
Raj Thackeray questions SC directives on Hindu festivals | The Indian Express
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Thursday took on the judiciary, questioning the restrictions being put on Hindu festivals. “Why are such restriction being placed only on Hindu festivals? Why has More...

Ramdev invited to investor meet
Baba Ramdev has been invited as chief guest to the Madhya Pradesh government’s biennial global investors’ summit in Indore in October. Ramdev, the yoga practitioner whose Patanjali group is planning More...

VS Achuthanandan demands CBI probe into alleged theft in Padmanabha Swamy temple | The Indian Express
CPI(M) veteran and former chief minister V S Achuthanandan on Friday sought a CBI inquiry into the alleged theft of gold articles from the famous Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Achuthanandan More...

Vintage temple begins unique ‘Krishna birth’ celebrations – Times of India
Nashik: The city’s 191-year-old Muralidhar Mandir, one of the oldest temples in the city, began its annual celebrations of Krishna Janma (birth of Lord Krishna) on Thursday. As per tradition, the custodians More...

Bangladesh: Hindus denied cremation rights, protest erupts
Bangladesh again saw massive Hindu protest when radicals tried to stop Hindu community to cremate a Hindu man named Binoy Kumar Roy (75) who was the Founder and the President of Hotel Sramik Union at Mudipara, More...

ISKCON celebrates 50 years of community service | Rising Sun Chatsworth
The International Society of Krishna Consciousness, better known as the Hare Krishna Movement, turned 50, last month. The Rising Sun has therefore decided to take a closer look at its achievements and the impact More...

ISKCON to launch mid-day meal scheme in Kuppam
Tirupati: ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) was offered to take up the responsibility of the implementation of mid-day meal scheme under which the government is providing free food to schoolchildren in Kuppam More...

NGT targets UP government, Centre on efforts to clean Ganga, says ‘zero results’ achieved | The Indian Express
The efforts by the Centre and Uttar Pradesh to clean the Ganga have borne “zero” result, the National Green Tribunal said on Friday, as it pulled them up and sought reports on the discharge of industrial waste More...

Land promised for TTD temple in Amaravati: Official – The Hindu
The TTD is looking forward to building a permanent temple in Amaravati that resembles the one in Tirumala and following up the proposal to construct similar temples in Hyderabad and Kurukshetra, among other major More...

Indian ‘oldest man ever’ says yoga, celibacy key to age
Kolkata: Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga. Hindu monk Swami Sivananda More...