Mahavir Jayanti 2025: Is it a holiday? Date, significance, history, and how it’s celebratedMahavir Jayanti 2025: Mahavir Jayanti, a significant festival for the Jain community, will be observed on April 10, 2025. It marks the birt...
09 Apr, 2025, 09.04 AM IST
Mahavir Jayanti 2024: Data, significance, wishes, and quotesMahavir Jayanti honors Lord Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, with prayers, processions, and charitable acts. Celebrated in March o...
21 Apr, 2024, 09.03 AM IST
Anurag Thakur attacks Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar for 'appeasement politics'Such kind of vote bank politics creates many problems and poses many challenges before the country, the Information and Broadcasting minist...
05 Apr, 2023, 10.28 AM IST
List of Dry Days in April 2023: Plan your parties aheadTo plan your party well in advance, here's the list of dry days in April 2023. Alcohol sale is prohibited in retail stores, bars and hotels...
03 Apr, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Mahavir Jayanti 2023: Check date, history, significance and how to celebrateThis day celebrates the birth anniversary of revered Jain Tirthankar Lord Mahavira.
03 Apr, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
Jains end stir after Centre bans ecotourism in Parasnath hillsThe Jain community on Thursday evening announced that they would end their stir in the wake of decision taken by the Centre. "We met Bhupen...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Cabinet nod to ₹2,798-cr rail link projectThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the construction of Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line at an estima...
13 Jul, 2022, 11.45 PM IST
Cabinet approves new rail line in Rajasthan and Gujarat at Rs 2,798.16 croreThe total length of the new rail line will be 116.65 km long and the project is slated to be completed by 2026-27. It is estimated that the...
13 Jul, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
PM Modi to bring back 157 antiquities handed over by USThe list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set of items ranging from the one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone of...
25 Sep, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Shed Karma Via SacrificeToday is Akshaya Tritiya, a holy and auspicious day for many. It is celebrated as ‘Parana diwas’, the day Adinath Bhagwan, the first Jain t...
13 May, 2021, 11.36 PM IST
Banks closed today on account of Mahavir JayantiEquity, money and commodity markets are also closed for trading today on account of the festival.
06 Apr, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
Cabinet approves new railway line between Bahraich and Khalilabad in UPThe project will generate direct employment for about 57.67 lakh man-days.
24 Oct, 2018, 02.50 PM IST
Karnataka prepares for Jain 'Maha Kumbh'The 57 ft-high statue of Lord Bahubali, the son of the first Jain tirthankara, was carved from a single rock by Chamundaraya, who was the G...
25 Jan, 2018, 12.33 PM IST
How artefacts from London's British Museum journeyed to an exhibition in MumbaiThe Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya is currently hosting an ambitious exhibit in Mumbai.
20 Dec, 2017, 12.59 PM IST
Jain saint to replicate 2,500-year-old feat with 423 fastsPujya Shri Hansratnavijayji Maharaj Saheb (Pujya Shri), 49, has undertaken 'Gunaratna Samvatsar Tap', which would culminate tomorrow with '...
31 Oct, 2015, 01.46 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi recalls Lord Mahavir's message of peace on Jayanti"On Mahavir Jayanti I bow to the venerable Lord Mahavir, who showed the path of peace and welfare for entire humanity," the Prime Minister ...
02 Apr, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Subtle snakeThe Buddha was referred to as Mahanaga. The link between the sage and the serpent symbolises primordial wisdom that stems from the vast tre...
12 Jan, 2012, 07.05 AM IST