Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mohan Bhagwat and thousands of supporters in Indian and overseas appealed to yoga guru Ramdev to end his fast against black money corruption due to his falling health.
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday said he could not visit Amethi during his ongoing anti-corruption yatra in Uttar Pradesh as the Ashram which had extended him invitation was pressurised not to call him.
Responding to Singh's Twitter post -- which stated that Ramdev was BJP's plan A, Team Anna was plan B, and when both of which had 'crashed', Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was plan C -- BJP national spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, "Digvijay Singh is no doubt the plan D of the Congress party, and D can be read here as duffer or dirty tricks."
Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation in Bengaluru is back in the news over an extortion call. Art of Living spokesperson Gireem Govind told rediff.com that the ashram had got calls demanding Rs 42 crore, failing which the organisation would be defamed.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and forty-three Padma Shri awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Art of Living proponent Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has called upon people of India and Pakistan to recognise the voice of peace within and create a violence-free world.
Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, spearheading the community's agitation for ST status, has conveyed his readiness to resume the talks on Wednesday, officials in the office of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said late Tuesday evening. Rajasthan government promptly welcomed the development.
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose on Saturday once again sounded defiant, saying he will not pay any fine or penalty.
On a six-day visit to the south American country, the spiritual leader -- in separate events -- addressed the Argentine Senate, 1,600 business leaders and nearly 14,000 Argentinians.
Any action that is undertaken without inner peace only leads to regret. And peace does not mean inaction. One has to use all methodologies to curb terrorism. We have to do it through education and persuasion. Force should be used only when nothing else works, says spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The Art of Living founder said that he was involved as a mediator in the RamTemple dispute of his own will and would visit Ayodhya on November 16 to meet all stakeholders.
The mega event titled 'Uniting Hearts and Minds', held on October 5 brought people from all walks of life and from across the country. Several Christian priests, Islamic scholars, Buddhist monks, Hindu Swamis and priests came together in a spirit of unity and faith.
Emphasising that all forms of violence is terrorism, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday said creating and spreading awareness among the common people is the key to combating the global menace.
B K Modi will co-host the India Splendor event to celebrate India@60.
The cleric was the only Shia leader to have objected to Shankar's plans for holding meditation classes.
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on a three-day visit to Jharkhand as a state guest from February 17 to 19
The Art of Living will host meet in Delhi to spread the spirit of reconciliation.
The spiritual leader was was invited by Austin Mayor Will Wynn. The Art of Living is conducting trauma relief workshops there.
Earlier on his arrival on Tuesday, Shankar went to the Shariqa Devi temple in downtown Srinagar and also paid homage at the adjacent Sheikh Hamza Mukhdoom's shrine.
"We all can work toward a dual-goal, I would say a single dual-goal -- one is protect our environment, our planet earth. The second thing is to protect the human values -- compassion, friendliness, and cooperation," he said.
Naik Subedar Bana Singh, who won the Param Vir Chakra for his bravery in preventing a Siachen post from falling into Pakistan Army's hands in 1987, was on Wednesday awarded the inaugural Sivaji-FACT award for courage. Singh, who was feted by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was also given Rs 1 lakh with the award.
The interfaith conference is being attended by a host of international dignitaries from 38 countries.
The Shia Waqf Board is drafting the terms and conditions of a mutual agreement.
'In spite of enormous problems, there is still compassion, there is still the sense of serving the needy,' says His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
'Why did they not raise their voice against the pollution in the Yamuna earlier?' 'Why were they quiet for so long against construction and encroachment on the flood plains.'
Despite the presence of mosquitoes and reeking fields, workers continue to give shape to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's event where 3.5 million people are expected to convene.
According to the spiritual guru, all men and women could have darshan of the Shani deity from a distance of three feet without any gender discrimination.
The issue of Lord Rama grabbed headlines again on Monday when Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said he would travel to Ayodhya and open talks with stakeholders in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute on November 16.
The green tribunal has diminished itself in growling when it needed to bite at the Art of Living show
Former militants, stone-pelters and victims of militancy, besides various stakeholders took part in the conference organised by AOL.
Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra had written a letter to the defence ministry requesting the army to build an additional pontoon bridge, which he said was "imperative" for safer movement of people while crossing the Yamuna to attend the 'World Culture Festival'.
Yoga has conquered the last bastion in the US -- the Congress
The Art of Living said on Tuesday its faculty members and volunteers in Pakistan have been receiving threat letters and calls from the Taliban for over two months, accusing them of "conspiring against Islam".
Here are some of the reactions to the apex court's decision.
The Art of Living foundation will hold a three-day World Culture Festival in New Delhi (March 11-13), a mega event celebrating the foundation's 35 years. It hopes to bring together 3.5 million global citizens
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