Spiritual group prepares to clean entire Ganges
June 17th, 2012 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Haridwar, June 17 (IANS) A spiritual group here is conducting a survey on how best to clean the entire 2,525-km Ganges, the holiest of all rivers for Hindus but ... Read more...
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Spiritual group plants 35 lakh trees
May 18th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar, May 18 (IANS) A spiritual group based here has launched a massive green drive in the country and has already planted 35 lakh trees and saplings, a spokesperson said ... Read more...
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Stampede in Haridwar kills 20, injures 40
November 9th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nov 8 (IANS) Scenes of piety and devotion quickly turned to devastation Tuesday as at least 20 people were killed in a stampede that occurred when massive ... Read more...
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Rs.4 lakh compensation for each Haridwar dead
November 8th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar, Nov 8 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri and Gayatri Parivar organisation Tuesday both offered a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the kin of each of the 16 killed ... Read more...
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Ministers laud mammoth ‘Gayatri Mantra’ meet
November 6th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nov 6 (IANS) Governments should learn crowd management from the organisers of the five-day event on 'Gayatri Mantra' that began here Friday, a state and a central ... Read more...
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Foreigners flock to Haridwar for love of Hinduism
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nov 2 (IANS) They come here from Russia, Malaysia, Belarus, South Korea and the US, lured by Hinduism which they say answers questions that have plagued them for ... Read more...
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Haridwar prepares for a Kumbh - with Anna in attendance
October 30th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Oct 30 (IANS) Around five million people are set to gather here Nov 6-10 to propagate the sacred "Gayatri Mantra" in an event that organizers say will ... Read more...
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Pundit who popularized Gayatri Mantra remembered
February 6th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura/Agra, Feb 6 (IANS) The centenary celebrations of Pandit Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, who popularized Gayatri Mantra like never before, started here Sunday.
In Mathura, the celebrations began with a Kalash Yatra ... Read more...
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Pink village of Gujarat
February 25th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Suresh Soni
Rajkot, Feb.25 (ANI): Inspired by Rajasthans capital Jaipur, popularly described as Pink City, a village in Gujarat has all the its structures painted in pink to gain popularity as ... Read more...
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Prime minister assures national heritage status for Ganga
September 20th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday assured giving river Ganga a national heritage status, a statement by the Hardwar-based Ganga Raksha Manch said.The prime minister pledged to revive ... Read more...
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Yoga guru Ramdev joins war to save Ganga
June 29th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The river Ganga, along whose banks the Indian civilisation evolved, has found a new messiah to purge it of the accumulated filth and breathe new life into ... Read more...
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