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President Pranab Mukherjee awarded Shaurya Chakras to the officers who took part
in the daring across the Line of Control last year.
He also awarded the Shaurya Chakra posthumously to Lt Col Niranjan Ek, who died while recovering IED from the bodies of Pathankot terrorists in January 2016.
As per the citation against Shaurya Chakra awardees, Major Rajat Chandra killed two terrorists during the surgical strike, while CaptainAshutosh Kumar eliminated four terrorists. Both belong to 4 Para Special Forces, which took part in the surgical strike in September last year.
Nineteen soldiers of the 4 and 9 Para, the special forces units, who undertook the daring cross-border surgical strike across LoC, were awarded with gallantry medals on January 25, including a Kirti Chakra, while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Sewa Medal.
Shaurya Chakra was also posthumously awarded to Sanjewan Singh, head constable with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, NaibSubedhar Kankara V Subba Reddy, Naik Pandurang Gawade, and Kirti Chakra to Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of the Gorkha Rifles. All laid their lives fighting terrorists.
Family members of Singh, Reddy, Gawande and Magar received the honour by the President.
Lt Gen PM Hariz, one of the two senior most officers superseded by Chief of Army Staff Gen Bin Rawat, was awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Hariz is the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command.
Shaurya Chakras were also awarded to Atu Zumvu, Sub-Divisional Police Officer with the Nagaland Police, who shot down three National Democratic Front of Bodoland outfit members, responsible for killing 81 people.
Captain Elisen Y Jami of the 12th Batallion Parachute Regiment, Kukudapu Srinivasulu, police constable with Telangana Police was also awarded with Shaurya Chakra.
Lt Col D Vinay Reddy of the Madras Regiment and Havildar Hanuman Ram Saran of the Rajputana Rifles were awarded with Shaurya Chakra.
Major Deepak Upadhyay and Paratrooper Abdul Qayum, both of 9 Para Special Forces, were awarded with Shaurya Chakras for their role in the surgical strike.
surgical strikeShaurya Chakra to Major Rajat Chandra during the Defence Investiture Ceremony Maj Chandra was tasked to undertake close surveillance of the terrorist's hideout in Jammu and Kashmir.
Shaurya Chakra to the widow and mother of head constable Sanjewan Singh of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
The widow of Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar before receiving Shaurya Chakra from the president on behalf
of her husband.
Shaurya Chakra to the widow and mother of Naik Gawde Pandurang Mahadev.
Shaurya Chakra to the widow and mother of Lt Col Niranjan EK.
Obviously, Hindus can be abused. I was shocked when I recently checked articles in major newspapers like The New York Times on the a p p o i n t m e n t o f Yo g i Adityanath as chief minister in Uttar Pradesh. Like in the run-up to the general elections in 2014, when a Modi victory loomed large, the media went berserk. The gist was: By appointing Yogi Adityanath, Prime Minister Modi has finally shown his true face of a Hindu fundamentalist who wants to make India a “Hindu nation” where minorities have no place. The articles peddled u n t r u t h s a n d d r e w unacceptable conclusions. The Swiss NZZ for example wrote that it is hardly possible for Prime Minister Modi’s government to call itself the representative of all Indians after appointing a figure like Yogi Adityanath.
A Hindu nation is projected as the worst possible scenario by the wrongly called “liberal” media. Yet, the same media don’t react when America or most other western countries are referred to as Christian nations. Nor do they get
Neither the West nor Muslim countries want a strong India
- Maria Wirth
I sometimes wonder who influences whom: the Indian mainstream journalists the foreign correspondents or the other way round, as they always hold the same view. Or is there
even a directive from the top of the media houses about who must be protected and who can be abused?
agitated about the numerous Muslim nations; not even about those which still have harsh blasphemy laws. Why are these ok, and a Hindu nation is not ok? They don’t explain; they just insinuate that minorities (read Muslims and Christians) will suffer in a Hindu nation.
Maybe they came to this c o n c l u s i o n b e c a u s e minorities like Jews or Hindus suffer in certain Christian or Muslim nations though the media hardly pulls those countries up for it. However, e v e n o t h e r w i s e , t h i s conclusion is wrong, as Hindus have a different mind-set. They are open towards other views, unlike “good” Christians and Muslims who feel obl igated to make everyone believe what they believe, if necessary by deceit or force.
Hindus cannot be put into one single box. There are too many different ways to reach the goal of life. As it were, there are many minorities within Hinduism. But they all are based on the Vedic insight that everything, including our persons, is permeated by the
same divine essence which is called by many names but is ultimately ONE. Our human consciousness (atman) is one w i t h t h e c o s m i c consciousness (Brahman) and to realize this, is the goal and fulfillment of life. “Satyam vada, Dharmam chara” the Veda exhorts—speak the truth and do what is right under the given circumstances. And find out who you really are: you are not a separate entity but in the depths of your being one with all.
