Source: Religion News Service UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, January 9, 2002: A Hindu militant accused of killing an Australian missionary and his two young sons said today he might be a candidate for the Indian parliament from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Dara Singh is one of 17 men accused of setting fire to a jeep in which missionary Graham…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 10, 2002: After years of debate and petitions from Indians living overseas, the government is to allow dual citizenship. The move is intended to maintain links with the Indian diaspora. The government has been seeking ways to create synergy between the Indian diaspora and its rapid economic reform and globalization agenda. Critics say…
GO TO SOURCE BHOPAL, INDIA, JANUARY 6, 2002: The tribal belt of Jhabua and Dhar districts in Madhya Pradesh near here has become a major headache for Digvijay Singh’s government as the RSS plans to build devalayas (Hindu places of worship) in 350,000 tribal homes in these two districts. The RSS chief of Indore region, Anila Daga, claims that such…
Source: United News Agency SARNATH, INDIA, January 8, 2001: The Dalai Lama, the exile Tibetan spiritual leader, said Tuesday he will not reincarnate in Tibet or any other territory under Chinese rule. If Tibet was not free when he dies, his reincarnation would be born in some free country elsewhere, the Dalai Lama, 66, said in Sarnath, northern India. Observers…
GO TO SOURCE UDUPI, INDIA, January 7, 2002: The Department of Kayachikitsa of SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital in Udupi is hosting an International Congress on Ayurvedic Concepts and Treatment of Neurological Disorders on January 10, 11, and 12, 2002 in Bhava Prakasha and Dhanvantary Auditorium of the college. The conference aims to update knowledge of vatavyadhis in relation…
GO TO SOURCE January 10, 2002: In case you ever wondered just how many different world records Indians hold, check this web site at “source.” This sometimes very strange collection of records includes the largest banana sculpture, 21,111 bananas used to make a a Ganesha, and the largest coconut sculpture, 5,000, also to make a Ganesha, both by Vijay Mataykar…
GO TO SOURCE MADIKERI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, January 6, 2002: “The state government has decided to constitute a nine-member committee for each of the 43,000 temples coming under the Muzarai Department, responsible for public temples in the state, following the presidential assent to the Karnataka Religions Institutions and Endowment Act,” said Suma Vasanth, Mujarai Minister. Suma told reporters that selection of…
GO TO SOURCE PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, January 2, 2002: Intriguing research suggests that the collective horror across the globe on September 11, 2001, was so great it was recorded by machines. Evidence from a worldwide experiment that has been running since 1998 has lent credence to the belief that electrical energy generated by the human brain is powerful enough to…
GO TO SOURCE MEXICO CITY, MEXICO December 29, 2001: Looking for a control sample for a project to produce natural, organic corn, a variety over 4,000 years old, Oaxaca’s Uzachi agricultural researchers sought out the Zapotec Indian village of Calpulalpan in November, 2000. After analyzing the sample, they were surprised to find that it contained a gene common in genetically…
GO TO SOURCE GAYA, INDIA, January 7, 2002: Naxalites of the banned Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) blew up a mutt (religious institution) at Khajbati village, about 15 km from Gaya. Police said the ultras attacked the mutt late on Sunday night and demolished part of it with dynamite. Later, they set fire to a jeep belonging to the institution. The…