GO TO SOURCE LUCKNOW, INDIA, January 2, 2002: Security around the 17th century marble monument had been tightened following an e-mail threat from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant group, who New Delhi blamed for an attack on its Parliament last month. “They have threatened to blow up the Taj Mahal, some other monuments and important government buildings in Lucknow,”…
GO TO SOURCE BANGALORE, INDIA, December 25, 2001: Tickling your funny bone, this article expounds on the health benefits of a good peal of laughter. Whether you are holding your earlobes and laughing face to face with someone (called the forgiveness laughter) or laughing for a good stretch of time (called the metre laughter), Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the…
Source: The Hindu CHENNAI, INDIA, December 28, 2001: The State “Idol Wing” CID has seized 30 temple icons, including 11 of antique value in the last four months. Nine persons have been arrested in this connection. The antique icons were those of Arthanareeswarar, Madurai Veeran, Hanuman, Kaliamman, Subramaniar, Bairavar, Vinayaka and Nandhi. The seizures were made at Pudukottai, Kumbakonam and…
Source: Fijilive.com FIJI, December 28, 2001: Two Indo-Fijian males and a female, all from farming backgrounds, committed suicide this week, taking this year’s suicide total to 241. Senior Superintendent of Police Romanu Tikotikoca said the police have yet to analyze and compile a report on the underlying causes leading to high number of suicide in the community. Women’s Crisis Centre…
Source: The Hindustan Times KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 26, 2001: As war clouds gather over India and Pakistan, Nepal is busy short-listing Vedic peace hymns for the inauguration of the three day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit beginning here from January 4. A SAARC diplomat said on Wednesday, “Nepal is making a departure from the past by agreeing…
Source: The Hindu GONICOPPA, KODAGU DISTRICT, INDIA, December 28, 2001: The State Government will order an inquiry by the Corps of Detectives into the desecration of Sri Tarischandra temple at Palur in Madikeri taluk, the Home Minister, Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, announced on Friday. After visiting various places which had suffered violence after the temple was desecrated, Mr. Kharge said the…
GO TO SOURCE GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA, DECEMBER 26, 2001: Forty-two migrants from India have been held in Guatemala for four months, after four months of detention in Mexico. The undocumented immigrants have been held in a dark two-bedroom shelter equipped with bunk beds, locks, metal bars and armed guards. Acknowledging that the Indians were heading north, the U.S. pays the…
Source: The Hindu PATHANAMTHITTA, INDIA, December 26, 2001: The 41-day annual Mandalam festival at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple came to a close with the Mandala puja today. The Ayyappa idol was adorned with the sacred golden attire, the Thanka Anki, which was was brought to Sabarimala in a procession on Tuesday evening prior to the puja. The Ayyappa temple will…
Source: The Hindu THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, December 27. Religious and cultural meetings, seminars, group discussions and poetry sessions are being organized by the Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham in connection with the 69th Sivagiri pilgrimage which will commence on December 30 at Sivagiri math at Varkala. Announcing this at a press conference here today, the working president of the Dharma Sangham,…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 26, 2001: The World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Delhi from November 15 to 17, 2001. Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati headed the Commission to preserve and protect the world’s ethnic religions and to give them a collective voice in all matters relating to their well…