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The Ultimate Traveller's Guide To Thailand's Vegetarian Festival: Dates & Locations For 2025
This festival is not simply a food event; it is a nine-day ritual of self-control, purification, devotion, and community.
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Beyond Beach Parties: 6 Cultural Festivals To Attend In Goa
The beauty of these cultural festivals in Goa is that they each reflect a different slice of the 'susegad' life through a variety of beliefs and rituals.
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1st Assam Hun-Thadou Cultural Fest A Grand Success, Calls For Unity, Peace
The Thadou tribe in Assam during its first state-level Hun-Thadou cultural festival celebrations welcomed state Cabinet Minister Urkhao Gwra Brahma as the chief guest, days after the Thadou tribe fended off threats by Kuki militants.
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Thadou Groups Complain To Centre, Assam Police Over Threat By "Kuki Militants" To Cancel Cultural Fest In Guwahati
Civil society groups and leaders of the distinct indigenous tribe Thadou have complained to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Assam Police over alleged threats by Kuki militants against celebrating the Hun-Thadou festival in Guwahati.
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You Have No Sense Of Responsibility, Angry Court Says To Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The country's top environment court expressed its outrage today with spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, stating, "You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think you have the liberty to say whatever you want?"
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Minister Kapil Mishra Wants Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Culture Festival To Be Held Again On Yamuna Floodplains
Rejecting an expert panel's findings that it will take extensive effort to reverse the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's cultural extravaganza last year, Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra said that the event should in fact be held again and "only on its banks". He has also invited Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi S...
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10 Years Of Damage, 42 Crores: Alleged Cost Of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Yamuna Event
It will take 10 years to reverse the damage done to the banks of the River Yamuna by a huge cultural festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the country's top environmental court was told today. A team of experts who have visited the area where the three-day event was held last year have said restoring the flood plain will also cost about 42 cr...
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2 IIT-Guwahati Students Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girls In Hostel, Detained
Two students of IIT-Guwahati have been detained for allegedly sexually assaulting three women of another institute in the boys' hostel of the premiere institute on the night of February 3 during a cultural event held at the campus.
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Expert Committee Seeks More Time To Quantify Damages By Art Of Living
The tentative cost of rejuvenating the Yamuna riverbed, damaged due to a cultural extravaganza organised by the Art of Living (AOL), can be calculated only after November as the area is still inundated by flood water, an expert panel has told the National Green Tribunal.
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Art Of Living's Remarks On Expert Panel 'Very Irresponsible', Says Green Court
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "very irresponsible" the public statements made by Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) after an expert panel gave its report on the Yamuna that the organisation's cultural extravaganza had "completely destroyed" the riverbed.
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Report Is Fraud, We Did Not Damage Yamuna Plains, Says Team Sri Sri: 10 Updates
Accused of "completely destroying" the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi with its massive "World Culture Festival", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation today dismissed an expert panel's report to the country's top environmental court as fraud.
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Art Of Living Refutes Allegations That Its Event Damaged Yamuna Floodplains
Art of Living (AOL) today refuted allegations that its three-day mega event had damaged the Yamuna floodplains and hinted that it may approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order which asked it to pay Rs 5 crore as compensation.
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Pay Rs 4.75 Crore Fine By Tommorow, Green Court Tells Sri Sri's Art Of Living
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Art of Living (AOL) foundation led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to pay up a fine of Rs 4.75 crore for its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi.
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You Will Pay, Says Court To Sri Sri's Art of Living In Strong Order
For its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi, the Art of Living, led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, must pay nearly five crores as a fine, the country's top environment court said today, offering strong criticism of the organisation.
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Reconstitute Panel For Inspection Of Floodplain: Art Of Living To Green Tribunal
Art of Living Foundation today moved the National Green Tribunal challenging the appointment of an expert committee for inspection of site on Yamuna floodplains where a three-day World Cultural Festival was organised under Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's patronage.
