SourceDELHI, INDIA, August 30, 2004: Delhi’s Municipal Corporation has given the go-ahead to the second phase of privatization of cremation grounds in the city. The move, they expect, would put an end to the harassment that people have to put up with while performing the last rites at crematoriums. Complaints had been received about people being harassed by officials over…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent.NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 5, 2004: “A large number of CD’s are being sold in the market today which portray the Hindu Gods and Goddesses in an extremely indecent manner, and I have appealed in writing to the President of India, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Chief Minister of Haryana and the leader of the opposition in…
SourceDELHI, INDIA, September 2, 2004: Pilgrims and regular travelers will be delighted to use the comprehensive schedule of India’s railways now posted on the Internet for the first time. Click “source” to go to the site.
SourceLENASIA, SOUTH AFRICA, September 5, 2004: The largest Swaminarayan Hindi Mission temple to be built in SA has taken more than 18 months to complete and will open next week. Nine hand-carved doors made of Burmese teak, a solid cherry-wood throne and 12 containers of imported decorative artwork have been used to decorate the US$1.2 million Hindu temple in Lenasia.…
SourceTUTICORIN, INDIA, September 4, 2004: Tiruchendur is all set to get improved infrastructure facilities, including a state-of-the-art bus terminus at a cost of US$682,000, with financial assistance from the Tamil Nadu Urban Finance Infrastructure Development Corporation, which has come forward to finance the implementation of various developmental schemes in the district to the tune of $2.5 million. In Tiruchendur, all…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, September 4, 2004: Sanskrit manuscripts should be collected, microfilmed and digitized for posterity. The country had lost valuable manuscripts and steps should be taken at least to preserve the scripts available in vidyapeeths and mutts (academic centers and monasteries) said speakers at the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute here today. Kapila Vatsyayan, chairperson, India…
SourceTHIRUVANANTHAPUAM, INDIA, September 2, 2004: A spectacular boat pageantry along the six-km stretch of Karamana river in Kerala capital today provided a feast for eyes of thousands, including a good number of foreigners. Coinciding with the Onam week celebrations, the annual mega event, which the organizers claimed was one of the biggest in the world, was flagged off from Karamana…
SourceVIJAYWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, September 3, 2004: More than one million pilgrims took a holy bath today in the ghats here on the auspicious “Sravana Sukaravaram” day, the seventh day of the 12-day Krishna Pushkarams, being celebrated to mark the transit of Jupiter from Leo to Virgo constellation. With this, the number of those who had taken a holy dip…
SourceBHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, September 3, 2004: The tiny toddlers in Orissa will no longer see a cane in the hands of their teachers as the State government on Thursday imposed a ban on corporal punishment in educational institutions. Chief Minister Navin Patnaik asked the officials of the school and mass education department to see that the children studying in government…
SourceNDIA, August 27, 2004: Gold has been treasured, sought after and coveted from the beginning of human history. It gave birth to the science of chemistry. To this day, it is the only guaranteed hedge against inflation in any culture anywhere in the world. In India, however, it is much more than just a precious metal. It is part of…