Ghaziabad, June 21 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police on Tuesday launched pink auto-rickshaws exclusively for women passengers to ensure their safety at night. Flagging off the service, Ghaziabad SSP KS Emmanuel said 20 auto-rickshaws have been…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) In a settlement of 30 rickety huts near Majnu ka Tilla in north Delhi, Hindu refugees from Pakistan are waiting for a change. And that change is…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Budget airline SpiceJet celebrated International Yoga Day by conducting practice sessions on all its two-hour flights across the network, a top official said on Tuesday. The Yoga practice was carried out…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Shahnaz Husain Group, leading manufacturers of ayurvedic beauty and wellness products, launched a range of seven formulations on International Day of Yoga on Tuesday and said these will help…
By Saumya Tewari & Rohan Bapat More than half of Indian households did not have a source of drinking water at home – 63 per cent in rural India – and a fifth of rural…
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The Odisha government on Monday announced it would bear all expenses of study and boarding of three meritorious poor students who recently cracked all India entrance examinations. “I congratulate them for…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The world is ready to observe the second International Day of Yoga (IDY) on Tuesday as Indian missions abroad held many practice sessions to prepare thousands of people for the…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An exhibition here will present the rich and ancient cultural treasure of Yoga in the form of sculptures, paintings, scrolls, illustrated manuscripts and books which explain the key aspects of…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The rehearsals ahead of International Yoga Day hit the traffic movement hard in Delhi on Monday as the commuters were stuck in the traffic logjams for a long time. According…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the…
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Millions of peak-hour commuters were left stranded for around an hour when a power glitch paralysed the suburban train services of the Western Railway here on Monday. The commuters were left…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Crumbling and at the end of its tether in the digital age, one of the world’s longest-running photographic studio ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ silently downed its shutters here after 176 years of…
Bengaluru, June 20 (IANS) Age is no bar for senior citizens to marry for the first time or re-marry to have company for the rest of their life, especially in old age, as evident from…
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) A study conducted by Assocham has found that the number of Yoga practitioners has gone up by 30 per cent in the course of the past one year. The findings released…
Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) The Capitol Complex, one of the acclaimed creations of French architect Le Corbusier, here has been spruced up for global attention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead thousands of participants…
Kurnool, June 20 (IANS) A top police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district has come out with an album to encourage people to practise yoga. Ake Ravi Krishna, the Superintendent of Police of Kunrool, released…
By Rachel V Thomas Title: Yoga and Diet for Ailments; Author: Bijoylaxmi Hota; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 296; Price: Rs. 295 If yoga has broken all barriers — transcendental as well as geographical — in recent…
London, June 20 (IANS) Three 12-year-old girls were rushed to hospital on Sunday in Manchester after they took ecstasy pills. They are thought to be among the youngest ever to be made dangerously ill by…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Online search engine giant Google on Sunday came up with a cute doodle to celebrate this Father’s Day. The illustration shows a tiny pair of shoe placed next to larger…
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar As we look forward to celebrating the 2nd International Yoga Day, we must understand yoga in totality. Yoga is one of the greatest wealths of humankind. We think yoga is…