www.regulations.gov WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2007: To view the final collection of comments on the proposed rule changes to the R-1 Religious Worker Visa, go to URL above. Next, in step 1, select “all documents (open and closed for comment).” Then in step 4 on the same page, select “document ID,” enter “USCIS-2005-0030” and push “submit.” This will bring up…
timesnow.tv INDIA, June 25, 2007: Days before the two-month-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath begins, unprecedented and elaborate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure that there is no security threat to the pilgrims. Sources say this has been undertaken after militants caught recently revealed in an interrogation that some groups–especially the Lashkar-e-Toiba, might be…
info@parmarth.com LONDON, U.K., June 27, 2007: Tune in to MATV channel 793 (Sanskar Channel) in London and the local MATV channel in other European countries at 3:00 p.m. UK time on Sunday, July 1, to see the Divine Parmarth Mansarovar Yatra, inspired and led by H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and in the holy presence of H.H. Pujya Swami Divyanand…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, June 28, 2007: Our June 25 HPI article on the I-9 form incorrectly stated it was required only for immigrant workers. In fact, it is required to be kept by employers for all their workers, citizen and non-citizen.
www.chicagotribune.com CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, June 22, 2007: The Hindu Gods beckon the faithful to a new Grayslake temple, where a second-floor prayer room is filled with ornate statues imported from India. In this sacred place, devotees will chant the Vedas, couples will marry, and if Anup Manchanda has his way, a Web cam soon will beam events at the Hindu Mandir…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, June 27, 2007: The number of followers of Hinduism in Australia, 139,000, has doubled since 1996 and now they comprise 0.7 per cent of the total population, a latest census data said. The latest data from the 2006 census, released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), confirmed this and revealed that the followers of…
www.sadhuvaswani.org PUNE, INDIA, June 25, 2007: Dada Vaswani’s 89th birthday celebrations are planned from July 22 to August 2 at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune. The celebrations will begin with Satsang and upadesh with Rev. Vaswani to mark the launch of Rev. Dada’s latest book, “Peace or Perish….There is No Other Choice, followed by Dada’s English lecture on the…
HPI WASHINGTON D.C., June 25, 2007: Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain living in Nevada, is scheduled to give a Hindu prayer at the July 12 opening of United States Senate in Washington, DC. It is believed this will be the first time any Hindu prayer will have been delivered in the US Senate since its formation in 1789. According to…
www.myfriendganesha.com INDIA, June 22, 2007: The movie “My Friend Ganesha,” a combination of live actors and animation about to be released in India, revolves around a family of four and their maid. The boy, an only child, is often lonely. One day he saves a mouse from drowning and brings it home. The maid explains that the mouse is Lord…
www.indiaenews.com SOUTH AFRICA, June 04, 2007: Hindu groups in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province are being starved of funds by the province’s arts and cultural department allegedly on racial grounds, says this article. The organizations are claiming that the art department has sidelined them and most of the grants-in aid have gone to the African bodies in recent years. “In…