The world’s largest meditation centre of its kind, which can accommodate 100,000 people at a time, is all set to be inaugurated on January 28 in the global headquarters of Heartfulness on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The centre will be unveiled to mark the 75th anniversary of the Heartfulness Institute at Kanha Shantivanam in the presence of over 40,000 “abhyasis” or practitioners of Heartfulness. Daaji, the global guide of Heartfulness, will dedicate the centre to the first guide of Heartfulness who was fondly called as Lalaji. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will be present on the occasion, the Heartfuless Institute said…
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In a major decision by the Jammu & Kashmir government, 2G internet services will be thrown open across all the 20 districts in the Union Territory effective Saturday. This is the biggest breakthrough in internet connectivity in the region since August 5 last year when the government imposed restrictions on mobile internet in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370. With 2G internet services set to be restored in all 20 districts of J&K from Saturday, all post-paid and prepaid subscribers will get access to internet. However, access will be limited to 301 whitelisted websites. An order issued on Friday…
A walk of around 5,000 km may seem a herculean task to lesser mortals, but a group of 100 army veterans plan to go the full distance to contribute to the Clean Ganga initiative. Come August and these daring veterans will start from the holy river’s genesis ‘Gomukh’ to ‘Gangasagar’, the point at which it merges into the sea in the Bay of Bengal, and then return to the starting point. ‘Mundaman Parikrama’ will take around seven months to complete, during which the veterans plan to hold public meetings to mobilise participation of more people living along the river towards…
In another setback to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, a special court here on Friday dismissed his petition for exemption from personal appearance in the court in Enforcement Directorate (ED) cases. The court also directed him to personally appear in the court for the next hearing on January 31. He had sought permission for his co-accused Jagati Publications, that publishes Telugu daily ‘Sakshi’ to represent him. This is the second jolt to Jagan, as the leader is popularly known, in the disproportionate assets cases. The court had earlier dismissed his petition for exemption in Central Bureau of…
Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde on Friday said tax evasion is an injustice to fellow Indian citizens but arbitrary or excessive tax also results in social injustice by the government. His observation gains significance as it comes against the backdrop of the Union Budget for 2020-21 set to be unveiled on February 1. In his address at at an event held to mark the 79th Foundation ceremony of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chief Justice Bobde said imposition of excessive tax is also a kind of social injustice on the people. “While tax evasion is a social injustice to…
India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday insisted that his team is not thinking of avenging the World Cup loss against New Zealand in the upcoming series which starts Friday with the first T20I at the Eden Park. It were New Zealand who dumped India out of the 2019 World Cup with a thrilling win the semi-final in Manchester last July. “Not really. Even if you want to think of revenge these guys are so nice that you can’t get into that zone,” said Kohli while addressing reporters. “It’s all about being competitive on the field. They are one side that…
A foreign Jaish-e-Muhammad militant killed in an encounter in South Kashmir on Wednesday has been identified as Abu Saifullah alias Abu Qasim. According to sources the slain militant was active in Tral and Khrew areas in south Kashmir for more than a year and was an associate of Qari Yasir, a foreign terrorist of the JeM. A group of two militants were engaged in a fierce gunfight with security forces, while Saifullah was killed, the second militant is believed to have escaped. Two securitymen were killed in the encounter including a special police officer and an army soldier on January…
There was slight improvement in both the maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi for the second day on Friday. Strong winds expected during the day would affect the air quality positively, Met said. The minimum temperature was recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the India Meteorological Department said. The maximum was likely to hover around 22 degrees Celsius. “There would be mainly clear sky. Strong surface wind with a speed of 20-25 kmph is likely during the day,” said IMD. According to the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR), the overall air…
Cooperation on developing high-end technologies will become an important agenda item for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries during Russias current-year presidency of the group of emerging economies, Finnish Russian digital solutions provider Zyfra said on Tuesday. Commenting on the current lack information about each other among medium-sized and small businesses, Zyfra said in a statement that the main barrier for commercial projects in BRICS countries is absence of data which correctly describes ongoing processes in digital technology. “BRICS countries need to promote networking between chambers of commerce, business councils, professional associations and unions, as well as…
With BJP President JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah spearheading the campaign for the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections, the party is holding as many as 250 big and small rallies across the national capital on Friday. BJP sources said that it had held 149 rallies in 70 Assembly segments on Thursday, adding that the party’s focus was on holding small rallies and street-corner meetings in the national capital. With the exception of big rallies which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other BJP leaders will focus on small rallies since the party feels that these…