www.hinduvoice.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, April 18, 2006: The April issue of the popular on-line magazine, Hindu Voice is now available at the above URL. Features include a debate on whether Diwali should be a public holiday, an interview with children’s author Mona Vijaykar, an article on Shri Rama, and much more.
www.indiaweatherwatch.org DELHI, INDIA, April 19, 2006: The government of India announced a useful new website for travelers to India and residents alike. “In view of the growing requirement of weather and climate related information for day-to-day activities and with a view to build alternate outreach mechanisms for publicizing weather warnings, raising awareness about weather, Department of Science & Technology has…
Hindustani Times April 9, 2006: First it was turmeric, now the red chili pepper and ginger are being targeted for their medicinal properties in preventing and treating cancer. Dr. Sanjay Srivastava has lead the study at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on the chilli pepper. The news release explained, “The findings on chilli pepper are based on studies…
www.crosswalk.com April 15, 2006: HPI note: This article is by Ed Vitagliano written for Agape Press, a Christian publication. The opening paragraph reads: Anyone know where we can find some Etruscans? You know, members of the Etruscan civilization that existed in ancient Italy, predating even Rome? Well, there aren’t any. The Etruscans were absorbed by the Roman civilization and ceased…
nutrias.org KAUAI, HAWAII, April 19, 2006: Further information from the New Orleans Public Library system states that they have been overwhelmed with book donations and are no longer able to process or even store any more books. It will be up to five years before the libraries are rebuilt. The pressing need is for cash donations to rebuild destroyed libraries.…
www.hindu.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 19, 2006: A stolen 9th century stone Deity with carvings of all the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu began its journey back home to be reinstalled in the Varaha temple in Mandsour, Madhya Pradesh, from where it was stolen six years ago. Indian Consul-General Neelam Deo and Special Agent in charge of investigation at…
UNI DELHI, INDIA, April 18, 2006: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Dr. Karan Singh, will visit Nepal as the Special Envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from tomorrow, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said today. Dr. Karan Singh, formerly Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, who has ancestral links with the Nepalese Royals, will meet King Gyanendra to persuade…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, April 17, 2006: Should Diwali be a public holiday in the UK? Eddie from BBC Radio London interviewed Jay Lakhani of Vivekananda Centre and director of education for the Hindu Council to ask him his opinion about making Diwali a public holiday in the UK. The interview went something like this: Jay: “Of course we should make…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, April 18, 2006: HPI has received notice that the New Orleans Public Library is asking for hardcover and paperback books for people of all ages in an effort to restock the shelves after Hurricane Katrina. It is a good opportunity to have Hindu related material supplied to the library, as well as any other books you may…
headlines.agapepress.org ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, April 11, 2006: An attorney with the American Family Association Center for Law & Policy (AFA Law Center) says a circuit judge in St. Louis, Missouri, may have overstepped his authority when he sentenced a woman who plead guilty to voter fraud and drug possession to take part in a transcendental meditation program. When Michelle Robinson…