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83-Year-Old Woman In Chennai Is Workout, Fitness Icon On Social Media
Chennai's 83-year-old Kiran Bai has become an icon for physical fitness. She religiously lifts weights and works out at her home, defying her age. Her Instagram videos are shared widely, in India and abroad.
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Lookout Notice Against Farmer Leaders, Actor Deep Sidhu In FIR: 10 Points
Delhi Police's probe into the unprecedented violence during a tractor rally by farmers on Republic day is now focused on finding those involved in planting a Sikh religious flag at the Mughal-era Red Fort. Tuesday's tractor rally went rogue as protesters forced their way inside the fort complex and placed a flag. Several teams of Delhi Police's spe...
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Who Is Deep Sidhu? Actor Blamed By Farmers For Tractor Rally Violence
A Punjabi actor who gained prominence because of his role in film star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol's 2019 Lok Sabha campaign has become hugely controversial after clashes on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Deep Sidhu has been blamed by several farmer leaders for tainting their protests against farm laws with the breach of Red Fo...
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After Red Fort Violence, Farmers' Group Calls Off Tractor Rally: 10 Facts
Unprecedented chaos was unleashed upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day as the tractor rally by protesting farmers went off the designated course and rolled into the Iconic Mughal-era Red Fort in the Old City. A protester died on the way, the police said it was an accident. The farmers entered the forecourt of the fort, climbed its ramparts, and hois...
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Hagia Sophia Will Open Outside Prayer Time, Says Turkey
Turkey's Hagia Sophia could open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.
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Striking Aerial Photo Shows A Different Eid At Delhi's Jama Masjid
Eid-ul-Fitr 2020:The iconic Jama Masjid in Delhi was deserted as Eid was celebrated on Monday in the coronavirus lockdown. With mosques and other religious places still shut, people offered prayers at home and greeted friends and family online.
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Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Delhi Minister
Delhi Social Justice Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Friday claimed that his Twitter account was hacked and "tweets on religious icons" were posted to "harm" the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the assembly election.
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He Was An Atheist, Says Verghese Kurien's Daughter On Conversion Charge
The daughter of iconic social entrepreneur Dr. Verghese Kurien, who is credited for bringing 'White Revolution' in the country, has reacted to the allegation made by Gujarat Minister Dileep Sanghani that her father diverted dairy cooperative Amul's profit to fund religious conversions in Gujarat.
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At Tirumala Tirupati, A Pink Diamond Mystery, A Sacked Priest, Politics
The iconic Tirumala Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh, one of the wealthiest religious bodies in India, is caught in allegations of theft and politics. The recently removed chief priest of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Ramana Deekshitulu, has alleged that a precious pink diamond that was part of a platinum necklace of Lord Balaji, the temple's...
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India Complains Over 'Offensive' Australian Lamb Commercial
India has lodged an official complaint over an Australian advertisement that features Hindu god Ganesha and other religious icons endorsing lamb.
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Israeli Prisoners Brainwashed Goa's Serial Desecrator, Says Manohar Parrikar
Fifty-year-old Francis Pereira, who is being probed for desecrating scores of religious icons, was brainwashed when he was lodged in Goa's Central Jail by Israeli inmates, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
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Nepal's Most Popular Buddhist Nun Is A Musical Rock Star
There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney patients.
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10 Iconic Places To Be Cleaned Under Swachh Bharat Mission
Government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country, including Taj Mahal, Vaishno Devi temple and Ajmer Sharif, as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat mission, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today said.
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Shakespeare's India Is Exceptionally Rich: Indian Envoy To UK
India was not unknown to iconic playwright William Shakespeare whose depiction showed the country as "exceptionally rich" with precious stones, its people deeply religious and its women famed for their dark beauty, Indian High Commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna said.
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A Buddha On Your Desk Could Ward Off An Evil Boss
People share many different things at work to try and brighten the drudgery of office life. They append moral quotes to an email signature line. They sit little statues of Buddha or other religious icons on their desk. They thumb-tack quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. or Winston Churchill to the drab, gray canvas of their cubicle wall.
