June 1, 2012
HOUSTON: Ganga Avataran is the manifestation of the River Ganga from the heavens to the earth. It is a commonly held belief that a dip in the Ganges cleanses one of all worldly sins.
The priest Virat Mehta explains the significance of Ganga Avataran.
June 1, 2012
Muslim and Sikh employees of New York’s transit system will now be able to wear their religious headgear freely, without attaching a government agency logo to them, in a major legal victory after new uniform rules were imposed following the 9/11 attacks.
May 31, 2012
Mumbai: An umbrella body of 21 medical institutions Wednesday asked Bollywood star Aamir Khan to apologize for accusing doctors of malpractices in his TV talk show 'Satyamev Jayate'.
Medscape India said the representation of malpractices supposedly perpetrated by doctors was 'rather sad' and Aamir Khan should offer his apologies.
May 31, 2012
The nationwide bandh called by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by BJP and the Left parties has begun to affect the normal life as it started on Thursday with the other political parties also joining the agitation to protest the recent hike in petrol prices.
May 31, 2012
Keen to find a solution to the problem of open defecation, the Government invited Bill Gates Foundation to partner with it in its efforts to create better and low-cost sanitation facilities in the country.
May 31, 2012
Moscow: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time and fourth in a row here on Wednesday.
May 30, 2012
Chennai: In a flip-flop, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today made a veiled threat of pulling out of the UPA government but shortly later made it clear that his party would not rock the government in view of the Presidential election.
DMK leader M Karunanidhi threatens to pull out of UPA in view of petrol price hike.
May 30, 2012
The slowdown in Europe and the US has not only walloped the stock markets and export-dependent sectors of the economy, it has also taken a toll on the number of students headed abroad for higher education.
The amount remitted abroad for education purposes has dropped by almost 57 per cent in two years, with data for the months of February and March 2012 yet to come. In the 10-month period of financial year 2012, the remittance stood at only $94.5 million, a steep fall from $150 mn in financial year 2010-11 and $217.8 mn in 2009-10.
May 30, 2012
Washington: Senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has criticized India's recent peace dialogue with Pakistan, saying terrorism and talks can't go together.
Yashwant Sinha has criticised India's recent peace dialogue with Pakistan, saying terrorism and talks can't go together
May 30, 2012
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has denounced fresh allegations that he turned a blind eye to corruption within his government and has vowed to resign if any wrongdoing is proved against him.
