GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 25, 2002: Taking a view very different from that of the Centre (that is, India’s central or federal government) on Minority Educational Institutions (MEIs), Attorney General Soli Sorabjee on Thursday told the Supreme Court that minority’s right to establish and administer educational institutions under the Constitution was absolute. “The fundamental right of administration…
GO TO SOURCE KASHMIR, INDIA, July 22, 2002: The Amarnath Yatra was temporarily suspended on Sunday following heavy rains on the Baltal-Cave and the Pahalgam-Amarnath route, official sources said. Authorities later allowed pilgrims to resume their journey on the Pahalgam-Amarnath route. The Yatra remained suspended on the Baltal-Cave route, the shortest route to the cave shrine located at an altitude…
Source: Times of India BANGALORE, INDIA, July 21, 2002: Bangalore has been named one of the top seven intelligent communities in the world for 2002 by Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a project of the World Teleport Association. An ICF report says Bangalore is one of the world’s top centers of technology development and “since the mid-1990’s, there has been a…
GO TO SOURCE INDIA, August 21, 1989: For centuries, Indian medicine has been using cow’s urine as an active ingredient in many preparations. Giving further acceptance to its efficiency is a US patent for an Indian product which contains distilled portions of cow’s urine. Chemicals in this distilled portion, popularly known as Arka, enhance the activity of antibiotics and anti-cancer…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, July 18, 2002: Road side temples for Lord Ganesha are a common site in this city. One temple of Lord Ganesha has now been built in the city by a cricket fan to remove obstacles in the way of the Indian cricket team. Ramakrishnan got a granite icon of Ganesh installed with the trunk pointing…
GO TO SOURCE MADURAI, INDIA, July 18, 2002: The famous Sri Meenakshi Temple here will have computer touch screen facility from August 1 which will provide information regarding the temple, including its history, festival and puja rates. The screen would be open to the public from 5:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm, temple sources…
GO TO SOURCE USA, July 16, 2002: “Diamond” comes from the Greek “adamao” meaning, “I tame” or “I subdue,” according to this story which appeared on the CBS program, “60 Minutes II.” The adjective “adamas” was used to describe the hardest substance known, and eventually became synonymous with diamond. Knowledge of diamond starts in India, where it was first mined.…
Source: Rediff KERALA, INDIA, July 8, 2002: The cross is continuing to be used physically by Christianity in Kerala in its centuries-old effort to seize more and more Hindu territories. Official Christian spokesperson Mathew Vadakkemuriyil publicly admitted that crosses have indeed been “set up” in forest lands in Kerala that select parishioners have occupied over the years. The admission came…
GO TO SOURCE PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA, July 19, 2002: A leaky envelope of Hindu ceremonial ashes closed down the Paoli Post Office yesterday morning, as police and postal officials worried about anthrax. But it turned out to be just a scare. After an hour and a half evacuation, while postal inspectors confirmed that the package was not dangerous, the office resumed…
GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, July 20, 2002: A second batch of 3,771 pilgrims on Saturday left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here amid heavy security, official sources said. The batch, comprising 3,022 men, 322 women, 14 children and 413 sadhus, left in 198 vehicles from MAM stadium, which is the base camp of pilgrims…