Six pilgrims, including three women and a toddler, were killed on the spot and at least 100 were injured in a stampede in the sacred Mahashivaratri Mela in Junagadh on Sunday night. The toll mounted to seven on Monday morning when one of those injured died at a government hospital in the town.
Six pilgrims, including three women and a toddler, were killed on the spot and at least 100 were injured in a stampede in the sacred Maha Shivaratri Mela in Junagadh on Sunday night. The toll mounted to seven on Monday morning when one of those injured died in the government hospital of the historic town.
Bhutan's much-publicised royal wedding that will see King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck tying the nuptial knot with his childhood sweetheart Jetsun Pema began on Thursday morning amid chanting of hymns by Buddhist monks in the historical city of Punakha.
A church in Romania has been made out of ice
Thousands of people, including Tibetans, assembled in Washington to celebrate the 76th birthday of Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who also inaugurated the 11-day Kalachkra ceremony for World Peace
Anjuli Bhargava discovers how the Buddha Fellowship is attracting India's brightest minds to solve its problems.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the historic Pagoda temple in Hanoi and the stilt house where revered Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh lived, apart from enjoying fishing with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
While all champagnes are sparkling wines, not all sparkling wines are champagnes!, says Alok Chandra.
To commemorate the 189th birthday of German geneticist and monk Gregor Johann Mendel Google today surprised its visitors with a Google doodle shaped like green peas.
Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October.
Last week, 200 students of the Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, California performed the 33rd version of their annual Ramayan production at the Mexican Heritage Theater in San Jose, California. The 3-hour play was performed June, 10, 11 and 12 by preschool to 12th grade students in what is the longest-running production of the Indian epic in the western hemisphere.
A top leader of the Communist Party of China has called for undertaking reforms in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries by appointing monks and nuns who are 'politically reliable' hinting at an apparent purge in the clergy.
India's beloved President -- there has been no other who has influenced the nation as much -- never stepped back from inspiring people to be the very best that they could be.
The two veterans will be seen in a Bengali-English film, Indian Autumn, which will be directed by filmmaker Sudipto Sen.
On location to cover the ongoing SAARC summit, Sheela Bhatt strolls through the valleys of this tranquil wonderland called Thimphu; and meets interesting personalities amidst ethereal surroundings.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday accused China of trying to deliberately 'annihilate Buddhism' in Tibet by conducting a campaign of 'patriotic re-education' in monasteries there."Today, the Chinese authorities are conducting various political campaigns, including a campaign of patriotic re-education in many monasteries in Tibet. They are putting the monks and nuns in prison-like conditions, depriving them the opportunity to study and practise in peace."
Rohith's mother Radhika and brother Naga Chaitanya Vemula, also known as Raja Vemula, were given 'deeksha' at a function in Dadar in Mumbai in the presence of Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar.
In a letter addressed to the President, the 'Mahanayakes' or the Buddhist religious leaders said the monks' grouping 'Maha Sangha' has throughout its long history come forward to help resolve grave national issues, including conflicts among the rulers.
Former Barcelona forward Bojan Krikic earned and converted a fourth-minute penalty which sealed a scrappy encounter and left Swansea without a league win since August.
We present an excerpt from the book Johnny Gone Down, a novel by Karan Bajaj.
Forgot what happened in the week gone by? Here's a quick recap of what took place in 10 images.
From being exorbitantly priced to facing stiff competition, Harley was always going to find it tough to crack a market like India, says Dhruv Munjal.
Founded in 1994, this is the Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno, a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand.
The spiritual leader on Saturday addressed devotees speaking to them about the pratices of Boddhisattavas at the Yid GaChosin monastery in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
The Dalai Lama, who had escaped to India as a young man, has been the torch bearer of the struggle for freedom of a small religious minority from the oppressive communist regime in China. He was just 15 years old when he became the 'head of state' of Tibet in 1950 and over six decades since then, he has brought his cause for rights of his people on the global stage.
"Looking forward to a wonderful day," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets before he leaves Colombo. G Sudhakar Nair/PTI reports from Anuradhapura
Mahinda Rajapaksa completed 50 years of parliamentary politics in July this year. He was elected as a Member of Parliament at the young age of 24 in 1970. He has since been elected president twice and has been appointed prime minister thrice.
The 7th global conference with the theme, entreprenurship and innovation in a global economy, took place from October 9 to October 11. The graduates from the Indian Institute of Technology are spread across the globe but nowhere have they made as much name and and impact as in the US.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
China on Friday cautioned foreign countries against hosting the Dalai Lama and interfering in its domestic affairs on the vexed Tibet issue, a day after United States President Barack Obama and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader appeared together in public for the first time.
After having failed to make any breakthrough in the serial bomb blasts case in the Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, the National Investigation Agency has released sketches of five suspects including a foreign national, police officials on Tuesday said.
Professor Robert Thurman, senior scholar at Columbia University and one of the Dalai Lama's oldest supporters, speaks to Claude Arpi about his relations with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the present state of capitalist' China, the Buddhist wave in the West, his idea of a Second Renaissance and his work for preserving Indian shastras.
'Whether I die in Calcutta or in Paris, on a Wednesday or a Saturday, it does not matter, but you would not want me to come to India's door and then return to France without having visited India.' 'Either I will die or I will visit India!' Claude Arpi hails Georges Clemenceau, French prime minister during the Great War, a great man who loved India.
The event, which was slated to have been held at Rajghat to commemorate the Buddhist monk's 60th year in exile in India, was later moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, and will now be held at the end of the month.
North East Frontier Railway officials said two unidentified male bodies were found from the coaches while six persons were injured in the derailment that occurred at around 9pm near Shamuktala Road station, about 32 km from Alipurduar Railway Division headquarters.
Meel Patthar is, both by theme and design, a tragedy of inertia, observes Rohit Satish Nair.
India celebrated its 69th Republic Day with a grand parade at Rajpath, which was witnessed by thousands of people. As part of the celebrations, tableaux,including those representing various states, ministries, the All India Radio among others, rolled down Rajpath. Take a look at the colourful cultural pieces.
The world famous Basilica of St Benedict in Norcia and other buildings have been destroyed, with the streets of the town now covered in rubble from the tremor.
Buddhist monks have demanded the arrest of the former chief priest of the Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, after recovery of ornaments and jewelry donated by devotees from his room.
