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…
GO TO SOURCE DELHI, INDIA, July 19, 2002: Acting on a high court directive, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday banned manufacture and sale of all brands of pan masala and gutkha (a tobacco product) in the state with immediate effect. Both are carcinogenic. The Allahabad high court had on Thursday banned manufacture, sale and advertisement of pan masala and…
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…
Source: Press Reports LONDON, ENGLAND, July 8, 2002: Vast quantities of frozen chicken adulterated with beef proteins are reportedly being consumed in Britain, presenting the risk of madcow disease, a development that has outraged the Hindu community in the country. Beef proteins are added to make the chicken absorb extra water in a process called “tumbling” so that it can…
GO TO SOURCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 13, 2002: Teaming up with the American Yoga Association, the Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis foundations have produced a guide called “Remain Active with RA Yoga.” As one patron put it, “I have found it enormously helpful for my arthritic, cartilage deprived hip. The poses of yoga act like isometric exercises to strengthen and…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, ENGLAND, July 18, 2002: A French newspaper, Liberation, quoted controversial Italian doctor, Severino Antinori, that the first cloned human will see the light of the day in December. Fifty couples unable to conceive because of masculine infertility had volunteered for his cloning program. “I transferred 18 embryos created by cloning, and I obtained one pregnancy,” he…
GO TO SOURCE JAMNAGAR, INDIA, July 11, 2002: Gujarat Ayurved University invites participation for its Four International Seminar on Ayurvedic Education, Research and Drug Standardization to be held at Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, January 5-7, 2003. The GAU is exclusively devoted to ayurvedic education, research and drug development since last more than 35 years. The seminar will focus its attention on…
GO TO SOURCE TORONTO, CANADA, July 19, 2002: The Federation of Hindu Temples of Canada is holding its fourth Annual Deepavali Celebration on October 26, 2002 at the prestigious Coliseum in the National Trade Center of Toronto. Bollywood singers, Tassa (Trinidad kettle drums), Dance and Fashion wear are some of the events planned. For more information e-mail “source” above.
GO TO SOURCE PATHANAMTHITTA, INDIA, July 15, 2002: The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple will open for the five-day monthly pujas in the Malayalam month of Karkidakom that begins on July 17. The temple sanctum sanctorum will open at 5.30 p.m., the first day of Karkidakom.
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 17, 2002: A. P. J. Kalam, the father of India’s missile program, is a far cry from the somber men who have occupied the sandstone presidential palace during India’s past 55 years. The man expected to be named the new president on Thursday is a scientist who believes that fear of nuclear conflict…