Hariyali Teej 2025: Date, rituals, do’s and don’ts, and the spiritual significance of greenHariyali Teej 2025: Hariyali Teej, a festival for married women, will be celebrated on July 27, 2025. Women will pray to Lord Shiva and God...
26 Jul, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
Who is Wilawan Emsawat? Thai woman at the heart of a shocking monk seduction and blackmail scandalA scandal involving Wilawan Emsawat has rocked Thailand's Buddhist community, with accusations of seduction and blackmail against several h...
17 Jul, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Chaitra Navratri 2024 Fasting rules: Here is what you can eat and what to avoid during nine daysChaitra Navratri 2024 has commenced, focusing on devotion to Goddess Durga through fasting and spiritual practices. Followers adhere to die...
09 Apr, 2024, 12.29 PM IST
Holashtak 2024: Date, times, do's and don'ts, Why Holashtak period is inauspicious? Here is allThe Holashtak period, from March 17 to March 25, 2024, prompts caution among Hindus. Spanning eight days preceding Holi, it's deemed inausp...
21 Mar, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
Women's movement in a house of faithPope Francis has approved changes to allow women to vote at a meeting of bishops in Rome, marking a significant step forward for gender equ...
06 Oct, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
The path of yogYama and niyam are the basic guidelines for aspirants. Yama entails five moral codes of conduct for interacting with others: Satya, truthfu...
20 Jun, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Everyday tapasyaNext, Vaangmayam Tapasya, of expression, that means the practice of addressing others so as to not cause them anxiety, to speak the truth, ...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.06 PM IST
- At Qatar World Cup, go early to bed
The challenge is not so much about confining oneself to conjugal bliss during the World Cup - and, if unmarried, blissful celibacy. It's th...
27 Jun, 2022, 10.59 PM IST
- Increase your concentration
Too much physical exertion, too much talking, too much eating, too much mixing with the opposite sex and undesirable persons, too much walk...
21 Dec, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
Government to release 2D animation videos on Mahatma Gandhi’s message for connect with the youngThis would be unveiled before Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 and the Ministry of Culture has entrusted this job to The Indira Gandhi National ...
23 Aug, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
Peacock is the national bird as it never has sex with peahen, says Rajasthan High Court judgeEarlier on Wednesday, his last day in office, Sharma had observed while disposing of a petition that cow should be declared the national an...
01 Jun, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
POKE ME: Traditions be damned, Two Supreme Court decisions prod us to change with the timesJallikattu is in no way as cruel as bullfighting in parts of Spain (the Catalan region has prohibited it since 2012) where sharp spears are...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.16 PM IST
Celibate priests ask women scribes to move back at Maha CM Fadnavis functionAuthorities at Swami Narayan temple told female journalists to be seated some rows behind since their sect observes strict celibacy.
30 Apr, 2015, 01.42 PM IST
Devendra Fadnavis slams Swami Narayan Temple authorities for discriminating against female journalistsMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has slammed the Swami Narayan Temple authorities for discrimination against female journalists.
30 Apr, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Rhino Shiva refuses to leave Byculla zooByculla zoo’s star resident Shiva couldn’t be shifted to Delhi’s National Zoological Park on Wednesday as the single-horned rhinoceros refu...
15 Aug, 2013, 07.45 AM IST
Consistency: Last refuge of unimaginative"Think different," Jobs seemed to be saying to the Keeper of Keysto.
19 Apr, 2012, 05.14 AM IST
- Between celibacy and god’s call
In India, we are hardly unused to various scandalous escapades of assorted godmen.
03 Nov, 2008, 01.53 AM IST