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Ganga Pollution
By Editor On Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
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BHU feels accountable towards rising Ganga Pollution, develops research centre for Water Resource Management

BHU is going to play a major role in coordinating research projects on the Ganga pollution control and river basin management Spread over 1,300 acres, the Banaras Hindu University started in 1916 on land donated More...

By Editor On Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
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Mamata Banerjee to flag off ISKCON rath yatra in Kolkata

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the Kolkata rathayatra organised by ISKCON on 6 July. The event will start at 8 a.m. from the ISKCON Temple on Albert Road. The yatra would pass through Hungerford More...

By Editor On Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
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300 Pakistan-trained terrorists to attack Amarnath Yatra? – The New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s ISI-trained Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists, who ambushed a CRPF convoy in Pampore last month, had originally planned to attack spots along the National Highway to spread fear ahead of the Amarnath More...

Rath Yatra
By Editor On Saturday, July 2nd, 2016
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ISKCON set to flag off the annual Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra – The Hindu

The event coincides with the 50th anniversary of the international society International Society for Krishna Consciousness is all set to flag off the annual Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra on July 6 at Gandhi statue, More...

Hindu Priest
By Editor On Saturday, July 2nd, 2016
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Another Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh – The Hindu

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the killers of Hindu Priest will be caught soon. A Hindu priest has been hacked to death in Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks on religious More...

Islamic Bank
By Editor On Friday, July 1st, 2016
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VHP opposes move to set up branch of Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Bank in India | The Indian Express

 VHP’s joint general secretary said that even in Islam, lending and speculation is considered “anti-Islam” as the bank will make its income from buying of properties, which amounts to speculation. (Source: More...

Girivalam, Tiruvannamalai
By Editor On Friday, July 1st, 2016
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Tiruvannamalai : Opposition to widening of ‘girivalam’ path gathers pace

Activists in Tiruvannamalai opposing the move to widen the girivalam path, have decided to come together to protest against the work. Work has begun for the digging of a hole for a 12-km long drainage line along More...

By Editor On Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Dist admin elated over success of Ambubachi |The Assam Tribune

GUWAHATI, June 27 – Buoyed by the success of the Ambubachi Mela this year, the Kamrup Metro district administration has now decided to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for next years event.The More...

By Editor On Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Aditya Sinha: Bowing before the Mother Goddess – News

During the annual Ambubachi mela, the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, closes its doors for three days, in celebration of Goddess Kamakhya’s menstruation. Imagine that. In a nation where actor Salman Khan likens More...

By Editor On Sunday, June 26th, 2016
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Hindus in Pak protest illegal occupation of religious sites | The Indian Express

Minority Hindus in Pakistan have demanded that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government hand over their places of worship to them following allegations of land grab and illegal occupation of the community’s sacred sites. The More...