Usually, we know that when people die, they are either burned or buried according to various traditions and rituals. Unlike many religions and beliefs of the world, Parsi people don’t burn or bury their dead. They have a very discrete ceremony and process as the final rite for the dead person. They don’t burn or bury Usually, we know that when people die, they are either burned or buried according […]
A lioness, which strayed into a temple in rain-ravaged Amreli district and attacked two women devotees on Friday, was rescued and released into the jungle after a 15-hour-long operation by forest officials. The incident took place when the women reached the temple to offer prayers, M.R. Gurjar, Deputy Conservator of forest, Amreli division, said. As soon as the women entered the temple, the lioness attacked them, the official said. Mr. […]
The Hindi film industry more often than not makes big-budget blockbuster movies, which stars the who’s who of the industry. But once in a while, there comes a film which doesn’t belong to the above mentioned bracket. Critically acclaimed ‘Masaan’ is one such film. ‘Masaan’ won huge appreciation at the 68h Cannes Film Festival this year, where the movie got a standing ovation from the viewers indicating that the audience […]
The sporting fraternity on Friday congratulated hoopster Satnam Singh Bhamara after he became the first Indian to be picked for an NBA (National Basketball Association) League team, hailing his historic achievement as an “inspiration” for the youth of the country. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar led the former and current sportspersons in congratulating the 19-year-old Punjab lad Satnam for his achievement. (Satnam Hopes His NBA Entry Will Inspire Indian Youth) The […]
Bill Gates didn’t wake up with a career opportunity laying on the bed by his side, he worked hard to pursue a career that he was interested in. Same is the situation with every entrepreneur that has ever been in the news. Entrepreneurs are regular people. However, they do some things differently and posses a set of characteristics that make them successful. Not every entrepreneur had to drop out of […]
Vinod Kapri’s film Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho got embroiled in a Khap controversy for narrating a story of a man who is falsely accused by a village strongman of raping a buffalo. The journalist-turned-director says the controversy was “totally uncalled for”. In the film, which stars Om Puri, Sanjay Mishra, Annu Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Rahul Bagga and Hrishita Bhatt, the powerful man of the village also gets the Khap panchayat […]
By having a notice issued to T-News, a Telugu news channel backed by the family of Chief Minister KCR, in the dead of midnight, his bete noire and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has taken his war with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to a new low. For those who came in late, T News is the first Telugu news channel that has aired the purported audio tapes of […]
Naiduila (China): China on Monday opened the second land crossing in Tibet via Nathu La to allow the first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the arduous Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra, in the latest confidence-building measure between the two neighbours. The opening of the second route through the Himalayan pass of Nathu La in Sikkim, 4,000 metres above sea level, was officially announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China last month […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hailed the first International Yoga Day as a “new era of peace”, moments before he surprised thousands in New Delhi by taking to a mat himself to celebrate the ancient Indian practice. Yoga-loving Modi led more than 35,000 people, including bureaucrats, students and soldiers, performing poses such as the half camel and cobra in a 35-minute mass outdoor yoga session beginning at 7:00 […]
It was none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whose behest the United Nations decided to declare 21 June 2015 as ‘International Yoga Day’. Export of Indian spirituality to the West started with Swami Vivekananda’s historic speech at the Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893. It was followed by setting up of a Vedanta Society in New York in 1894, in Northern California in 1900 and in Boston […]
