SMS threat to kill Nitish KumarOctober 2nd, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists have sent SMS messages to several journalists threatening to kill Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar if two of their top leaders were not released from jail. The threat was sent to about half-a-dozen journalists, a police official said.
Jharkhand Maoists shun gun and pursue spiritual pathSeptember 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - Maoist rebels, who were active in Jharkhand, of late have shunned their weapons and instead are following the way of spirituality. This was disclosed at a press conference addressed by former Maoists as well as resource guides of the Art of Living, a spiritual movement founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar here on Tuesday.
PM mourns death of Vayalar Ravi's wifeSeptember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manomhan Singh Saturday mourned the death of Mercy Ravi, wife of union Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi. Mercy, also a Congress leader from Kerala, died of kidney failure early Saturday at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai.
Maoists kill four men for spyingSeptember 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of four tribal men in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Friday. Police said Maoists had killed the men accusing them of being police spies.
Vayalar Ravi's wife is deadSeptember 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Mercy Ravi, wife of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, died here early Saturday morning at the Madras Medical Mission hospital, family sources said. She was 63. Mercy Ravi died of kidney failure around 3 a.m.
BJP says Jaswant should quit as parliament panel chiefAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said expelled party veteran Jaswant Singh should on moral grounds step down as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament. Party spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad told reporters here that Jaswant Singh, elected to the Lok Sabha from Darjeeling, should quit the parliamentary panel post on the grounds of "morality", while the party would take a call on what course it would take on it.
Ban on Maoists is Indias internal matter, says NepalJune 24th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Closely watching the battle in India's West Bengal state between security forces and tribals backed by Indian Maoists, Nepal, the survivor of a decade-old Maoist uprising, Wednesday said the neighbouring country's decision to ban the Left radicals was its own internal affair. "It is the decision taken by a sovereign country," said Shankar Pokhrel, Nepal's information and communications minister who is also the spokesman of the communist-led government that came to power last month after the fall of the country's first Maoist government.
Ban on Maoists may not help, says Sri Sri Ravi ShankarJune 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Tuesday said banning Maoist groups may not help and that their ideology has to be countered by dialogue, inspiration and most importantly, spiritual education. "Just declaring someone as terrorist will only justify our actions but may not bring a change in their mindset," said the founder of the Art of Living foundation, according to a statement rleased a day after Home Minister P.
Indian students in Australia urged to be calmJune 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Tuesday urged Indian students in Australia to stay calm and not to get provoked by attacks on them. Time and again, Indians have demonstrated that peaceful methods of protest have a far greater power in achieving goals than any violent acts, the Art of Living founder said in a statement.
Vayalar Ravi named minister for overseas Indian affairsMay 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran Congress leader Vayalar Ravi was Thursday named minister of overseas Indian affairs.
Vayalar Ravi had held the important portfolio in the previous cabinet too.
Holland issues postage stamps in honour of Sri SriMay 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - TNT Post, the postal department of the Netherlands, has released four postage stamps to honour Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's contribution to humanity. Two of the stamps carry photographs of Ravi Shankar.
CPI-M covering up Kannur 'bomb' explosion: Vayalar RaviApril 29th, 2009 KOCHI - Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Wednesday said the ruling Left Front was covering up the Kannur 'bomb blast involving the son of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator'. Ravi denied the CPI-M allegation that the Congress incited trouble during the April 16 elections in Kannur district of Kerala.
No supporting Gujarat riots, say Goa friends of BJPApril 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - They garner public opinion in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but when it comes to the Gujarat riots, these friends of the party have put their foot down. The Goa Friends of BJP, a national initiative floated by youngsters, professionals, entrepreneurs and concerned citizens, has publicly said it is not comfortable with the Gujarat government's role in the post Godhra riots of 2002.
Spiritual guru asks Maoists to shift from bullet to ballotFebruary 17th, 2009 RANCHI - Saying that the Maoist youths were good at heart, as they were fighting against 'corruption and disparity', Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar appealed to the Maoist rebels to shun bullets in favour of the ballot. 'I appeal to Maoist rebels to shun bullets for the ballot.
Vayalar Ravi renominated as candidate for Rajya Sabha electionFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday renominated Vayalar Ravi, minister of overseas Indian affairs and parliamentary affairs, for the Rajya Sabha election from Kerala. 'Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) has re-nominated Vayalar Ravi for Rajya Sabha election from Kerala,' a statement issued here said.
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