13 killed as bus with pilgrims falls into river in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur | Hindustan Times
At least 13 persons were killed as a minibus carrying 17 passengers fell into Panchganga river at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, police said Saturday. The incident took place at around 11.45pm on Friday when the vehicle carrying three families was returning from Ganpatipule, a picnic destination of coastal Konkan, an official said. The deceased include More...
Revamped AICTE curriculum says engineering students will study Vedas, Puranas, yoga | Hindustan Times
Along with the internet of things, big data and bullet trains, engineering students will now have to study the Vedas, Puranas and tark shastra (logic), according to the revamped curriculum released by the All India More...
Nanammal, the yoga grandma, wins Padma Shri | Times of India
COIMBATORE: V Nanammal, 98, usually goes to bed before 10pm. But on Thursday the nonagenarian’s day extended well past 11 as she was answering a flurry of phone calls congratulating her. Nanammal was among More...
Red Cross Yoga center holds Mass Surya Namaskaramulu | The Hans India
Kakinada: District Red Cross Yoga Center organised mass Sun God salutations (Surya Namaskaramulu) at Vivekananda Park here on Wednesday. “‘Radha Saptami’ was the very auspicious day in Hindu Mythology,” More...
Cricket’s ‘sanskritised’ avatar; budding acharyas weave magic with bat and ball | The Indian Express
LUCKNOW: The gentlemen’s game with a fixed dress decorum being played in the ensemble of seers donning yellow and saffron dhoti-dupatta with tika-tripund on forehead redefined Cricket on the grounds of Sampurnanand More...
Free temple darshans for SC, ST, BCs | The Hans India
Eluru: Endowments Minister Pydikondala Manikyala Rao has said that the government was providing free darshan to the SC, ST, BC and economically backward classes through ‘Divya Darshanam’ programme in famous More...
Governor releases Tamil-Sanskrit lexicon with 45,000 words | Times Of India
CHENNAI: A physical education professor’s dream of publishing a Tamil-Sanskrit dictionary came true on Tuesday but three months after his death. The dictionary, compiled by S Hariharan, has more than 45,000 More...
Naga Church Council Restrains Students From Practicing Yoga
The Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC), a constituent of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council, has directed its associate churches in Nagaland to refrain from practicing yoga owing to it being deeply “spiritual More...
Major fire breaks out at Thiruvillwamala temple | Times Of India
THRISSUR: A major fire broke out at the famous Vilwadrinatha Temple at Thiruvillwamala in the border area of Thrissur and Palakkad districts on Tuesday evening. No human casualties were reported in the fire, More...
Biogas unit to be established at Srirangam temple | The Hindu
A biogas plant would soon be established at the Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple complex. The plant to be established under the ITC Mangaldeep Green Temple initiative, would meet part of the fuel requirement More...