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83-Year-Old Woman In Chennai Is Workout, Fitness Icon On Social Media
Chennai's 83-year-old Kiran Bai has become an icon for physical fitness. She religiously lifts weights and works out at her home, defying her age. Her Instagram videos are shared widely, in India and abroad.
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Lookout Notice Against Farmer Leaders, Actor Deep Sidhu In FIR: 10 Points
Delhi Police's probe into the unprecedented violence during a tractor rally by farmers on Republic day is now focused on finding those involved in planting a Sikh religious flag at the Mughal-era Red Fort. Tuesday's tractor rally went rogue as protesters forced their way inside the fort complex and placed a flag. Several teams of Delhi Police's spe...
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Who Is Deep Sidhu? Actor Blamed By Farmers For Tractor Rally Violence
A Punjabi actor who gained prominence because of his role in film star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol's 2019 Lok Sabha campaign has become hugely controversial after clashes on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Deep Sidhu has been blamed by several farmer leaders for tainting their protests against farm laws with the breach of Red Fo...
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After Red Fort Violence, Farmers' Group Calls Off Tractor Rally: 10 Facts
Unprecedented chaos was unleashed upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day as the tractor rally by protesting farmers went off the designated course and rolled into the Iconic Mughal-era Red Fort in the Old City. A protester died on the way, the police said it was an accident. The farmers entered the forecourt of the fort, climbed its ramparts, and hois...
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Hagia Sophia Will Open Outside Prayer Time, Says Turkey
Turkey's Hagia Sophia could open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.
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Striking Aerial Photo Shows A Different Eid At Delhi's Jama Masjid
Eid-ul-Fitr 2020:The iconic Jama Masjid in Delhi was deserted as Eid was celebrated on Monday in the coronavirus lockdown. With mosques and other religious places still shut, people offered prayers at home and greeted friends and family online.
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Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Delhi Minister
Delhi Social Justice Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Friday claimed that his Twitter account was hacked and "tweets on religious icons" were posted to "harm" the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the assembly election.
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He Was An Atheist, Says Verghese Kurien's Daughter On Conversion Charge
The daughter of iconic social entrepreneur Dr. Verghese Kurien, who is credited for bringing 'White Revolution' in the country, has reacted to the allegation made by Gujarat Minister Dileep Sanghani that her father diverted dairy cooperative Amul's profit to fund religious conversions in Gujarat.
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At Tirumala Tirupati, A Pink Diamond Mystery, A Sacked Priest, Politics
The iconic Tirumala Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh, one of the wealthiest religious bodies in India, is caught in allegations of theft and politics. The recently removed chief priest of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Ramana Deekshitulu, has alleged that a precious pink diamond that was part of a platinum necklace of Lord Balaji, the temple's...
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India Complains Over 'Offensive' Australian Lamb Commercial
India has lodged an official complaint over an Australian advertisement that features Hindu god Ganesha and other religious icons endorsing lamb.
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Israeli Prisoners Brainwashed Goa's Serial Desecrator, Says Manohar Parrikar
Fifty-year-old Francis Pereira, who is being probed for desecrating scores of religious icons, was brainwashed when he was lodged in Goa's Central Jail by Israeli inmates, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
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Nepal's Most Popular Buddhist Nun Is A Musical Rock Star
There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney patients.
-
10 Iconic Places To Be Cleaned Under Swachh Bharat Mission
Government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country, including Taj Mahal, Vaishno Devi temple and Ajmer Sharif, as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat mission, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today said.
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Shakespeare's India Is Exceptionally Rich: Indian Envoy To UK
India was not unknown to iconic playwright William Shakespeare whose depiction showed the country as "exceptionally rich" with precious stones, its people deeply religious and its women famed for their dark beauty, Indian High Commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna said.
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A Buddha On Your Desk Could Ward Off An Evil Boss
People share many different things at work to try and brighten the drudgery of office life. They append moral quotes to an email signature line. They sit little statues of Buddha or other religious icons on their desk. They thumb-tack quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. or Winston Churchill to the drab, gray canvas of their cubicle wall.
