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TN to part fund Hindus` pilgrimage to Mansarovar

Jayalalithaa has already announced financial aid for 500 Christians to undertake pilgrimage to Jerus...

Heavy rush of pilgrims to Vaishno Devi shrine

With about 35,000 devotees each day in this holiday season, authorities have been forced to regulate...

TN temple priest among those killed in Nepal plane

A pall of gloom descended on the house of LS Sudarsanam, a temple priest here after reports of his d...

Kerala: 49429 applications for Haj pilgrimage

A total of 49429 applications had been received this year for Haj pilgrimage for 2012 in Kerala.

Amarnath Shrine Board reviews yatra security

Mountain rescue teams, CCTV cameras, fire fighting units and X-ray baggage scanning units will be pu...

Controlling deadly tsetse fly with satellite image

Scientists are relying on satellite imagery to control the deadly tsetse fly, an African killer that...

SC strikes down Haj subsidy

In a major setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down its policy of giving gove...

Registration for Amarnath yatra begins

Registration for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, set to begin from June 25, commenced on Monday at 1...

India yet to arrive on military satellite scene: US expert

With the development of SAR imagers and applications, India is increasingly capable of producing sat...

Amarnath yatra: Govt to provide oxygen cylinders

Many Amarnath pilgrims reported on way to the cave shrine due to lack of oxygen in 2011.

Apex court wants VIP quota for Haj to go

The Supreme Court Monday said that a VIP quota in Haj pilgrimage should not go on perpetually.

Scientists image billion stars of Milky Way in detail

More than a billion stars in our galaxy can be seen together in detail for the first time in an imag...

IT tool helps satellites pinpoint ancient settlements

A new computer tool that extracts clues about ancient human settlements from satellite imagery has u...

China releases "world`s highest resolution" lunar images

China today released a set of "world`s highest resolution" lunar images taken by its second moon orb...

Image makeover fails, HP police reverts to khaki

Thirteen months after it switched over to wearing blue uniform as part of an "image makeover" init...

Reality contact lenses to offer 3D panorama

Contact lenses help enhance normal vision with megapixel 3D panoramic images.

‘Sloshing’ galaxy cluster discovered

Scientists have spotted vast clouds of hot gas ‘sloshing’ in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster situated n...

NASA`s Dawn beams back new images of asteroid

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft is sending back the most close-up images of the asteroid Vesta since it slipp...

Camera phones can play vital role in diagnostics

Camera phones can play a vital role in medical diagnostics, especially in remote or rural areas.

Australian charged over 35,000 child porn images

A former Australian Federal Police worker who changed his name to Elvis Presley was refused bail aft...

Sabari pilgrimage to begin tomorrow

The holy hillock Sabarimala and surrounding valleys will reverberate with devotional chants for tw...

Google releases images of Iran facilities

An IAEA report has expressed serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran’s nucle...

Young Indians taking pilgrimage trips on the rise

Religious travels in India are no longer just for the oldies. An increasing number of young people...

Amritsar joins pilgrim cities` pledge to go green

The newly formed Green Pilgrimage Network, of which the Sikh holy city of Amritsar is the only membe...

2.5 million Muslims begin rites of Hajj pilgrimage

Pilgrims flooded the streets as they headed towards Mina, around five kilometres east of the holy mo...

Webcam on Everest brings stunning internet images

The scientists have installed the webcam at Kalapatthar, near the base camp of Mt. Everest.

Go on pilgrimage: Gadkari to PM

PM Manmohan Singh should go on a pilgrimage if he was helpless in checking corruption, BJP presiden...

Kashmiri Pandits protest for right to pilgrimage

A group of Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday staged a protest here demanding that the Centre and Jammu an...

Haj subsidy for 1.25 lakh pilgrims

The Government has approved Haj subsidy for 1.25 lakh pilgrims and fixed fare of Rs 16,000 per perso...

Google images brings Goa Cong leader under scanner

The Manohar Parrikar-led PAC employed latest technologies including the Google Earth Satellite Image...

First Haj pilgrimage flight flagged-off

About 27 flights, each with a seating capacity of 300 will carry the pilgrims till October 15.

Govt supports Jamia`s minority institution status

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it supports the minority status granted to Jamia...

‘Machail yatra’ begins in Jammu and Kashmir

The annual ‘Machail yatra’, a traditional pilgrimage to temple of a Hindu deity in Machail area of J...

NASA releases image of ‘Necklace Nebula’

The nebula, situated 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta, consists of a bright ring...

NASA`s LRO to take Apollo landing sites images

A NASA spacecraft will move 30 km closer to the moon for a week to take clearer images of the Apollo...

Better body image helps weight loss

Obesity is known to increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease and can significantly shorten li...

ATS ropes in foreign firm to enhance CCTV images

Maha ATS is taking the assistance of a foreign firm to enhance quality of the CCTV footages recorded...

Shravan pilgrimage: Security increased in Haridwar

In view of the heavy inflow of pilgrims during auspicious `Shravan` month, security in the holy city...

Over 1 lakh devotees visit Amarnath cave in 7 days

With 12,000 pilgrims being allowed to move towards the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir Tue...

Amarnath yatra resumes from Baltal route

The Amarnath yatra on Satuday has resumed from the Baltal route after it was suspended for a day due...

Amarnath pilgrimage suspended due to bad weather

Amarnath pilgrimage was suspended on Friday morning due to bad weather along both the routes to the ...

Omar hopes for safe, peaceful Amarnath pilgrimage

Jammu and Kashmir CM hoped that this year`s Amarnath pilgrimage would be safe and peaceful.

`Expenses on pilgrimage borne by Gadkari himself`

Uttarakhand government on Monday said BJP president Nitin Gadkari and his family bore the entire exp...

Andhra minister among 15 trapped in Nepal hills

An Andhra Pradesh cabinet minister, a state legislator and 13 others on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgr...

Amarnath security arrangements finalised

Security arrangements for the month and a half long annual pilgrimage to Jammu and Kashmir`s cave sh...

Corruption hurting India`s image abroad: Murthy

At a time when the country is grappling with a spate of scams, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy h...

Hindu groups to view route to Amarnath pilgrimage

The Baba Amarnath Yatra Niyas and VHP want the annual pilgrimage to start by June 15.

New mega-telescope unveils stunning images

The VLT Survey Telescope, or VST, has been built on a mountain top in northern Chile`s Atacama Deser...

Ahead of Amarnath pilgrimage, Kashmir secures routes

Over 200,000 people have registered themselves for the pilgrimage.

Madhya Pradesh CM to return from pilgrimage on June 4

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will return to the state capital from a pilgri...

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