Government plans to integrate Amarnath Yatra with tour packages – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government are planning to initiate religious tourism plan by linking the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra with some tourist destinations, a move aimed at boosting local economy.The Home Ministry has initiated preliminary discussions with the state government and the Union Tourism Ministry on finding out ways More...
‘Yoga medals’ proposed for paramilitary troops – The Hindu
Modi government planning to re-employ retiring personnel of Central forces as master Yoga trainers to create a constant resource pool of teachers With the country set to celebrate the second International Yoga More...
In tune with Rajnath Singh’s promise, MHA talks to states on granting citizenship to Hindu refugees – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In tune with the home minister Rajnath Singh’s promise to grant citizenship to minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the home ministry on Wednesday held discussion with More...
Swamy my ‘hero’, believe his word on Ram temple, says Uma Bharti – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Once the fiery mascot of the Ram temple movement, Union Minister Uma Bharti wants a resolution to the lingering dispute through dialogue even as she hails controversial BJP MP Subramanian Swamy as her More...
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur threatens fast unto death | The Indian Express
Her lawyer N Ravi claimed the trial court had accepted her application seeking permission to take a dip in the river but the police were refusing to implement the order on the ground that they did not have enough More...
Modi, Sirisena attend Convention on Universal Message of Simhastha at Ujjain | NetIndian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena were among those who attended the International Convention on the Universal Message of the Simhastha, at Ninaura near here today. Mr. Modi More...
Women activists finally enter Trimbakeshwar temple
After two failed attempts and an instance of manhandling that some of their colleagues suffered at the hands of local villagers, women activists owing allegiance to Pune-based Swarajya Sanghatana finally entered More...
Custom, faith or tradition cannot stop women from entering Sabarimala: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated that denial of entry of women between the age of 10 and 50 in Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala based on custom, faith or tradition cannot defeat the constitutional More...
Trimbakeshwar temple revokes ban on men’s entry in sanctum
Nashik: The Trimbakeshwar Temple authorities have gone back on their April 3 resolution wherein they decided to ban entry of men too into the core worship area at the famous Lord Shiva shrine here. A meeting of More...
Shani temple lets in women devotees
In a big victory to the campaign for gender equality, the famed Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra on Friday lifted the centuries-old ban on entry of women at the sanctum sanctorum, yielding to a high voltage More...