Source WEST BENGAL. INDIA August 4, 2016 (by Arkadev Goshal, IBTimes): The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has decided to change the name of the state, which is seen as a vestige of the British era when there was an East Bengal to complement the West Bengal of today. The state Cabinet took the decision to change the name to…
Source Are you depressed? Remember, within you is the Power. If you will but release a fraction of it, you can make the impossible possible.— Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 2, 2016 (New Indian Express): The annual Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair will be inaugurated by yoga guru Baba Ramdev at 5.30 pm on Tuesday in the presence of Jain, Buddhist and Sikh scholars at the AM Jain college grounds here. Ahead of the six-day Fair, a mass yoga event was organized in which over 10,000…
Source INDIA, August 4, 2016 (Press Information Bureau): In another major step towards implementation in Namami Gange in mission mode the empowered steering committee of National Ganga River Basin Authority today approved various projects worth US$60 million. The projects include development of ghats and crematoria in the stretch from Rudraprayag to Guptkashi (Uttarakhand), rehabilitation/development works of ghats and crematoria at…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, August 1, 2016 (Times of India): Three months after the appointment of a junior pontiff for the 1,500-year-old Madurai Adheenam (Mutt), founder of Dhyana Peetam Swami Nithyananda has filed a suit against the appointment before the Madurai sub court. On April 21, the mutt’s 292nd pontiff Srila Sri Arunagirinatha Gurugnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal had appointed V Thirunavukarasu…
Source HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA August 1, 2016 (Tribune India): Himachal Lokhit Party president and Chief Kardar (caretaker) of Lord Raghunath temple, Maheshwar Singh has challenged the government’s decision to take over the temple in the High Court. Maheshwar contended in his petition that the temple was built and established by the Late Raja Jagat. The petitioner challenged the decision of…
Source NEW DELHI. INDIA, July 31, 2016 (Times of India): Please remove your shoes before entering the room, comes the unusual request from a senior official at the Rail Mail Service (RMS) Bhawan near Delhi’s Kashmere Gate. The room in question was unremarkable until recently, when it became a reliquary for bottled Ganga. The river’s water has seemingly sanctified an…
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, July 31, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): Heavy rainfall across Uttarakhand has affected the mountainous regions. Due to this, Badrinath Yatra has been suspended temporarily. Several roads across Dehradun district have been blocked too following rainfall-triggered landslides. The administration has made relief centres for those affected by the rains and the landslides the rain had spawned. Special arrangements have…
Source Whenever you have the chance, laugh as much as you can. By this all the rigid knots in your body will be loosened. But to laugh superficially is not enough; your whole being must be united in laughter, both inwardly and outwardly. Do you know how this is to be expressed? You literally shake with merriment from head to…
Source The son’s duty to his father is to make the world ask, “by what great austerities did he merit such a son?”— Tirukkural