Hindus never fought crusades or jihads to establish their dharma in foreign lands. In fact, they didn’t need to, because they convinced most of Asia merely by solid arguments. Yet, for the past thousand years Hindus were at the receiving end of jihads and conversion campaigns and millions of Hindus were killed in cold blood because they were Hindus.
It has to be held in favour of Hindus that they held on to their tradition and did not succumb to the pressure and even violence brought on them to adopt blind belief that only one particular person has
revealed the full truth. Instead, they continued trusting their sages who never asked for blind belief, but asked to verify t h e i r i n s i g h t s t h r o u g h experience.
So why do media worldwide get so worked up about “Hindu fundamenta l i s ts ” and a possible “Hindu nation”. What i s w r o n g w i t h t h e fundamentals? There is nothing wrong wi th the fundamentals. But there is one major difference: For Hindus, the Divinity is in all and all is in the Divinity, whereas for Christians and Muslims the Divinity is separate from his creation watching us from somewhere.
The concept of Divinity is also different. For Hindus the best description for the absolute truth is sat-chit-ananda (it is true, aware and blissful). The many personal gods help the devotee to realize the Absolute. Christians and Muslims perceive Divinity in its highest form as a personal, superhuman entity who is jealous of other gods. The first commandment in Chr ist iani ty and a very important issue in Islam is the
claim that nobody must worship other gods except the “one true god”, which both religions claim is only with them.
In all likelihood the Hindu view comes closer to truth. When the first translations of Vedic texts appeared in the West, the greatest minds in E u r o p e w e r e g r e a t l y impressed by Indian thought. It did spread among scientists, too, who used it to push the frontiers of science further. It is no coincidence that modern science discovered that all is one energy after Vedanta became known in the west. It is also no coincidence that the Church lost much of its power in Europe when some of India’s wisdom filtered down to the masses
Hindus are the exemplary role model for “how not to exclude others”? Where else have religious minorities flourished and grown like in India? Is not the relative harmony in this amazing diversity in India generally admired abroad? Media persons need only to look around in the world to realize this fact.
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National Seminar : 'World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith dialoue's.
Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti has completed 11 successful years of working at national and international level. Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti founded by Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni has been working towards development of human values establishing nonviolence, peace and mutual co-operation in the society, work against drug addiction and female feticides. We are making continuous efforts for establishing the spirit of religious tolerance, mutual brotherhood, building National character and to uplift the human values. We emphasize the need of integration between science and religion and work towards social reforms to celebrate 11th Foundation Day, Ahimsa Yishwa Bharti had organized a National seminar "World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith Dialogue" at Birla Matushri Sabhagar, Mumbai on 28th April 2017.
The Seminar was organized in the auspicious presence of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Ji Founder art of Living, Jain Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni-Founder President of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, Shri Ramesh Bhai Oza, Bhai Satpal Singh Khalsa, Gyalwang Drukpa Rinpoche, Imam Umer Ahmed lliyasi, Archbishop Oswald gracias, informs Prashant Zaveri.
The campaign will begin at the two-day BJP state executive in Palakkad starting Tuesday where we are going to spell out the five thrust areas - food, water, land, housing and employment - which need to be made available to every poor and downtrodden in Kerala, State BJP President Kummanam Rajashekharan told Mail Today in an exclusive talk in Bhubaneswar.
THE WIDE BJP RADAR IN KERALABJP in its political resolution had clearly
defined the "urgency to reach out to every poor and marginalised, if the Saffron party wishes to have its Chief Ministers in all States."
"Land will be a big issue as there are nearly three lakh landless in Kerala, where there is excess land with some and none with others... There are nearly six lakh hectares of excess land under the control of a few people. Worst violators are the corporates holding on to the government land under long lease and some are holding on despite
Reach the Unreachable!How BJP plans to cut through roads of Left dominance in Kerala!
Every time Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah mentioned Kerala at the National Executive Meeting in Bhubaneswar, it was not without a defined purpose and a cut-out plan. With a clear direction from BJP's top leadership - Reach the Unreachable, knock every door with a centrally sponsored scheme, find every landless in Kerala and never bow down to "politics of murder" under the ruling Left Govt - the state BJP unit is all out to follow the central leadership by launching a mass campaign from the booth and shakha level to penetrate aggressively in the Left-ruled Kerala.
The Kerala Govt's "murder politics" won't deter us to raise our voice against the gross misgovernance and insecurity under the Left govt. We have to work out a strategy to fight unemployment, as there are nearly 7% unemployed in the state, despite 100% literacy. Mass awareness is needed... We discussed this in Odisha," said Rajashekharan.
With 2.5 crore voters and nearly 15% vote share in the state, the BJP National Executive Meet discussed Kerala time and again as the "next thrust state where it wants its chief minister". Daunting task though as just a single MLA in the 140 Assembly seats and no Lok Sabha MP yet, but Rajasekharan seems unfazed: "Ground level work has started and the booth level workers attendance at any gathering is 90 per cent. We are spreading our cadre in all 20 parliamentary constituencies to take up local issues and also the one discussed at the Odisha meet," Rajashekhar said, adding, "Our increasing vote share is an encouraging sign."
