CHENNAI: The Kanwar Yatra, an annual pilgrimage performed by Shiva devotees, has turned controversial this year due to the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments’ directives that all eateries along the route, from restaurants to hawker stalls, be labelled with the owners’ names, evidently so that non-Hindu owned establishments will be obvious to all. The directives related to the Kanwar Yatra …
On January 1st, 2023, members of the Jain community staged a protest in the national capital against the Jharkhand government for turning Shri Sammed Shikharji, one of the prominent Jain pilgrimage sites, into an eco-tourist spot. Delhi | Members of the Jain community protest at India Gate against the decision of the Jharkhand govt to declare ‘sacred’ Shri Sammed Shikharji …
Jains across the country are observing a one-day bandh on 21 December 2022 as a mark of protest against the Jharkhand government’s decision to turn Shri Sammed Shikharji, one of the foremost Jain pilgrimage centres in the country, into an eco-tourism spot. However, the decision to turn Shri Sammed Shikarji into a tourist destination has had the Jain community on …
Highlights Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya adopted 40 TB patients from his birthplace Gujarat's Palitana Mandaviya adopted patients on occasion of PM Narendra Modi's 72nd birthday Mansukh Mandaviya also urged people to adopt TB patients today PM Modi birthday: On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 72nd birthday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday adopted 40 Tuberculosis patients from …
A woman was seriously injured after she was set on fire allegedly by one of her neighbours who was angry over the similarity between the name of her puppy and the nickname of the wife of one of the attackers in Gujarat, police said on Tuesday. Bharwad accused Sarvaiya of deliberately naming the puppy after his wife, Gujarat police said. …
