Source: India Today’s Aajtak Hindi TV channel JAMMU, INDIA, October 14, 2001: Jammu Correspondent of Aajtak Channel interviewed Jyoti Gupta, secretary of Dry Fruit Traders Association of Jammu who said that due to non-arrival of dry fruit items from Afghanistan after the war has begun there is acute shortage of many dryfruit items. The devotees visiting Vaishno Devi Shrine are…
GO TO SOURCE October 14, 2001: The full calendar of Krishna’s festivals culminating in the joyful riot of color that is Holi, are mirrored in this book, available from “source” above. The stories of Krishna are well known, but they are not retold here, neither is the book a scholastic commentary. Celebrating Krishna is thus a different story told at…
Source: Press Release HARROW, ENGLAND, October 14, 2001: Jai Prakash Lakhani of the Vivekananda Centre, UK, reports on the Vivekanananda Festival held at Harrow Civic Centre yesterday, “We had quite a few politicians present, including the local Member of Parliament and the local Member of the European parliament as well as many local councillors and the Mayors of Harrow and…
GO TO SOURCE TRINIDAD, October 14, 2001: The Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) is inviting writers to submit their work for publication in its Divali 2001 souvenir magazine. Divali, the Hindu festival of lights, will be observed with a public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago on November 14, 2001. Writers who wish to express themselves on socio-political issues, current events, or…
GO TO SOURCE UNTUR, INDIA, October 6, 2001: Though the current farming occupants of their endowment lands have been making a net profit of over US$14,500 per year, the Chandra Moulaswara Swami Temple has been going without daily rituals for want of funds. A 1,783-acre gift deed of fertile agriculture land at Lingamguntla Village conveyed absolute rights over the property…
Source: The Hindu TIRUPATI, INDIA, October 10, 2001: In the wake of the US-Afghanistan conflict, the State Government today deputed the Inspector General for Intelligence to convene a meeting with the TTD and the District Police top-brass to review the existing security arrangements in and around the Tirumala temple complex and prepare a blue-print to step up security and prevent…
Source: Telegraph India KOLKATA, INDIA, October 10, 2001: According to a government directive, retail shops selling liquor will be allowed to do business until 11:00 pm, and all bars in Kolkata will have permission to remain open till an hour after midnight during the coming festivals. All this to ensure that neither Kolkatans nor tourists are left high and dry.…
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, October 7, 2001: Nearly 100,000 National Cadet Core members in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on Sunday took out a rally with an aim to create awareness in society on the ill-effects of smoking. About 1,500 cadets participated in the rally here and carried placards in protest against the use of tobacco.…
Source: Press Release AMRITAPURI, INDIA, October 13, 2001: Mata Amritananda has canceled her coming European programs only for Finland, not Zurich, as stated in HPI yesterday.
Source: Straits Times, Singapore TOKYO, JAPAN, October 4, 2001: Japanese collectors were among the major purchasers of Buddhist images and fragments believed to have been stolen from the world-famous collections of Buddhist relics in Afghanistan and smuggled into Pakistan. Many Afghan refugees fleeing the country carry with them Buddhist figurines, parts of Buddhist reliefs or rock pieces they claim were…