Elephant processions, percussion orchestras mark Kerala festivals (Letter from Kerala)
May 12th, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kavassery (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) Frenzied mass participation characterises annual temple festivals in Kerala that invariably include colourful processions of richly caparisoned elephants and panchavadyam (orchestra) by a combination of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Indians celebrate Mahashivratri in ancient Pakistani temple (Lead)
February 20th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) After a six-year gap, a group of pilgrims from India celebrated Monday Mahashivratri in a Hindu temple said to have been built more than 900 years ... Read more...
Posted in World |
After six years, Indians visit ancient temple in Pakistan
February 20th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) A group of pilgrims from India will celebrate Maha Shivaratri at an ancient Hindu temple complex in Punjab province after six years.A delegation of 50 Hindus ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Facebook, Google move court; Delhi Police issued notice
January 11th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police on a petition filed against summons issued by a trial court to 21 websites, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Will SCG’s 100th Test inspire Sachin to score a ton?
December 30th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 30 (IANS) The second cricket Test between India and Australia here next week will be an ideal platform for Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the greatest contemporary batsman, to ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Scrap derogatory content by Feb 6, court asks websites (Third Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday ordered websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo to remove all "derogatory" content from their sites by Feb 6, or face ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Scrap derogatory content by Feb 6: Court asks websites (Second Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday ordered websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo to remove all "derogatory" content from their sites by Feb 6.The court ordered ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Summons to 21 websites for hosting objectionable content
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Days after a civil court asked various websites to remove objectionable content, a Delhi court Friday issued summons to 21 websites and social networking ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
5,000 years of Indian art in pictorial text
December 3rd, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Indian art has travelled an energetic course in the last 5,000 years, peaking in aesthetic excellence during the Hindu and Buddhist periods. But this mammoth ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
At Ramlila, a mini India watched Anna break fast
August 28th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Hours before Anna Hazare broke a 13-day hunger strike that shook the nation, all roads led to the Ramlila ground. And as he sipped ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Court verdict on 2008 blasts Aug 8 (Lead)
July 27th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) A Mumbai court will Aug 8 deliver its verdict in cases related to two blasts in Maharashtra's Thane and Raigad districts in 2008 in which ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Kali’ sells for Rs.5.72 crore in online auction
June 20th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Tyeb Mehta's untitled painting of Hindu deity Kali set a price precedent at an auction by Saffronart, India's biggest online art trading forum, selling for ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Pawar criticises RPI’s alliance with BJP, Shiv Sena
June 10th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar Friday criticised the Republican Party of India's (RPI) alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
M.F. Husain’s sand sculpture destroyed in Allahabad
June 10th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, June 10 (IANS) Even as intellectuals, celebrities and art lovers continue to mourn the death of M.F. Husain, unidentified men here Friday destroyed the sand sculpture created by ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
M.F. Husain dies exiled from his homeland (Third Lead)
June 9th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, who was hailed as the Picasso of India but was forced to live in self-imposed exile from his homeland due to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian artist M.F. Husain dies in London (Second Lead)
June 9th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, the Indian who rose from painting cinema hoardings to one of the world's most celebrated artists, died in a London hospital early ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
My assets are over Rs.1,000 crore, Reddy once said (To go with Reddys’ rise: Riding cycles to rattling BJP leadership)
May 31st, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 31 (IANS) Mining baron and Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy once boasted that his assets are worth more than Rs.1,000 crore.He had taken exception to an ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Colourful but subdued Holi celebrations in Mumbai
March 20th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Millions of Mumbaikars celebrated Holi with traditional fervour and gaiety Sunday. But the ongoing school and college exams poured dampened the Holi plans of many youngsters.The ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Karnataka to drop cases against Christians
February 18th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 18 (IANS) The Karnataka government Friday said it would withdraw cases registered against over 300 Christians when they protested attacks on churches in 2008."The government will take steps ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Hindus laud Peabody Essex Museum for organizing Hindu gods exhibition
February 13th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), FEb 13 (ANI): Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem (Massachusetts, USA) is currently organizing "Faces of Devotion" exhibition showing "nearly 40 dramatic sculptures of Hindu gods, goddesses, animal spirits and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks
January 29th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 29 (IANS) Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the judicial panel, which absolved the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu groups of attacks on churches in Karnataka, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Hindu gods, Sai Babas fail to deter Nepal’s menace
January 6th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 6 (IANS) Once the only Hindu kingdom in the world, Nepal has the largest number of religious holidays among countries, as well as the controversial reputation of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Tamil song ‘offensive to Hindu deities’ creates uproar
December 11th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (ANI): A Tamil song has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindu Makkal Katchi party members, who say the lyrics are offensive to Hindu gods.A song in the Tamil ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
National Museum of Korea displaying Hindu god masks
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 23 (ANI): Prestigious National Museum of Korea (NMK) in Seoul is displaying masks of Hindu gods in an exhibition which will continue till September 11 next year.Titled "Hindu God ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Four arrested with antique idols in Delhi
October 26th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday arrested four people from Prasad Nagar in central Delhi while they were exchanging a bag full of antique idols worth crores."Kuldeep, Rajesh and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Only ancient wisdom can save India’s ’sacred’ animals
September 5th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Many "sacred" animals of India - a concept most visible in Hindu religion - may become extinct one day unless the ancient respect for all creations returns.
"Respecting ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Karnad withdraws resignation from Goa panel
August 19th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 19 (IANS) In a flip flop, veteran artiste Girish Karnad has withdrawn his resignation from a high profile think tank promoted by the Goa government.
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat told ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Karnad snubs Kamat; refuses to be part of state council
August 17th, 2010 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 17 (IANS) In a major snub to Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, celebrated playwright Girish Karnad has refused to be part of a think tank promoted by the state government ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
British children to know Asian cultures
July 28th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Leicester (Britain), July 28 (IANS) A novel initiative called Global Leicester has been launched here to teach British children about Asian cultures that abound the city's diverse ethnic population.
The promoter, Leicestershire Education ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Goa exhibition withdrawn due to controversial paintings
July 28th, 2010 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) A Christian research institute was Tuesday forced to withdraw a painting exhibition after protests from Hindu right wing group activists against three paintings which showed Hindu deity Krishna ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Noted sand sculptor creates replica of Jagannath chariot festival in Puri
July 13th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Puri (Orissa), July 13 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik toiled hard to create eye-catching sculpture of the Jagannath 'Rath Yatra'.Pattnaik created a five-feet-high sand sculpture using coloured sand, which included Lord ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Vogue editor apologizes to upset Hindus
June 18th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), June 18 (ANI): Vogue India editor, who made Hindus upset by her reported remarks challenging Hindu gods, has apologized.Priya Tanna, editor of Vogue India, in a communiqué to acclaimed Hindu ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hindus upset at Vogue editor for trivializing Hindu gods
June 16th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), June 16 (ANI): Hindus have strongly objected to Vogue India editor remarks about Hindu gods, in which she was quoted as saying "neither the rains nor the Hindu gods could ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Now Ambedkar inspires a ‘Babasaheb Charit Manas’
May 1st, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) Inspired by B.R. Ambedkar's fight against social discrimination, a senior official in Uttar Pradesh has penned "Babasaheb Charit Manas", a collection of poems on audio CD eulogizing ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mumbai snapshots, Gandhi, Picasso - all on Dodiya’s shutters (With Image)
March 6th, 2010 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Leading contemporary artist Atul Dodiya uses the shutters of shops in Mumbai as the backdrop of his art works that combine snapshots of the city's changing urban ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |