On average, 5 divorce cases adjudged every hour in Kerala
By Saumya Tewari Family courts in the prosperous, southern state of Kerala ruled on just over five divorces every hour in 2014 – 130 every day – more than any of the 12 Indian states…
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1,600 pregnant women perform yoga in Gujarat city, set world record
Ahmedabad, June 21 (IANS) More than 1,600 pregnant women in Gujarat’s Rajkot city claim to have set a new Guinness record on the International Yoga Day by performing a special kind of “pre-natal” yoga on…
Tamil Nadu woman creates yoga world record
Chennai, June 21 (IANS) On the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday, a woman advocate in Tamil Nadu created a new world record for continuous performance of yoga asanas or exercises. K.P. Ranchana, 34, an…
Pink autos launched for women in Ghaziabad
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…
Without identity: Hindu migrants from Pakistan live on hope
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…
High on Yoga — 35,000 feet above Earth with SpiceJet
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…
Yoga formulations launched by Shahnaz Husain
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…
The great Indian water walkathon
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…
Odisha govt to bear education expense of three poor students
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…
World gets ready to observe second Yoga Day
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…
Exhibition to showcase varied facets of Yoga
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…
Yoga Day rehearsal creates traffic mess in Delhi
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…
‘Majority want polythene banned for Swachh Bharat’
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…
Theft of batteries halts Mumbai suburban trains
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…
Bourne & Shepherd clicks shut the era of photo studio
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…
Age no bar for senior citizens to tie the knot
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…
Yoga practitioners in metros up 30%: Survey
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’s Capitol Complex warms up International Yoga Day
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…
Andhra police officer’s bit to promote yoga
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…
Yoga: A holistic solution to ward off illnesses
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…