Kashmir: A guarded paradise (Letter from Srinagar)
June 11th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 11 (IANS) The natural beauty of the Kashmir Valley is an overpowering sight after traversing the 2.5-km bleakly-lit Jawahar Tunnel. Cradled in the midst of towering mountains, Kashmir ... Read more...
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Gurgaon BMW hit-and-run: Order on police plea reserved
May 16th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 16 (IANS) A court here Wednesday reserved its decision on a police plea demanding test identification parade (TIP) of Suraj Sehrawat, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run ... Read more...
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Spirituality can never be uprooted from India: American guru
January 1st, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 1 (IANS) Spirituality is so deeply ingrained in India that it can never be uprooted from this country, says a leading American yoga guru who has spent six ... Read more...
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Where Westerners teach yoga and meditation - to Indians
September 18th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 18 (IANS) A small group of Westerners has been quietly teaching ancient meditation and yoga techniques here for years, earning the admiration of their steadily increasing Indian students.In ... Read more...
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Indians celebrate Holi in Trinidad and Tobago
March 1st, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, March 1 (IANS) Indians in Trinidad and Tobago celebrated Holi, rejoicing the performance of a folk dance troupe from Mathura and splashing coloured powder on each other's face.From early ... Read more...
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Save the cow, urges VHP leader Togadia
October 20th, 2009 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia, who has been campaigning vigorously across India to save the "mother cow", advocated wide use of products made of cow dung ... Read more...
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Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago
August 28th, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, Aug 28 (IANS) Thousands of Hindus thronged temples across Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with devotees observing fast and chanting Vedic hymns.Earthen idols are prepared and devotees ... Read more...
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CBSE helpline numbers ringing off the hook
May 22nd, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) helpline has been flooded with calls from anxious students and parents ever since the class twelfth results for Delhi, Guwahati ... Read more...
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Our people should learn Hindi: Trinidad and Tobago minister
March 29th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, March 29 (IANS) Hindi should become a part and parcel of Trinidad and Tobago, a minister said here, adding that the language should not be restricted to the people ... Read more...
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A Dehradun school where students recite Quran and Hanuman Chalisa
November 25th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Asheesh Goyal
Dehradun, Nov.25 (ANI): A Dehradun school here is inculcating communal harmony and secular feeling among its students by enabling them to recite passages from Holy Quran as well as ... Read more...
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Demonstration against Assassination of swami Laxmananand
August 29th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by admin
Agitated sadhus of Delhi raised their voice against brutal assassination of Swami Laxmananand Saraswati last week. Through a powerful demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi they demanded immediate arrest of the ... Read more...
Thousands celebrate Janmashtami in Trinidad
August 25th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Port-of-Spain, Aug 25 (IANS) Thousands in Trinidad and Tobago celebrated the Janmashtami festival at temples here, joining their counterparts the world over in marking the occasion of the birth of Lord Krishna, ... Read more...
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Hindutva related discussion forums on Orkut to join hands
June 6th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Sandeep Datta
New Delhi, June 6 (ANI): Perturbed by hackers attempts to spoil various Hindutva related discussion forums on Orkut, the popular social networking website, the supporters of the Sangh Parivar ... Read more...
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Ban on religious charms at Trinidad school upsets Hindus
March 16th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by admin
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, March 16 (IANS) A ban on Hindu students wearing a 'raksha' (religious charm) after the festival of Shivaratri at a school in Trinidad has upset the Hindu community in ... Read more...
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French tourists perform puja at Varanasi for world peace
December 2nd, 2007 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin
Varanasi, Dec 2 (ANI): A group of French tourists offered prayers for world peace by performing Hindu rituals in Varanasi on Sunday.The tourists, led by a French citizen, who is famous amongst ... Read more...
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