World rolls out mats to celebrate Yoga Day

Yoga was the mantra and asanas the discipline on Wednesday as millions across the globe and distant corners of India stretched for the skies and dived for their toes, breathed in and out --......

Yoga lights up United Nations HQ

The United Nations headquarters in New York was lit up with the word 'Yoga' in commemoration of the third International Day of Yoga. Actor Anupam Kher switched the illumination lights. "Yoga......

25 years in the making, Encyclopedia of Hinduism finally unveiled

A 25-year quest by nearly 1,000 scholars to document and present one of the world's oldest living traditions came to fruition when the Encyclopedia of Hinduism was unveiled in Columbia. Hundreds of......

Ramesh Pokhariyal sworn in Uttarakhand CM

Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank was on Saturday sworn-in as the fifth chief minister of Uttarakhand. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor B L Joshi at a function organised at......