: RSS

The BJP-led NDA government should not overlook the fact that past attempts to broker peace with Pakistan have been reciprocated with aggression and terror strikes, RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said here on Monday.

Exodus claim not all true: UP cops

Hindu exodus in Kairana town not all true: UP police

Officials in western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana town said on Sunday that a partial verification of a list of Hindu families who allegedly left the town appeared to puncture the BJP’s claim that they were targeted by Muslim gangs.

Jaitley to head panel to monitor Swachh Bharat media campaign

Jaitley to head high powered panel monitoring Swachh Bharat media campaign

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley will head the committee to map and monitor the communication strategy and its implementation for the Ganga Rejuvenation programme as well.

Kashmiri separatists oppose pilgrimage by RSS-backed group

Separatists in Kashmir have objected to a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-supported group’s plans to conduct a pilgrimage to a cave in Kashmir where Shaivite philosopher Abhinavgupta is said to have renounced the world.

Govt wants TV and radio channels to promote International Yoga Day

The Centre is going all out to ensure that in its second year, the International Yoga day is marked by a publicity blitz on public as well as private media platforms.

EC wants electoral law amended to postpone, cancel polls

IIMC to teach journalism in regional languages too

EC wants electoral law amended, empower it to postpone or countermand polls

The Election Commission has asked the government to amend the electoral law to empower it to allow adjournment or countermand elections on the ground of “bribery of electors”.

EC meeting underway on Rajya Sabha poll sting operations

The Election Commission is meeting here to take a call on a sting operation in Karnataka, which allegedly showed state legislators being offered cash for supporting nominees of certain parties contesting the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections.

AIR to launch Bangla service

‘Manufactured dissent behind negative reports about govt’

AIR, private FM channels to ink pact for news broadcast

‘Manufactured dissent behind negative reports about government’

Minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday said that a spate of negative reports about the government’s performance were not an outcome of its policies, but of “unsuccessfully manufactured dissent” against it.

Producers miffed, biopics’ fate uncertain

RSS credits itself for BJP’s debut seat in Kerala

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is not shying from admitting its own contribution to help its protégé — the BJP — gain a toehold in the Left bastion of Kerala.

Exit polls: Chanakya nails WB, Assam and Kerala, C-voter gets TN right

In the 234-seat assembly in Tamil Nadu, where elections to two constituencies will be held on Monday, the AIADMK was expected to lose to an anti-incumbency vote, but C-Voter’s assessment of 139 seats for the J Jayalalitha-led party, which eventually bagged (134) came closest.

National body proposed to save Kashmiri language from dying

The UPA government had refrained from taking such a step for fear of causing a disturbance in Jammu and Kashmir. The proposal to use Devanagari and Sharada as the script for Kashmiri has evoked protests from various sections of the Muslim-majority state.

Ahmedabad to Karnavati? RSS wants name change for more Indian cities

Ahmedabad might soon be known as Amravati, Hyderabad as Bhagyanagar and Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar, if the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has its way.

Running out of titles, RNI writes to newspapers to verify accounts

The Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI), which receives hundreds of applications daily for registration of new newspapers and periodicals, is running out of titles.

Drop ostentatious festivities, focus on charity: RSS to temples

After batting for equal rights for women in places of worship, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants temples to drop ostentatious festivities and opt for cultural programmes based on Indian dance, music and other cultural art forms.

Centre taking time to appoint ‘right’ members to CBFC

Eager to avoid a brush with controversy over the appointment of new members to the central board of film certification (CBFC), the Centre is taking its time to pick “suitable” names to fill the positions that have fallen vacant.

Candidates should get at least 33% votes to be elected: Ex-CEC

Former chief election commissioner TS Krishnamurthy has reignited the debate on the first-past-the-post system by proposing a minimum of 33% votes for a candidate to be declared elected.

EC to monitor social media accounts of TN candidates

The Election Commission in Tamil Nadu is set to use a special software to screen the social media posts of candidates for paid content and hate speech in the run-up to the May 16 assembly polls. The EC will monitor platforms like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and blogs for the first time in the state.

Pahlaj Nihalani does it again, gives U/A certificate to The Jungle Book

The censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani has given the new children’s film The Jungle Book, based on Rudyard Kipling’s eponymous novel, a U/A certificate saying some parts of the film are ‘scary’.

Employability goes up by 40% if you speak English: Rudy

At a time when his cabinet colleagues have been pushing for making Hindi and Sanskrit the bedrock of education in India, minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy is pitching for lessons in English to make India’s workforce employable.

Kashmiri Pandits irked by non-inclusion in PDP-BJP’s J-K govt

No Kashmiri Pandit has found a place in J-K’s council of ministers since 2005, when Raman Mattoo, an independent from Srinagar’s Habba Kadal constituency, was made a minister in the PDP-Congress coalition.

Centre suggests three-member ombudsman to regulate ads

Acting on the Supreme Court’s instruction to set up a three-member ombudsman for regulating advertisements given by various governments and authorities, the Centre on Thursday suggested the composition of the regulating authority, which will now be put forth before the apex court.