www.ibnlive.com JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN, September 30, 2008: The stampede started after a rumor that a bomb had been planted at the temple. At least 147 people have been killed and over 425 injured in a major stampede at the Chamunda Devi Temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, where devotees had gathered in large numbers on the occasion of the start of Navaratri. According…
mandirsangam.vhp-america.org ROMULUS, MI, USA, September 30, 2008 (Press Release): Hindu Temple Executives representing 113 Temples and Hindu Organizations from more than 25 states of US and Canada and Caribbean converged in Romulus, MI to attend the Third Hindu Mandir Executives Conference (HMEC), from September 26, 2008 through September 28, 2008. They traveled from as far as British Columbia in Canada,…
www.hinduismtoday.com What I feel right now is just bliss. Daily life tires the soul as well as the body. This one day, this one bath, is like a new birth for my soul. Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, teacher, after bathing at the January 2001 Kumbha Mela
www.hinduonnet.com HYDERABAD, INDIA: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the governing body managing the wealthy Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, has decided to gold-plate the entire Ananda Nilayam (the sanctum sanctorum inside the hill shrine) both inside and out. At present, only a portion of Ananda Nilayam is covered with gold. Board Chairman D. K. Adikesavulu Naidu, announcing the plans, said that…
www.dnaindia.com INDIA, September 26, 2008: Within the space of a decade, India has become the world capital for diabetes, hypertension and heart ailments. Obesity is on the rise as well. The spurt in cardiovascular diseases has been the most steep and rapid–currently 14%, in contrast to 11% in 2003 and just 1% in 1960. Western countries, implementing strict anti-smoking laws…
www.telegraph.co.uk LONDON, UK, September 22, 2008: In cases of cardiac arrest, where the body is technically dead and doctors restart the heart to bring the patient back to life, some people have reported soaring out of their bodies and looking down on themselves and medical staff. Doctors have decided to study 1,500 heart attack patients to see if people with…
www.hinduismtoday.com Many advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago. Grant Duff, British historian of India
www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 26, 2008 (Press Release): Hindu American Foundation (HAF) leaders and dozens of supporters descended on Capitol Hill during the Foundation’s fifth annual Government Outreach and Leadership Conference garnering support for their agenda of human rights and religious liberty issues. A dinner reception held within the U.S. Capitol’s rotunda was attended by legislators and national Hindu…
pib.nic.in INDIA, September 25, 2008: The National Medicinal Plants Board of India issued a study of demand and supply of medicinal plants in India showing alarming shortages of some of the plants used by the Ayurvedic industry. The Board has launched a special drive to invite proposals for conservation and cultivation of some of the rare and endangered species that…
www.guardian.co.uk QUITO, ECUADOR, September 24, 2008: The South American republic of Ecuador will vote Sunday on a new constitution that would give Ecuador’s tropical forests, islands, rivers and air similar legal rights to those normally granted to humans. Polls show that 56% are for and only 23% are against. If it passes, nature will no longer be simply property; it…