MURDER POLITICS DOES NOT SCARE US: BJP
their lease ending long back,” said Rajashekharan, adding, “We are going to launch a big movement against those keeping excess land unauthorisedly."
Rajashekharan, who came to attend the National Executive Meeting here, was joined by the lone BJP MLA in Kerala O Rajagopalan.
"The central leadership is very clear in its objective - make inroads and reach out to the every household in Kerala and take up their issues on larger public platform as the state executive, party forum meetings and strengthen booth level gatherings, which is also addressed by top central BJP leaders," said Rajagopalan. The two leaders seem to have got a clear plan for saffron surge in Kerala.
“We will strengthen the booth level and take up the attacks on BJP workers.”
Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti has completed 11 successful years of working at national and international level. Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti founded by Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni has been working towards development of human values establishing nonviolence, peace and mutual co-operation in the society,
work against drug addiction and female feticides. We are making continuous efforts for establishing the spirit of religious tolerance, mutual b r o t h e r h o o d , b u i l d i n g National character and to uplift the human values. We emphasize the need of integration between science and religion and work towards social reforms to celebrate
11th Foundation Day, Ahimsa Yishwa Bharti had organized a National seminar "World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith Dialogue" at Birla Matushr i Sabhagar, Mumbai on 28th April 2017.
The Seminar was o r g a n i z e d i n t h e auspicious presence of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Ji Founder art of Living, Jain Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni-Founder President of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, Shri Ramesh Bhai Oza, B h a i S a t p a l S i n g h K h a l s a , G y a l w a n g Drukpa Rinpoche, Imam Umer Ahmed lliyasi, Archbishop Oswald gracias, informs Prashant Zaveri.
National Seminar :
'World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith dialouge
A mob beats a group of Muslims they allege were smuggling cows, Alwar, Rajasthan, April 3, 2017.
In a major twist in the Pehlu Khan murder case, Alwar Superintendent of Police Rahul Prakash claims that the local police has filed cases against 14 people under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and are deeming them as cow smugglers.
The Alwar SP is categorical that the 15 men from Haryana's Mewat district -- including Pehlu Khan who was beaten up by a mob in Rajasthan's Alwar district on suspicion of smuggling cows -- had no verified documents to prove that they were in the dairy business and not cow smugglers.
"They did not have the transit permit to take the cows out of the state," the Alwar SP added.
Pehlu Khan, others 100% Cow Smugglers- Alwar SP
How many arrests have you made in the Pehlu Khan murder case?
We have made four arrests in the Pehlu Khan murder case.
Are these four arrested residents of Alwar?
Yes, all those arrested are local residents.
D o t h ey h ave a ny criminal record?
As of now, nothing.There is no past criminal record of
those we have arrested in this case.What have these four confessed to
the police?They all have confessed that they
beat up Pehlu Khan.We also verified their identities
through videos that were shot by the people and shared on WhatsApp groups.
Ahead of arriving in Delhi for a two-day visit, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advocated “multilateral dialogue” to settle the Kashmir question — a stand which flies in the face of New Delhi’s position that the dispute should be resolved bilaterally.
In the interview to WION TV channel, he was asked whether the Organisation of Islamic Conference ( O I C ) s u g g e s t i o n o f s e l f -determination as a means to resolve differences over Jammu and Kashmir was valid, and whether the same should then be applied to other crises such as Tibet, Taiwan, Balochistan or even the Kurdish issue (involving Turkey), he said the O I C r e p r e s e n t s a c e r t a i n population. “It (OIC) has its area of influence. It has economic and political strengths, it has a say in global matters and it can contribute to world peace. If something has been approved by all member-states, it should not be criticised or questioned. OIC members also have weight in the United Nations
Turkey President: Erdogan Bowled out on the issue of Kurdish People
( U N ) . Tu r k e y supports India to b e c o m e a p e r m a n e n t member of the UN Security Council (UNSC).”
O n t h e possibility of India supporting the demand of the Kurdish people for
independence, Erdogan said, “If we compare apples to oranges, we will be making mistakes. We will make a big mistake. We have no problems with the Kurdish people, Kurdish citizens in Turkey. We have a problem with the terrorist organisation. With regards to the Kashmir question, there is no similarity whatsoever. The nature of the dispute is different. There is a territorial dispute. And Pakistan is pursuing, as a State, her own thesis and her own arguments and they are right, and India as a State is pursing her own agenda and her own arguments and they are right too. But inside Turkey, we see a separatist terrorist organisation called PKK, alleging to represent the Kurdish dissidents. But in Kashmir, the situation is much more different… In Turkey we have PKK, we have YPG and YPD — these are just terrorist organisations. And let’s not make a mistake of comparing these questions, these problems with one another.”