BANGALORE: In a landmark victory heralding its emergence as a ruling party in the South, the BJP on Sunday stormed to power in Karnataka on its own but fell short of majority by just three seats. (Watch: Interactive map)

Often taunted as a party of the cowbelt, the BJP rode on a saffron surge to secure 110 seats in the 224-member Assembly, bettering its performance in the 2004 elections when it had emerged as the single largest party with 79 seats.

Rediff: Indians express solidarity with Tibetans

RSS Sarsanghachalak K S Sudershan issued a strongly worded press release against the 'barbarous and inhuman atrocities perpetrated' in Tibet by the People's Republic of China.

In a significant development, local Indians living in and around Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday extended their moral and political support to Tibetan refugees living in their area for the last 49 years under the leadership of the Dalai Lama.

Talking to rediff.com, Prem Sagar of Himalaya Pariwar said, "We want to express our solidarity with Tibetan community. We believe that the philosophy of the Dalai Lama is admirable. His solution for Tibet known as 'middle path approach' is the right solution and is workable".

RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEWAK SANGH
AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA, Yugabda 5109
Fogala Ashram, Vrindavan (UP),
Falgun Shukla 5-7, Yugabda 5109 {March 14-16, 2008}

Resolution- 4

End Minority-Majority Divide for the Sake of National Unity

The ABPS regrets to note that the politics of minorityism has acquired dubious dimensions under the present dispensation at the Centre bringing back the sordid memories of the competitive minorityism witnessed in the pre-Partition era. Year after year this appeasement of certain religious communities is on the rise leading to serious communal polarisation in the country.

A rise in comedy and reality shows; the emergence and establishment of trivia in news; and most significantly, the end of political news dominance; this is the face of the news channels today.
Increased competition has unwittingly led to creation/manufacture or fabrication of news’, the fake “Live India Sting Operation” being an example. Such instances have once again raised the question of media regulation and their need for self-regulation.

Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS): Hoping to rally its supporters and various factions, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will next month launch a 99-day 'save Ganga' tour from Gangasagar where the river merges into the sea all the way up to its source in Gangotri.

One of the high points of the campaign will be on Feb 17 when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan will participate in a special yagna, or fire ritual, in Varanasi.

Advani is also expected to address a rally on the banks of the river on the day.

Hindu clerics, including the four Shankaracharyas, yoga guru Swami Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as well as Ramjanmbhoomi Trust president Mahant Nritya Gopal Das will join the Ganga Sanskriti Pravah Yatra.