Indian guru's birthday cake sets Guinness record

A new Guinness World Record has been set in the United States for most candles on a birthday cake -- where a staggering 72,585 candles were lit on the occasion of late Indian spiritual leader Sri......

How yoga came to the UN

Image: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (centre) does the Vrikshasana (tree pose) with his wife on International Yoga Day. Photograph: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com It was almost 10 years ago that the......

Giant 25-ft tall torch unveiled in US to honour Indian spiritual guru

A replica of the Olympic torch was unveiled in New York in honour of Indian spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Ghose. The giant 25-foot tall torch, considered the world’s largest, was unveiled by......

UN pays tribute to spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy

Over 700 top United Nations officials, ambassadors, members of US Congress, and luminaries of different faiths paid tributes to spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy, who passed away last month. An interfaith......

Cancer-stricken India shooter passes away at 42, fraternity mourns

Photograph: Kind, courtesy indianshooting.com Cancer-stricken former India shooter Pournima Zanane has died aged 42, prompting the country's shooting fraternity, including Olympic champion......