An Elephant festival of Jaipur
A festival held annually during Holi, in Jaipur (Rajasthan) where elephants are the centre of attraction. In olden days, huge male elephants were used exclusively for the Maharajas, especially in royal processions. More...
Madras High Court directed the police to provide protection for the sport “Jallikattu”
The Madras High Court bench on Wednesday advised jallikattu organisers to view the bull-taming sport as a traditional and cultural sport. A division bench comprising Justices Huluvadi G Ramesh and T S Sivagnanam More...
Ayush body joins ASCI against misleading ads
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the country’s apex ad regulator, has got a shot in the arm in its fight against misleading health care ads. The Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), a statutory More...
Sanskrit college, digitally yours
In an event that saw the likes of Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry present among others, the 111-year-old college flagged off their digital campus earlier this week, underlining the need More...
Study: Group practice of Transcendental Meditation reduces drug-related fatalities in general population | News Medical
The rate of US drug-related fatalities fell 30.4% nationwide from 2007 to 2010 due to the reductions in societal stress and increased alertness in the individuals in society created by a large group practicing the More...
Centre approves Ganga cleaning projects worth over Rs 1,900 crore
NEW DELHI: As part of its ongoing clean Ganga mission, the Centre has approved 20 additional projects, worth nearly Rs 1,900 crore, for Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi. Most of the projects More...
Padmavati sets vandalised, set on fire in Kolhapur | The Indian Express
Months after director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was attacked on the sets of Padmavati in Jaipur, the film’s sets were vandalised and set on fire in Kolhapur on Tuesday night in a fresh case of vandalism. The film’s More...
Shiv Sena on Uttar Pradesh results: Ram’s exile over, temple should come up soon | The Indian Express
Reacting cautiously to the BJP’s unprecedented success in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, NDA partner Shiv Sena said it now hopes the Ram temple is constructed soon in Ayodhya. Sena leader and MP Sanjay More...
A Buddhist Temple seeks permission to install a 10 foot statue
This week, the temple leaders will appeal a decision by the Abington Zoning Enforcement Officer denying their application to install some ornamental monuments along with the The Chua Linh Quang Buddhist Meditation More...
New start for Bay Area’s Old Temple
Renovation of the magnificent ‘Old Temple’ in San Francisco, also believed to be the first Hindu temple in the Western world, is near completion. The temple, which is a part of Vedanta Society of Northern California More...