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Nepal: Foreign Interference and Political Impasse

Four years and one hundred million dollars later, the people of Nepal are still waiting for a Preamble and Objectives’ Clause of their Constitution.

(CHENNAI, India) - When people forget history, mystery repeats itself.

History tells us that Nepal evolved a sophisticated democratic system over two thousand years before Aristotle’s Greece did; the mystery is that ethnic identity federalists are still groping for a viable one and the Maoists want a Stalinist solution.

`In a Volte-Face, Jayalalithaa Started Supporting Tamil Eelam`

The resurfacing of the Tamil issue is due to the Eelam War which eliminated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its leader Prabhakaran.

(CHENNAI, India) - The issue of discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka has recently led to strong protests against Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa as well as some pilgrims from the island nation.

US Soldiers on the Ground in Nepal

In every third world country, US Government’s ‘humanitarian mission’ has been a cover to eliminate popular leaders and/or incite civil wars.

(CHENNAI, India) - Early this week, sixty-five American soldiers landed in Kathmandu and moved to Dhikurpokhari of Kaski district of Nepal.

Sedition Law is Against Spirit of Democracy

The process of building up political alternatives has to be based on holding -- and advocating -- views that are contrary to those held by the current holders of power.

(NEW DELHI) - I was convicted of sedition (section 124 of the IPC) on Christmas eve 2009, and awarded life imprisonment. I had already spent two years in jail as an undertrial before the Supreme Court granted me bail.

Following my conviction, another four months was spent in a solitary cell before the Supreme Court suspended the sentence and granted bail, remarking in the process that there did not seem to be any evidence against me.

Getting to Know Our Hindu Brothers and Sisters

Special video/photojournalism report from our news editor in California's capitol city.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Hindus gathered in bright garb with dominant yellows and reds under a silky blue sky Saturday engaging in a special gathering that included a speech from Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed of Reno, who is quoted frequently on Salem-News

“Hindu Sangam” (Sangam meaning “confluence”) was held at Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir in Sacramento.

Koodankulam: Sri Lanka Condemned to be in a Nuclear Neighbourhood?

Is the island nation going to be permanently compromised by nukes?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Sri Lanka is not in a position to claim compensation if a nuclear disaster occurs in South India and would also be unable to do anything in the event a nuclear accident occurs in the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), just 240 km away from Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, several anti-nuclear movements are prevailing upon the Government of India to abandon the entire project in South India.

India Tops the World in Under-5 Deaths

According to an estimate, about one third of world’s poor lived in India.

(RENO,NV) - India is top in the world for under-five deaths at 1.7 million, which is 24% of the share of total number of such deaths, according to a new UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) report.

Under-5 mortality rate of India was 61 in 2011, where neonatal causes, followed by pneumonia were the highest cause of such deaths.

Please SAVE KOODANKULAM PEOPLE in Tamilnadu, India

Media have been attacked by police.

(CHENNAI, India) - One boat reached Uvari with one seriously injured, other conditions are not known; there is no news coming from Inside Idindakarai. The situation is very bad. People need medical attentions are suffering.

School teachers are inside compound, TV services are disconnected, phones are not reachable.

20,000 Villagers Occupy Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Includes timeline of events unfolding in India.

(CHENNAI Countercurrents) - More than 20,000 villagers have put the Koodankulam nuclear power plant under siege to protest fuel loading in preparation for the commissioning of the plant.

More than 4000 police personnel, including Rapid Action Force (RAF), are deployed around the plant. People are camping in front of the nuclear plant and refuse to go back to their homes.

Police Atrocity In Koodankulam; One Person Shot Dead (Shocking Video and Photos)

Indians are being brutalized by police and shoved into the sea, literally...

(KOODANKULAM, India Countercurrents) - Police rampage against anti-nuclear protesters resisting the fuel loading in Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in .

Polce beat up hundreds of protesters and lobbed tear gas shells into the crowd.