World gets ready to observe second Yoga Day
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The world is ready to observe the second International Day of Yoga (IDY) on Tuesday as Indian missions abroad held many practice sessions to prepare thousands of people for the…
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Exhibition to showcase varied facets of Yoga
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An exhibition here will present the rich and ancient cultural treasure of Yoga in the form of sculptures, paintings, scrolls, illustrated manuscripts and books which explain the key aspects of…
Yoga Day rehearsal creates traffic mess in Delhi
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The rehearsals ahead of International Yoga Day hit the traffic movement hard in Delhi on Monday as the commuters were stuck in the traffic logjams for a long time. According…
‘Majority want polythene banned for Swachh Bharat’
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the…
Theft of batteries halts Mumbai suburban trains
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Millions of peak-hour commuters were left stranded for around an hour when a power glitch paralysed the suburban train services of the Western Railway here on Monday. The commuters were left…
Bourne & Shepherd clicks shut the era of photo studio
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Crumbling and at the end of its tether in the digital age, one of the world’s longest-running photographic studio ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ silently downed its shutters here after 176 years of…
Age no bar for senior citizens to tie the knot
Bengaluru, June 20 (IANS) Age is no bar for senior citizens to marry for the first time or re-marry to have company for the rest of their life, especially in old age, as evident from…
Yoga practitioners in metros up 30%: Survey
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) A study conducted by Assocham has found that the number of Yoga practitioners has gone up by 30 per cent in the course of the past one year. The findings released…
Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex warms up International Yoga Day
Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) The Capitol Complex, one of the acclaimed creations of French architect Le Corbusier, here has been spruced up for global attention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead thousands of participants…
Andhra police officer’s bit to promote yoga
Kurnool, June 20 (IANS) A top police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district has come out with an album to encourage people to practise yoga. Ake Ravi Krishna, the Superintendent of Police of Kunrool, released…
Yoga: A holistic solution to ward off illnesses
By Rachel V Thomas Title: Yoga and Diet for Ailments; Author: Bijoylaxmi Hota; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 296; Price: Rs. 295 If yoga has broken all barriers — transcendental as well as geographical — in recent…
Three 12-year-old girls hospitalised after taking ecstasy pills in Britain
London, June 20 (IANS) Three 12-year-old girls were rushed to hospital on Sunday in Manchester after they took ecstasy pills. They are thought to be among the youngest ever to be made dangerously ill by…
Google marks Father’s Day with doodle
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Online search engine giant Google on Sunday came up with a cute doodle to celebrate this Father’s Day. The illustration shows a tiny pair of shoe placed next to larger…
Yoga is not in conflict with any religion or belief system
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar As we look forward to celebrating the 2nd International Yoga Day, we must understand yoga in totality. Yoga is one of the greatest wealths of humankind. We think yoga is…
106-year-old woman becomes oldest Olympic torch bearer
Rio De Janeiro, June 19 (IANS) Three years after becoming the world’s oldest skydiver, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer on Saturday when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa,…
Hundreds practise yoga in Beijing
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Hundreds of people practised Yoga here on Saturday to mark the International Yoga Day which will be observed on June 21. Chinese yoga practitioners enthusiastically participated in separate…
Yoga can also enhance your beauty, inner and external
By Shahnaz Husain Regular yoga practice can help you in achieving true inner and external beauty like flawless skin, shiny hair and a slim figure. Yoga can rejuvenate your skin and make you look gorgeous…
Richa Chadha joins hands with fundraising site to help trafficked girls
Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadha pay homage during the 3rd death anniversary of Sarabjit Singh in Mumbai on May 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha has joined hands with actor Kunal…
Shaam-e-Sher: Reinvigorating Urdu among youth
By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In today’s digital era where technology has almost swamped art in all its forms, has Urdu literature once famous for poetry — especially the verse forms of…
Sports car driven by Mastroianni in ‘La Dolce Vita’ rediscovered
Rome, June 17 (IANS/AKI) A black Triumph TR3 two-seater driven by actor Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s iconic 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” has been restored to its original condition by an Italian politician who…