Pay Money To Get Rid Of Your Sins? 'Religion In India Has Become A Profitable & Secure Business Without Any Loss'

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Next year will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, when one man's protest changed Christianity in Europe.

On 25 May, in Andhra Pradesh, it was reported that the income of temples has grown by 27 percent. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu attributed this rise to "growing sins". He said "people are committing sins and to get rid of them, they are going to temples and offering money."

That same day, another story, from Udaipur, was published with the headline: 'A holy dip and Rs 11 is all it takes to be certified free of sins'.

IPL Final: Can Sunrisers Hyderabad Upset Royal Challengers Bangalore? Ask David Warner And His Men

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Virat Kohli's team is in miraculous form, pulling off the five straight wins they needed to enter the final. Hyderabad's other batters must fire too.

It was the last ball of the 17th over in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase of 163 against Gujarat Lions in the second qualifier of the 2016 Indian Premier League. David Warner hit Praveen Kumar’s yorker-length delivery outside off right back towards the bowler. Kumar fielded it and feigned a throw back at the batsman.

What Explains India Getting Such A Public Lashing From US Lawmakers On The Eve Of Modi's Visit?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Modi’s past, while mostly set aside for political reasons, is not entirely forgotten by those who have a stake in shining the light on human rights issues.

Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fourth visit to the United States, its senators painted a dismal picture of India as a land of 12 million “slaves”, human rights abuses, gender violence and a country where civil society is under constant attack.

BJP's Overkill Mode: Hyperbole Drowns Reality As NDA Finishes 2 Years

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Nothing succeeds like excess. This appears to be the guiding principle behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi's communication strategy.

As minister after minister went about giving glowing accounts of their performance led by the prime minister himself at the celebration to mark the completion of the government's two years in office, one got the feeling that the leaders were trying to impress too much. Modesty was never a virtue with the government to begin with. But it seems to have outdone itself this time. The ministers were more tentative at the end of the first year; last night the dash of overconfidence was unmistakable.

Congress Holds 'Sachchai Ka Aaina' While BJP Celebrates Two Years Of PM Modi

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

Top Union Ministers joined a gala event, which had a smattering of Bollywood actors, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and R Madhavan, aimed at publicising the "achievements" of the Narendra Modi government on completion of two years in office.

While the centrepiece event was held at historic India Gate in New Delhi, which saw Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and many of his ministerial colleagues speak at length about numerous steps taken by the government across sectors, some Cabinet Ministers joined in from different parts of the country, including Mumbai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Vijaywada.

Inner Demons: Monty Panesar And Other Cricketers Who Battled Mental Illneness

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

England cricketer Monty Panesar, who recently revealed his struggles with mental illness, admitted that he should have taken medications when the time was right. Panesar also stated that he is eyeing a return to the national team soon.

According to a report in BBC Sport, the 34-year-old left-arm spinner admitted to not believing in medication, only to accept that the reluctance for the same, aggravated his problem further.

'If This Is Jihad, We Want Nothing Of It': Killing Of Unarmed Policemen In Srinagar Sparks Questions

By RUBAINA ALAM | INNLIVE 

Don’t policemen have a right to live? Why the lack of protests? Do the human rights activists have double standards?

Far from the spotlight of the media, a far-flung village nestled in the idyllic hills of Handwara mourned the death of one its members, killed by a “special squad” of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant outfit.

He was one of the three policemen killed in two separate shootouts in Srinagar on Monday, May 23.

Near the house of Nazir Ahmad, mourners made their way up the dilapidated hilly road on foot and in taxis, some coming from as far as Srinagar.

The mourners – family, friends, and neighbours – asked why “Maulvi Nazir”, as some called Nazir Ahmad, was killed.

Reading 'Veer Savarkar': How A Hindutva Icon Justified The Idea Of Rape As A Political Tool?

By AJAZ ASHRAF | INNLIVE

The controversial figure castigated Maratha ruler Shivaji for sending back the daughter-in-law of the Muslim governor of Kalyan, whom he defeated.

Decades before the sexual assault of women during the 2002 Gujarat and 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, Hindutva propounder Veer Savarkar justified rape as a legitimate political tool. This he did by reconfiguring the idea of “Hindu virtue” in his book Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History, which he wrote in Marathi a few years before his death in 1966.