Source: www.mumbaimirror.com MUMBAI, INDIA, January 28, 2010: The Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, that manages the shrine, has decided to ban VIP darshan during week days. The decision was taken at a meeting of the trust held at Mantralaya. VIP darshans at the popular shrine has been a contentious issue because devotees regularly faced inconvenience when their queues were stopped…
Source: www.expressindia.com JAMMU, INDIA, February 3, 2010: The cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, one of the most revered places of worship visited by about eight million pilgrims each year, faced a fresh terror threat and security has been upgraded. Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Special Director General N. K. Tripathi on Tuesday warned of the threat to the hill shrine, about…
Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=57507 INDIA, February 1, 2010: Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, inaugurated the 10th World Spice Congress here on 3rd February, 2010. India occupies a prominent position in the world spice trade with a share of 44%. Annual production of spices in recent years has gone well above four million tons. Share of spices…
Source: www.nytimes.com ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, January 2, 2010: Researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that when people were asked to recall the past, their bodies leaned slightly backward. While fantasizing about the future, people made a two or three millimeter shift forward. Lynden K. Miles, one of the study’s conductors, said: “It was pleasing that we could take an abstract…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The man who is kind and practices righteousness, who remains passive in the affairs of the world, who considers creatures of the world as his own self, he attains the immortal Being; the true God is ever with him. Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source: www.nytimes.com ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND< January 2, 2010: Researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that when people were asked to recall the past, their bodies leaned slightly backward. While fantasizing about the future, people made a two or three millimeter shift forward. Lynden K. Miles, one of the study's conductors, said: "It was pleasing that we could take an abstract…
Source: beta.thehindu.com THANJAVUR, INDIA, January 21, 2010: The School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu has called for a combined study and view of the four all stone temples built by Chola kings at Thanjavur, Darasuram, Thirubuvanam and Gangaikonda Cholapuram. Inaugurating a two-day seminar organised by the Archaeological Survey of India here to commemorate the 1000th year of Brahadeeswara temple, the Minister…
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, January 20, 2010: The portals of Badrinath temple, situated in Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 10,278 ft, will be reopened on May 19. The date of the reopening was announced at Narendra Nagar palace by the Raj Purohit on the occasion of Basant Panchami. The portals of Badrinath shrine were closed for the winter period on…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BEIJING, CHINA, January 26, 2010: China’s official media is promoting what it describes as the first pop singer who sings in Sanskrit. She is one of the singers being considered to sign at the inauguration of the World Expo in Shanghai next May. Sa Dingding, who won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the Asia…