Mahashivaratri: Hindu temple in Pakistan truncates three-day festival fearing security threat | Firstpost
Peshawar: The Hindu community in Pakistan’s Mansehra district cut short its annual three-day Maha Shivaratri festival by a day mainly due to the prevailing security situation in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa More...
RSS-affiliated schools register an increase of 23.87 % in enrollment | The Hindu
Though West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been at loggerheads with the BJP-led NDA government over demonetisation and the crackdown on MPs over the chit fund scams, the State government has ensured More...
National Green Tribunal Suggests 500 Metres Buffer Zone on Banks of Ganga | NDTV
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today came out with an idea of evolving a 500 m buffer zone on the banks of river Ganga like in Western countries to ban constructions for protecting it from pollution. “What More...
Environmentalists call for integrated study of Ganga River Basin | DNA
Environment activists and water experts have called for an integrated and holistic study on the status of Ganga River Basin — from its origin at Gomukh to Gangasagar, where it falls in the Bay of Bengal More...
Weeklong Shivratri festivities begin in Himachal | Business Standard
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday inaugurated the weeklong International Shivratri Mandi Fair in this town popularly known as “Chhoti Kashi”. Speaking on the occasion, he announced More...
Two Lord Shiva devotees die in accident | Business Standard
Two devotees died and over a dozen were injured after the private bus in which they were returning after a ‘darshan’ of Lord Shiva at Gupteswar met an accident near Siribeda in Koraput district today, More...
A hillock temple of Siva near Kuppam remains favourite of three States – The Hindu
The temple of Lord Malleswara Swami, atop the Mallappa Konda hillock in Gudupalle mandal of Kuppam division, bordering Karnataka and having close proximity to Tamil Nadu, remains the favourite location for people More...
Golden temple langar to get an iron touch – The New Indian Express
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has decided to cook langar food (community kitchen) at Golden Temple, Amritsar, in iron utensils to make it healthy and environment friendly. Earlier, More...
The mysteries of Bengaluru’s famed Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple Part I – Live Mint
There are many stories about the origin of Bengaluru’s name. One popular apocryphal version recounts the tale of a king from the Hoysala dynasty coming to the city in the 12th century on a hunting spree and losing More...
CII to take up environment restoration project at Marudhamalai temple – The Hindu
Confederation of Indian Industry, Coimbatore Zone, will take up eco-restoration project at Marudhamalai. Outgoing chairperson of the CII – Coimbatore Nethra Kumar told reporters here on Saturday that a detailed More...