New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Denying any strategic tilt towards China, former president of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, on Tuesday said his country is welcoming Chinese proposals because it finds them more attractive. Delivering a…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Art of Living Foundation on Tuesday told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it did not conduct any environment impact study before deciding to hold the World Culture Festival…
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will take out out its annual Jagannath Rath Yatra starting from Shivaji Park this weekend, an official spokesperson said here on Tuesday. The two-day…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Indian Army’s decision to make pontoon bridges for the Art of Living Foundation’s upcoming World Culture Festival was taken after Delhi Police expressed a fear of stampede at the…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) The Mother Superior, of the old age home in Aden, which was attacked last week, has been flown out to Abu Dhabi, said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Chandy told IANS…
Ranchi, March 7 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees offered prayers at different Shiva temples across Jharkhand on Mahashivratri on Monday. More than one lakh people offered prayers at the famous Shiva temple in Deoghar district, which…
Bhubaneswar, March 7 (IANS) At least six persons were missing on Monday after a boat carrying about 60 people capsized in Brahmani river in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. The boat capsized near Chandipal ghat when around…
Pune/Nashik, March 7 (IANS) Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum sanctorum of the renowned Trimbakeshwar Temple in Nashik district,…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend the World Culture Festival to be organised by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation,…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) A 700-year-old tradition was broken at the famous Mankameshwar temple here on Monday when water from the Gomti river was used for ‘jal abhishek’ on Mahashivratri to spread the message of…
Bhopal, March 7 (IANS) The annual festival of Mahashivratri, a special day of reverence for Lord Shiva, is being celebrated on Monday across Madhya Pradesh with faith and fervour. Outside all Shiva temples, there were…
Pune, March 7 (IANS) About 200 members of women’s organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Trimbakeshwar Shiva temple, officials said….
Mandi, March 7 (IANS) Deities from hundreds of village temples started assembling in this historical town of Himachal for the week-long Mahashivratri festival that began on Monday, organisers said. “A total of 216 deities have…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greetings to the people on Maha Shivratri. Maha Shivratri greetings to everyone, Modi tweeted. Maha Shivratri, celebrated annually in reverence of Lord…
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Thousands of people offered prayers at various temples across Punjab and Haryana on Monday to mark Maha Shivratri amid tight security arrangements. In view of intelligence reports of the possibility of…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh was put on high alert on the occasion of Shivratri, following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on the possibility of terror attacks at temples and religious places, an…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) The Indian government will shift, out of Yemen, the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden where four nuns including were killed and an Indian priest kidnapped in an…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) There is no trace of the Catholic priest from Kerala, taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday’s attack on a care home for…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) There is no news of the Catholic priest from Kerala who was taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday’s attack on a care home of the elderly in Yemen’s Aden, run…
Kolkata/Aden, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…