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Uttarakhand govt orders probe as don made 'mahant' in jail

The Uttarakhand government on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the matter of underworld don Prakash Pandey alias PP being given the title of Mahant in Almora jail. According to a government release,......

Don serving life-term offered 'diksha' in U'khand jail, adopts new name

An underworld don serving a life sentence in the Almora district jail was offered diksha by seers in the prison premises recently to initiate him into monkhood, claimed a man who mediated between......

Seers demand Sanskrit for Urdu words in Hindu context

Seers of Haridwar on Thursday pitched for the removal of Urdu words like 'shahi' used in Hindu religious contexts and suggested replacing them with their Hindi or Sanskrit substitutes. Image used......

Dharma vs religion PIL: Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt

The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Centre and city government on a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the authorities to use the ”proper meaning”......

Danish Siddiqui's Kids Accept Their Dad's Pulitzer

Reuters's Indian Photojournalists Adnan Abidi, Amit Dave, Danish Siddiqui and Sanna Irshad Mattoo were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography at Columbia University in Manhattan,......

Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds

Dips in the Kshipra river during Simhastha are said to wash away all sins! Home-grown hi-tech applications, 6,000 close circuit cameras equipped with technologies of face detection, behaviour......

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Sikka promises to develop tech for event Image: Priests perform evening aarti on the banks of River Ganga during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Jitendra......

COLUMN: Food security or dole?

There is a vast grey area between a bill that promises to ensure that no one goes hungry and the political economy of producing food, writes Rajni Bakshi. With the approval of the National Food......

It's business unusual at Kumbh mela

The 'mahakumbh' is expected to generate a business of Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 20-30 billion) with Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank claiming that at least four crore people had already......

Ganga Dham: The world's first spiritual theme park

The tree-lined streets of Bombay suburb Juhu is Bollywood country, home to many of India's cultural glitterati. Big homes are the norm. Shiv Sagar, the grandson of a fabled Indian film producer and......

James Cameron hopes to make a film on Indian epics

Savera R SomeshwarIf there is anything that would convince world famous Hollywood director James Cameron to make a film in India, it would be its popular ancient epics, the Ramayana and the......

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Uttarakhand govt orders probe as don made 'mahant' in jail

Don serving life-term offered 'diksha' in U'khand jail, adopts new name

Seers demand Sanskrit for Urdu words in Hindu context

Dharma vs religion PIL: Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt

Danish Siddiqui's Kids Accept Their Dad's Pulitzer

Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

COLUMN: Food security or dole?

It's business unusual at Kumbh mela

Ganga Dham: The world's first spiritual theme park

James Cameron hopes to make a film on Indian epics

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