London: An Islamic marriage guide advising men on 'the best ways' to beat their wives has sparked outrage in Britain, especially among moderate Muslims who say that it encourages domestic violence. The book - A Gift For Muslim Couple - tells husbands that they should beat their wives with "hand or stick or pull her by the ears", the Daily Mail reported. Authored by Maulavi Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who is...
01:35 PM, Mar 26, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A twenty-member Israeli team including four children has visited Santhigiri ashram on Wednesday. For the elderly among the team, it was a nostalgic visit to the state as they were Malayalees by birth. It was 58 years back that these Jews had migrated to Israel along with their families as part of their decision to settle down in the promised land. Majority of them were visiting their birth place...
11:54 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Cast: Prashanth, Meera Jasmine, Prakashraj, Vadivelu Director: Thyagarajan 'Malayur Mambattiyan', which came in the 1980s, was based on a desi Robin Hood who lived in the rural Tamil Nadu. The movie had a magical impact at the box office and in Thyagarjan's career. So Thyagarajan decided to use the same theme to give a boost to his actor son Prashanth's dwindling career, but couldn't recreted the same magic. In the...
03:57 PM, Dec 18, 2011
New Delhi: Eight years after the twin blasts that left 57 people dead at the Mumbai's Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar, the Bombay HIgh Court on Monday is expected to give its judgment on the fate of the three accused. Earlier the court had reserved its order on whether to confirm the death sentence handed out in 2009 to the accused. The judgment expected on whether the death sentence...
06:09 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: Sixteen devotees on Tuesday died in the holy town of Haridwar in a stampede that took place after a wooden gate at the entry to an Ashram collapsed. As many as 14 women lost their lives in the stampede during a ceremony attended by over five lakh people. The accident took place when the pilgrims tried to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Shanti Kunj Ashram to take...
08:29 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Diwali festivities are being used as a way to provide therapy to 150 mentally-challenged women at 'Mission Ashra' in Bhubaneswar. This Diwali India is positive and shining. For the 150 mentally-ill women at 'Mission Ashra' this festival is not just about crackers. For the past eight years, this rehabilitation centre has successfully used Diwali festivities as a therapy for the recovery of these patients. 'Mission Ashra' has transformed the...
04:30 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Bhubaneshwar: Mission Ashra in Bhubaneshwar is using the Diwali festivities as therapy for women with special needs and helping them reunite with their families. It has transformed Indira Choudhary's life, giving the 38-year-old the much-needed refuge to recover from a nervous breakdown after her father's death in 2006. Regular treatment at 'Mission Ashra' and being a part of Diwali festivities has helped her overcome her demons. "Celebrating Diwali has been...
02:51 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's key rival, senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela broke his counter-fast on Tuesday. Leaders from the State Congress sat on a fast from Saturday to counter Modi's programme and to promote "non-violence". Vaghela launched his fast at Sabarmati Asharam on Saturday, which was more or less been low profile with senior Congress leaders abstaining from the event. They called Modi's agitation a five-star fast...
10:19 AM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: Gujarat Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvadia on Saturday began their fast as a counter to Chief Minister Narendra Modi's three-day fast, calling it a Satyagraha. "What is the need for Modi to spend taxpayers' money to hold a lavish fast? He could have held his fast at the CM's residence as well. The Modi government is corrupt, and is facing many corruption allegations," Modhwadia said. GPCC...
10:33 AM, Sep 17, 2011
Ahmedabad: Unlike the hot and humid Ram Lila Maidan, the big, cool hall at the Gujarat convention centre is the spot where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be sweating it out for three full days. Luxury seating arrangements and every other comfort that you can think of will be here. After all it is 'Gujarat's Lion' who is on a fast. And even before the lion could roar, the...
09:59 AM, Sep 16, 2011
Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balakrishna has gone 'missing' two days after the CBI had registered a case against him for allegedly furnishing fake educational degree for procuring a passport, police said on Tuesday. A missing persons report has been lodged in Kankhal police station in Haridwar on Monday night by Balakrishna's bodyguard Jayendra Singh Aswal. According to the report, Aswal reached Balkrishna's Divya Yog ashram residence to accompany him...
04:36 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Nagpur: Sadhana Amte, wife of one of the country's most respected social leaders Baba Amte, died on Saturday at Anandwan ashram in Chandrapur district, family sources said. She was 85. She was not keeping well since the past one month, they said. She is survived by sons Dr Vikas and Dr Prakash Amte, a Magsaysay Award winner. Popularly known as Sadhana 'tai', she supported her husband actively when he started...
08:25 PM, Jul 09, 2011
Nagpur: Maharashtra CID will probe the disappearance of Mahatma Gandhi's spectacles from Sevagram Ashram in Wardha district, police said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan had on Monday night said that Additional Secretary (Home) would conduct a probe into the issue but finally the state CID has been entrusted with the job, they said. The round specs, kept in a glass covered box along with other personal belongings of the...
10:11 PM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: In his lifetime, Nigamanand, an ascetic fighting a lonely battle against quarrying activities in Uttarakhand, tried to draw the attention of the national media to an environmental disaster waiting to happen in the state. In his death, the 36-year-old Sadhu, who went into a coma and died on Wednesday following his four-month-long fast in the same hospital at Dehra Dun where Ramdev was admitted, has forced civil society,...
04:09 PM, Jun 14, 2011
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