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...result of rising Dalit assertion," says Vinayak. "The lower castes set up their own gurdwara, splitting the congregation and the [revenue from the] offerings. The pro-Khalistanis (those supporting a separate Sikh nation) at the older gurdwara felt threatened." Those tensions came to a head this Sunday when management of the new gurdwara invited some preachers of Dera Sach Khand, a Ravidasia sect, to address the congregation. A violent clash ensued, in which Baba Rama Nand was shot and 15 people were injured. Baba Rama Nand later died in hospital. (Read "Five Challenges Facing India's Election Victors...
...Gables Inn and Spa in St. Michaels, Md., is offering a Spa and Sail package that includes a two-hour sail, a one-hour massage for two and a certificate for a dozen blue crabs and a pitcher of beer at a local restaurant. If you can go midweek (Sunday through Thursday), the rate is $570 for two nights, including continental breakfast; on weekends, the rate goes up to $770 for two nights. 209 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels...
Vladimir Putin, Russia's Prime Minister and former President, is not renowned for his love of literature. But on Sunday he gave Russian journalists an unexpected reading tip: the diaries of Anton Denikin, a commander in the White Army, which fought the Bolsheviks after the revolution in 1917. (See TIME's photos of last year's war in Georgia...
...Putin's reference on Sunday to "Little Russia" - a term used during the Russian Empire to describe parts of modern-day Ukraine that came under czarist rule - has raised hackles in Ukraine, where many consider it demeaning and offensive...
...Health Institute in the state of North Rhine Westphalia] examined Red Bull Cola in an elaborate chemical process and found traces of cocaine," Bernhard Kuehnle, head of the food safety department at Germany's federal ministry for consumer protection, told the German press on Sunday. According to this analysis, the 0.13 micrograms of cocaine per can of the drink does not pose a serious health threat - you'd have to drink 12,000 L of Red Bull Cola for negative effects to be felt - but it was enough to cause concern. Kuehnle's agency is due to give its final...