Apex body of Ganesh pandals directs mandals to ensure no noise violation |Hindustan Times
In a first, the umbrella body for Ganesh mandals in the city has directed members to control sound levels during Ganeshotsav. Mandals have been asked to download noise-measuring applications on their smartphones More...
Ganesh festival: Maharashtra govt to decide on all 5 days for loudspeakers till midnight | The Indian Express
The meeting in Mumbai to be chaired by the CM will be attended by district collectors, senior police officers and officials of the law and judiciary department. In the wake of the Bombay High Court’s decision More...
Devotees chip in, Amritsar Golden Temple glitters again | The Indian Express
It took five years for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) to decide that gold coating which adorns the Golden Temple needs to be cleaned. But it just took a week for a group of 30 devotees from the More...
Pride, politics and culture: Why Mumbai wants dahi handi festival to go on | Hindustan Times
There is a general feeling of disappointment among both the common people and social scientists, who want to keep the decades-old tradition alive, after the Supreme Court restricted dahi handi celebrations in Mumbai More...
The cynical political consensus over Dahi Handi festival – Livemint
Mumbai: In a polity where consensus over substantive issues is a rare commodity, total unanimity among Maharashtra’s politicians in supporting giant human pyramids during the Janmashtami festival would be charming More...
Hindu Marriage Bill 2016, tabled in Pakistan’s national assembly | The Indian Express
After decades of delay and inaction, the much-debated Hindu Marriage Bill 2016 that seeks to give a legal framework to the marriages in minority community, has finally been tabled in Pakistan’s National Assembly. The More...
Idols to go green this Ganesh Chaturthi in city – The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: All efforts are on to make this Ganesh Chaturthi season eco friendly. Natural dyes, made of plant extracts, which would be enough to paint two lakh small idols and 10,000 large ones, would be produced More...
Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, idol makers go on day-long strike |DNA
/11440465/Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF With Ganeshotsav round the corner, Mumbaikars may be in for a tough time if they are yet to place an order for an idol. The makers have decided to go on a day-long strike More...
UNESCO denies reports on delisting of Sri Lankaֹ’s Golden Temple – The Hindu
UNESCO has asserted that no reference was “ever made” to the delisting of the Golden Temple of Badulla, one of the eight World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka, during the recent visit of its Director-General Irina More...
Lt Governor Kiran Bedi To Drag Temple Chariot In Puducherry Village
Puducherry: In keeping with the decades-old tradition, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi will drag the chariot of the famous Sengazhuneer Amman shrine at nearby Veerampattinam village during the temple’s annual car More...