Below are excerpts from a Hindu American Foundation of the USA report:
'I agonise for these students that only desired to create a platform to discuss India's challenges and opportunities for growth. They shot themselves in the foot and the students and Wharton administration must learn the lessons of consequences even as they seek redemption that can be theirs with the right moves forward, argues Dr Aseem Shukla.
"We were surprised and disappointed that Honda signed this letter. This is not what we expect our Congressman to be doing unless he has facts and his own investigation," Vineet Sharma, national executive council member of the Hindu American Foundation, told rediff.com.
Sharma and community leaders had their first face-to-face meeting with Honda during the FIA function. Sharma said they had earlier met his district director at his local ...
Mohammad Akram Pasha is an educated youngster from Nanded in Maharshtra, who was in Bangalore as part of an operation to assassinate, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Mohammad Akram Pasha, 25, speaks flawless English and has no qualms admitting that he had come to Bangalore to eliminate journalists and Hindu leaders. Currently on a body warrant in Maharashtra [ Images ], the Bangalore assassination plot was not the first time Akram has been involved ...
The assassination plot, which was busted in Bengaluru recently, had three media persons on their target list. It was stated at the time of the investigation that a group of nearly 18 youths had decided on targeting three journalists for their alleged proximity to pro-Hindu groups.
The bulk of the hate messages warning people from north-east India, which originated out of the servers in Pakistan, landed in the hands of groups such as the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India and the Harkat-ul-J
Tulsi Gabbard, 31, a Hindu American, has won the Democratic Primary from the second Congressional District in Hawaii.
Gabbard is set to create history becoming the first Hindu ever to be elected to the US Congress in November, as there is virtually little opposition to her in a predominantly Democratic district.
She got 55.1 percent votes polled as to 34.3 percent won by her main opponent Mufi Hannemann.
India should push for re-opening of the consulate in Karachi for better protection of the Hindus and Sikhs living in Pakistan.
Maya Mirchandani of NDTV had an interesting discussion on the Hindu citizens of Pakistan on the night of August 11. She needs to be complimented for focussing with finesse and delicacy on this sensitive issue in the context of the recent arrival of a large number of Hindu citizens ...
In what could be a landmark moment for the minority Hindu community of Pakistan, Hindus will get Computerised National Identity Cards if the amended Bill is passed, something they have not been entitled to so far, reports Amir Mir
Things have just gone from bad to worse for the Hindu community in Pakistan's Balochistan region. So adverse is the scenario that around 100 more Hindu families from the region have applied to the Indian High Commission seeking asylum, Amir Mir reports from Islamabad.
Pakistan's marginalised Hindu community continues to live under the shadow of fear in Balochistan province in the wake of an endless wave of ...
The water level in the sacred pond that lies in Chakwal district of Pakistan Punjab has been dropping at an alarming rate due to water being supplied to nearby cement factories and towns. Amir Mir reports
A majority of the existing Hindu temples in Pakistan are in a dilapidated condition due to indifference of the successive governments in Islamabad but another disturbing development has alarmed the country's marginalised Hindu ...
At the Lifestyle Pakistan trade exhibition that concluded in Delhi on Sunday, one stall stands out from a distance for just its name -- Deepak Perwani, a Sindhi Hindu from Karachi, who spoke to Shivam Vij about the common strands that run between the two estranged neighbours.
This was the first of its kind exposure for Perwani outside the Indian fashion circuit, of which he has long been a friend ...
Tarun Vijay, the BJP MP, would like to ask President Asif Ali Zardari: 'Is the ease available to a Pakistani Muslim to visit his places of faith in India also available to an Indian Hindu to visit his places of worship in Pakistan?'
The envoy was summoned a day after Communist party of India Marxist Member of Parliament and politburo member Brinda Karat met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and sought the government's immediate intervention in ensuring the early return of the two Indian children, separated from their parents last year on the grounds of "emotional d
Is the focus on 'saffron terror' a deranged attempt at politically counterbalancing Hindus and Muslims with little regard for ethical impropriety? asks Vivek Gumaste.
There is something radically wrong with the entire picture; the pieces of the puzzle do not align with each other despite attempting every possible combination; and the key does not open the lock. The foremost investigating agency in the nation, the National Intelligence Agency, despite its ...
Did the controversial report on church attacks exaggerate the number of such instances in Karnataka? Were the figures put out for some ulterior motive?
Yes, the figures have been exaggerated, says P N Benjamin, a minorities commission member and coordinator of the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue.
If Karnataka is really the number one rogue state for Christians then why is it that not a single Christian has fled the ...
Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation that had previously worked with Santorum when he served as a US Senator from Pennsylvania and even commended his past work on human rights, were outraged by Santorum's remarks.
Dr Aseem Shukla, Minneapolis-based physician, who is a co-founder and board member of HAF, said, "Senator Santorum's presidential campaign is now playing to the lowest common denominator of religious bigotry and prejudice by ...