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The Ultimate Traveller's Guide To Thailand's Vegetarian Festival: Dates & Locations For 2025
This festival is not simply a food event; it is a nine-day ritual of self-control, purification, devotion, and community.
-
Beyond Beach Parties: 6 Cultural Festivals To Attend In Goa
The beauty of these cultural festivals in Goa is that they each reflect a different slice of the 'susegad' life through a variety of beliefs and rituals.
-
1st Assam Hun-Thadou Cultural Fest A Grand Success, Calls For Unity, Peace
The Thadou tribe in Assam during its first state-level Hun-Thadou cultural festival celebrations welcomed state Cabinet Minister Urkhao Gwra Brahma as the chief guest, days after the Thadou tribe fended off threats by Kuki militants.
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Thadou Groups Complain To Centre, Assam Police Over Threat By "Kuki Militants" To Cancel Cultural Fest In Guwahati
Civil society groups and leaders of the distinct indigenous tribe Thadou have complained to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Assam Police over alleged threats by Kuki militants against celebrating the Hun-Thadou festival in Guwahati.
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You Have No Sense Of Responsibility, Angry Court Says To Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The country's top environment court expressed its outrage today with spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, stating, "You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think you have the liberty to say whatever you want?"
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Minister Kapil Mishra Wants Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Culture Festival To Be Held Again On Yamuna Floodplains
Rejecting an expert panel's findings that it will take extensive effort to reverse the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's cultural extravaganza last year, Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra said that the event should in fact be held again and "only on its banks". He has also invited Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi S...
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10 Years Of Damage, 42 Crores: Alleged Cost Of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Yamuna Event
It will take 10 years to reverse the damage done to the banks of the River Yamuna by a huge cultural festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the country's top environmental court was told today. A team of experts who have visited the area where the three-day event was held last year have said restoring the flood plain will also cost about 42 cr...
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2 IIT-Guwahati Students Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girls In Hostel, Detained
Two students of IIT-Guwahati have been detained for allegedly sexually assaulting three women of another institute in the boys' hostel of the premiere institute on the night of February 3 during a cultural event held at the campus.
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Expert Committee Seeks More Time To Quantify Damages By Art Of Living
The tentative cost of rejuvenating the Yamuna riverbed, damaged due to a cultural extravaganza organised by the Art of Living (AOL), can be calculated only after November as the area is still inundated by flood water, an expert panel has told the National Green Tribunal.
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Art Of Living's Remarks On Expert Panel 'Very Irresponsible', Says Green Court
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "very irresponsible" the public statements made by Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) after an expert panel gave its report on the Yamuna that the organisation's cultural extravaganza had "completely destroyed" the riverbed.
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Report Is Fraud, We Did Not Damage Yamuna Plains, Says Team Sri Sri: 10 Updates
Accused of "completely destroying" the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi with its massive "World Culture Festival", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation today dismissed an expert panel's report to the country's top environmental court as fraud.
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Art Of Living Refutes Allegations That Its Event Damaged Yamuna Floodplains
Art of Living (AOL) today refuted allegations that its three-day mega event had damaged the Yamuna floodplains and hinted that it may approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order which asked it to pay Rs 5 crore as compensation.
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Pay Rs 4.75 Crore Fine By Tommorow, Green Court Tells Sri Sri's Art Of Living
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Art of Living (AOL) foundation led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to pay up a fine of Rs 4.75 crore for its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi.
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You Will Pay, Says Court To Sri Sri's Art of Living In Strong Order
For its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi, the Art of Living, led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, must pay nearly five crores as a fine, the country's top environment court said today, offering strong criticism of the organisation.
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Reconstitute Panel For Inspection Of Floodplain: Art Of Living To Green Tribunal
Art of Living Foundation today moved the National Green Tribunal challenging the appointment of an expert committee for inspection of site on Yamuna floodplains where a three-day World Cultural Festival was organised under Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's patronage.
