ia.rediff.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, August 26, 2006: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered a blanket ban on the subsidy given by the central and state governments to Haj pilgrims. The order came on a petition moved 11 years ago by advocate Hari Shankar Jain on behalf of Vishwa Hindu Parisad activist B.N. Shukla. While announcing their…
www.zeenews.com ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA, August 24, 2006: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar was today honored with Mongolia’s highest civilian award for his contribution to Indo-Mongolian friendship through his foundation. Mongolia’s president N. Enkhabayar bestowed the “Pole Star” upon the guru at Soyombo Hall in the President’s office. The spiritual guru is here on the official invitation of the…
www.ibnlive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 13, 2006: A survey conducted by CNN-IBN and The Hindu has found many Indians are not vegetarians. The food habits varied on the basis of region and religion. The survey says while just two per cent of Keralites are vegetarian, less than four per cent survive on greens in Andhra Pradesh and eight per cent…
www.pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, August 11, 2006: The Human Resource Development Ministry as part of the central government has advocated the reinstatement of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Parishad (National Council for Sanskrit) in place of the Central Sanskrit Board that expired in 2005. The news release explains the mission of the new council, “The newly-constituted Parishad will tender advice on policy matters…
HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 25, 2006: Two beautifully sculpted three-meter statues of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo now reside in the Indian Parliament, donated by Dr. L. M. Singhvi, a former member of the Lok and Rajya Sabhas. The sculpture of Aurobindo was done by a team from Bengal in Pondicherry led by Lalit Verma. The statue of Swami…
www.iht.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 24, 2006: Puneet Sabhlok, 23 years old and a novice restaurateur, says he wanted a catchy cafe name to sell his $3 to $4 plates of crostini tonno, pear and ricotta salad and pannacotta. So he went with “Hitler’s Cross.” He put a swastika in the logo. “Hitler is a catchy name. Everyone knows Hitler,” he…
www.yogaindailylifeus.org VIENNA, AUSTRIA, August 25, 2006: H. H. Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, author of the worldwide renowned scientific system “Yoga in Daily Life”, is visiting the USA from Aug. 31 to Sept. 11, 2006 as a part of his World Peace Tour. His Holiness Swamiji will give public talks, lecture & meditation workshops and satsang in Atlanta, New York and…
www.timesonline.co.uk NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 25, 2006: During the annual Ganesha Chaturthi festival, celebrated across India this Sunday, thousands of statues – some measuring 25ft (7.6m) – are immersed in the sea, lakes and rivers after daily prayers at temples and colorful processions through the streets. Environmentalists say that the plaster of Paris which in recent years has replaced the…
us.rediff.com PONDICHERRY, INDIA, August 24, 2006: In a response to the avalanche of mail from his earlier article entitled “10 Things I Hate About India,” Claude Arpi writes why he loves India and chose to settle there 32 years ago. The mountains, quality of being of her people, their legendary hospitality and their grace are but four of the ten…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 24, 2006: Any business traveler who has logged on to a wireless network at the airport (to read HPI, for example), printed a document at a hotel business center or checked e-mail messages at a public terminal has probably wondered, at least fleetingly, “Is this safe?” “If you go into the average hotel and…