Politicians, human rights organizations condemn Gauri Lankesh killingCongress president Sonia Gandhi described Lankesh as fearless and independent person who had extraordinary grit and determination to take o...
07 Sep, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
CPI(M) MP KK Ragesh questions CBI role in probe into Narendra Dabholkar murderThe 2013 killing of noted rationalist Dabholkar in Pune today figured in RS, with a CPI(M) MP saying even the court had expressed concern o...
23 Dec, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
Karnataka in 2015: Kalburgi murder, Tipu protest kept the state on its toesKarnataka this year faced the biggest agrarian challenge in its recent history with drought situation turning out to be the "worst" in 40 y...
17 Dec, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
Ready to debate 'intolerance' in Parliament: Venkaiah NaiduNaidu said also that Bihar poll result should not be construed as a "verdict to obstruct Parliament".
13 Nov, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Maharashtra Congress MLA asks Girish Karnad to apologise for comment on ShivajiKarnad, a Jnanpith winner, had stoked a controversy when he said that 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same sta...
13 Nov, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Death threats against Girish Karnad amounts to 'terror': Sitaram YechuryDeath threats against Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad over his remarks about naming Bengaluru international airport after Tipu Sultan amount...
12 Nov, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
Tipu controversy: BJP demands Siddaramaiah's ouster, takes swipe at Sonia GandhiReferring to the alleged death threats received by Jnanpith awardee Karnad and BJP MP Simha on social media, the party sought a probe into ...
12 Nov, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
Tipu controversy: Girish Karnad, BJP MP receive death threatsOnline posts directed at the duo appeared even as the toll in the violence at Madikeri over the row climbed to two after a youth succumbed ...
12 Nov, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi writers from Goa launch campaignFourteen Sahitya Akademi award winning writers from Goa today came together to launch a campaign to condemn the recent killing of rationali...
14 Oct, 2015, 09.54 PM IST
Karnataka government to recommend CBI probe into Kalburgi murder caseKalburgi was shot dead at point blank range by two unidentified men at his residence on August 30 with police yet clueless about the killer...
07 Sep, 2015, 10.53 PM IST
When did we begin persecuting and assassinating rationalists?Narendra Dabholkar, my friend and fellow campaigner, invited me to return to India and even promised to protect me if I went to Mumbai.
06 Sep, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
CBI files FIR in Narendra Dabholkar murder caseThe Bombay HC had transferred the probe to CBI on a PIL filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar on the plea that there was no headway sev...
03 Jun, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
Government is trying to make the gangrape case watertight: Prithviraj ChavanMaharashtra government is trying to make the 23-year old intern photojournalist's gang rape case "watertight", Chief Minister Prithviraj Ch...
28 Aug, 2013, 07.12 PM IST
- Atheists, rationalists oppose ban on Bhagwat Gita
In June, a town named Tomsk in Siberia moved to court seeking a ban of the Russian translation of Bhagwat Gita, on the grounds of extremism.
23 Dec, 2011, 06.33 PM IST
- Sathya Sai Baba's harshest critics died with a wish unfulfilled
Sathya Sai Baba may have lost his battle for life on Sunday but in his lifetime he survived many battles as rationalists challenged the god...
25 Apr, 2011, 09.09 AM IST
Sathya Sai Baba: No godmen could match Sathya Sai Baba's name, fameTop-ranking politicians including PMs, Union ministers, governors, chief ministers, filmstars, sportspersons, industrialists and virtually ...
25 Apr, 2011, 02.53 AM IST
- The eternal nature of all belief
Each new finding renders simple and codifies an observed phenomenon; yet, at another, it adds complexity to the whole.
19 Sep, 2008, 04.53 AM IST