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I loved magic shows when I was a kid. I remember being absolutely fascinated by mysterious events and the possibility that some of us might possess supernatural powers such as

On October 25 (2016) the seven member Supreme Court Bench started hearing to revisit Hindutva cases. These are group of cases where the use of term Hindutva-Hinduism to be used

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Sagan: Its not that pseudoscience and superstition and new-age (so called) beliefs and fundamentalist zealotry are something new. Theyve been with us for as long as weve been human. But,

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Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was in a chatty mood on the evening of 18 August 2013. The 67 – year – old rationalist had delivered a lecture against superstition in the

 Times News Network MANS to hold march to mark Dabholkar’s death anniversary PUNE: Members of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti would gather at 7am on Saturday at the Vitthal Ramji

For over a month, the mild, balding professor of history, Dwijendra Narayan Jha, has been shuffling to his classroom in Delhi University escorted by a police constable. Teaching ancient history

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New book traces the rise and fall of Chandraswami Did Jayaprakash Narayan, counted among the most reverential politicians, write a personal letter to his friends to introduce Chandraswami, who eventually

He (Tarun Sagar, Jain monk) equated dharma to the husband and politics to the wife, suggesting that the latter should “accept the discipline” imposed by the former. He recommended ways

Jain Samaj lodged police complaints against Tehseen Poonawala and Vishal Dadlani for their tweets about the Jain monk who spoke at the Haryana assembly. Credit: Facebook.The lodging of an online

After an enormous delay of 33 months, CBI had arrested Dr Virendra Tawade who is Sadhak of Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Janjagaran Samiti. CBI had issued a statement in the