GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 25, 2002: One hundred thousand people, one destination. This year fourteen thousand people have already had darshan, sight of the Deity, at Amarnath, a small cave shrine of Lord Siva high up in the Himalayas. Amarnath yatras, pilgrimages, have been called off due to harsh weather and terrorists ambush. But nothing deters the…
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 NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 25, 2002: All over India, and throughout the world, satsangs, devotional gatherings, marked Guru Purnima celebrations on Wednesday, the full-moon day in July. Disciples offered prayers to their gurus, with many observing fasts as well. The Sant Sri Asaram Ashram reported a gathering of 50,000 devotees in Delhi alone. Members of Sri Sri…
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…