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Ratha Jatra: Symbol of socioculturalreligious ethos of the Indian civilization

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:13:56 +0000

Ratha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha, the symbol of universal love and brotherhood is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India. It is the grandest festival on earth. Everything is on a scale befitting the great Lord. Full of spectacle, drama and colour, the festival is a typical Indian fair of huge proportions. It is also the living embodiment of the synthesis of the tribal, the folk, and the autochthonous with the classical, the elaborately formal and the sophisticated elements of the socio-cultural-religious ethos of the Indian civilization.

Thousands face death row reprieve in Pakistan, What about Indina Sarabjit Singh

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:08:23 +0000

The Pakistani cabinet has approved a plan to commute the sentences of thousands of prisoners on death row to life imprisonment, officials say.

AlQaeda, Taliban jihadis could be in Kashmir

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:59:15 +0000

At a time when infiltration bids have spiralled upwards in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has for the first time not ruled out the possibility of Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters waging jihad in the state. Asked if terrorists from these outfits were operating in the Valley, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said on Thursday, “It is a recognised fact that foreign terrorists account for some 48 per cent of the total in J&K. It won’t be surprising if some of them belong to these terror outfits.”

Faridabad good city to live in

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:58:20 +0000

Living in Faridabad might not be such a bad idea. According to the latest draft credit ratings by the government, civic amenities in Faridabad are far better than some bigger and more popular cities like Agra, Meerut, Dehradun, Amritsar, Haridwar...

For DU students, itâ€™s all about roti, kapda and iPods

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:56:18 +0000

Life of a Delhi University student is not easy. Especially when it comes to sticking to the monthly budget. Most of them may not be earning yet, but the average DU student is certainly not content with just food, clothing and affordable lodging. Like the youth everywhere, they too share a taste for the good life. However, there are also those who prefer to save and spend judiciously.

Hitler reemerges !

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:54:21 +0000

Adolf Hitler is back in Berlin â€” this time as a wax figure hunkered down in his bunker in the final days of World War II.

World entering danger zone

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:52:38 +0000

World Bank President Robert B Zoellick has urged the leaders of the G-8 as well as the major oil producers to act now to deal with surging food and energy prices, warning that the world is now “entering a danger...

Google ordered to Turn Over YouTube Records

Bhagaban — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:51:38 +0000

A federal judge has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube, the Webâ€™s largest video site by far.

Envisaging an IT superpower Orissa

Bhagaban — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:37:01 +0000

It is heartening to announce that Orissa is on its way to become one of the IT superpowers in India. We should feel proud for that. At the same time, it is equally challenging for us to provide employment to the growing number of IT students, who...

BJP threatens nationwide protest over shrine land

Bhagaban — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:52:07 +0000

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday threatened to launch a nationwide protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to retain with itsellf the 40 hectares of land it had given to the Amarnath shrine...