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UPA's fact file: Is Bharat really Smiling?

The Bharat Smiling campaign of the UPA II, presumably the last of the UPA, makes one think on these lines. Millions of followers of Indian politics would immediately draw a comparison between the India Shining of NDA regime and this one.

'Boko Haram' - African version of Taliban

In Syria, they are chewing the hearts of cadavers; on Indian border they are beheading the soldiers and in the US they are exploding the cooker bombs. How could Africa lag behind when all the continents are on fire? Boko Haram, operating in oil and mineral-rich Nigeria can aptly be called African version of Taliban.

Honey Singh's vulgar songs cheap tactics to grab attention

Kiran Kumar should be called as 'Delhi Kumar Reddy': BJP

Night traffic control goes hi-tech in Delhi

Mira Nair's first thriller hits silver screen

Deepika reveals Ranbir's secret

Protesters demand ban on IPL

KOD unveils new live French show
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M.C. Raj Hope Siddaramaiah listens to the people of Karnataka

He has arrived as a mild storm in Karnataka. Not totally unexpected though! This Siddaramaiah, the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, is definitely a welcome change in a state that was caught in a whirlpool of corruption and totally bad governance for quite a long time. His party, his caste, etc., fade in the background in the face of the ideological legacy that he is associated with.

Virag Men's Rights Activists demand clauses of legal safety for men in Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill

Is it OK to expect men to pay up when a marriage/relationship breaks? Is it OK to hold a man responsible (always) for a marriage break up and ensure to have social and legal mechanism that force him to pay a price for it? Is it OK to abuse a man merely because he is a man? What are the answers to the above questions that we get at the back of our minds as we read them? If the answer to any of the above questions is a NO, then why do we still have gender-biased and anti-male laws in existence and more are in pipeline? This article explains the additional clauses that men's rights activists have demanded from the Govt. in the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill.