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• No homework on Hindu festival Diwali for New York’s Mineola School District kids

  Mineola Union Free School District (MUFSD) in New York state has announced that no home work or examinations will be given on the day of Hindu festival of Diwali, the most popular of their festivals.




• Free yoga sessions in England’s Peterborough for sight-hearing impaired

  Sense, England?s national charity that supports people who are deaf blind, has launched free accessible yoga sessions for people with sight and hearing impairments in Peterborough, a cathedral city in




• Study reveals chair yoga may reduce pain in elderly

  An 8-week chair yoga program was associated with reduction in pain, pain interference, and fatigue, and improvement in gait speed; concluded a study recently published in the online Journal of the Ame




• Zimbabwe Hindus to celebrate 25th anniversary of majestic Omkar Temple in Harare

  Zimbabwe Hindus are planning extensive events to celebrate 25th anniversary of Shree Omkar Mandir in Ridgeview area of Harare on April 15-16 next. These celebrations, being organized by The Hindoo




• Upset Hindus urge California brewery to not use Lord Ganesha image on beer bottles

  Upset Hindus are urging Eureka (California) based award-winning Lost Coast Brewery to not use Hindu deity Lord Ganesha?s image on its Indica IPA beer bottles, calling it highly inappropriate. Labe




• Amazon.com removes Lord Ganesha skateboards after Hindus protest

  Amazon.com, said to be world's largest online retailer, has seemingly removed skateboards carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha from its website after Hindus protested. Distinguished Hindu




• Merrimack College urged to add “Hindu” to its Jewish-Christian-Muslim Center

  Hindus are urging renowned Merrimack College in North Andover (Massachusetts) to add ?Hindu? to its Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Center to be inclusive for its Hindu students and the community




• Hindus disappointed as Amazon continues to carry Lord Ganesha skateboards despite requests

  Hindus are disappointed with world's largest online retailer Amazon.com for continuing to carry skateboards, bed covers, duvet covers and bedspreads; showing images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; which




• Hindus welcome Dublin Archdiocese for hosting yoga in Kilcullen Parish Centre

  Hindus have commended Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (Ireland) and its Kilcullen Parish for hosting yoga classes in Kilcullen Parish Centre. These vinyasa flow yoga classes, suitable for all




• Upset Hindus urge Texas brewery to withdraw Lord Shiva beers

  Upset Hindus are urging New Braunfels (Texas) based New Braunfels Brewing Company (NBBC) to withdraw three beers named after Hindu deity Lord Shiva, calling these highly inappropriate. These are:




• Hindus urge CERN in Switzerland to ensure its Lord Shiva statue is treated with reverence

  Hindus are urging CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, to ensure that Lord Shiva statue installed in its complex near Geneva (Switzerland) is treated with reverence it deserved. A vid




• Study reveals yoga may help children with cancer

  Quality of life of patients doing yoga improved, according to the conclusions of ?Results of a Pilot Yoga Intervention to Improve Pediatric Cancer Patients? Quality of Life and Physical Activity and P




• Hindus commend University of California Santa Cruz for free meditation sessions

  Hindus have welcomed University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), a public research university, for offering free meditation sessions for students, faculty and staff; and are urging all US universities



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  Tej Gyan Foundation Celebrates Sale Of 50 Lakh Copies Of “VICHAR NIYAM KRANTI”

  Tejgyan Global Foundation (TGF), the spiritual organization with the objective of creating a ?highly evolved society? through the motto ?Happy Thoughts?, has completed the sale of 50 lakh copies of th



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  India’s Railway Minister echoes the power of Karma Launches multiple language versions of the book

  As a cosmic principle, Karma is the law of cause and effect. It is a time-tested understanding that Karma treats everyone equally. If you harm others, harm will come to you but if you serve to uplift




• Hindus welcome Arkansas’ Ozarka College offering yoga with Om & chanting

  Hindus have welcomed Ozarka College of Arkansas, a public community college, for offering ?Hatha Yoga? course including ?Oms and chanting?, pranayama and meditation. According to Oxford Dictionary




• Hindus urge world’s top Louvre Museum to launch Hindu art gallery

  Hindus are urging world's-largest and top-ranking ?Mus?e du Louvre? (Louvre Museum) of Paris, which owns Mona Lisa, to establish a permanent Gallery of Hindu Art. Distinguished Hindu statesman Ra



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  Amazon Canada removes Lord Ganesh underwear within few hours of Hindu protest

  Online retailer Amazon Canada removed underwear carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh from its website within few hours after upset Hindus protested calling it ?highly inappropriate?. ?Women'




• Upset Hindus seek apology as Amazon Canada sells Lord Ganesha underwear

  Upset Hindus are urging online retailer Amazon Canada for the immediate withdrawal of underwear, doormats, bed sheets, sweatpants, rugs, bedspreads, bedcovers, picnic beach sheets, floor mat, sweat sh




• Zed commends community for threefold increase of Hindus in US Congress

  Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has commended the United States (US) Hindu community for rise of number of Hindus in the 115th Congress to three as compared to one in the last 114th Congress.




• Hindus welcome Massachusetts church hosting yoga

  Hindus have welcomed First Congregational Church of Millbury, an affiliate of United Church of Christ in Millbury (Massachusetts), for hosting yoga classes. Millbury First Church, whose history go




• Hindus seek Diwali holiday in all 1,025 California public school districts

  Hindus are urging all 1,025 public school districts of California to declare official holiday on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals. They are also urging California?s all 1,222 charter sc




• Hindus welcome Delaware church beginning New Year with free yoga

  Hindus have welcomed Church on Main in Middletown (Delaware) for ?Start off the New Year right with Community Yoga?. An announcement published on the Church website, titled as ?Yoga to begin the




• Canada’s University of Windsor testing yoga’s benefits for breast cancer survivors

  Canada?s University of Windsor (UOW) researchers are testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for survivors of breast cancer. A two-year study at UOW, jointly by its psychology professors Kenda




• Brazil brewery removed Ganesha & Vishnu beers from website after Hindu protest

  Amparo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) based ?award-winning? Cervejaria Ashby brewery seems to have removed beers carrying images of Hindu deities Ganesha and Vishnu within few days of Hindu protest, as these wer




• Hindus welcome University of Idaho offering free yoga classes as “Stress Relief for Finals”

  Hindus have welcomed University of Idaho (UI) in Moscow, public research university and flagship campus of the UI System, for offering free yoga classes which were publicized as ?Stress Relief for Fin




• Upset Hindus urge Brazilian brewery to withdraw Ganesha & Vishnu beers

  Upset Hindus have urged Amparo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) based ?award-winning? Cervejaria Ashby brewery to apologize and withdraw Ganesha and Vishnu beers; calling these highly inappropriate. ?Ganesha A




• Hindu temple opening in California’s Santa Clarita in few months

  Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple Santa Clarita (SSVTSC), where the main deity will be Lord Ganesh, is claiming grand-opening in early 2017. Mission of Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple of SSVTSC, a non-profit




• Diverse religions joining to ring in New Year with prayers in Nevada

  In a remarkable interfaith gesture and a unique way to welcome 2017, various religions are getting together in Reno to celebrate the ringing in of the New Year in a divine manner away from the glitter




• Minnesota Lutheran college museum exhibiting Hindu temple

  Flaten Art Museum (FAM) in St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota), run by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is showcasing drawings exploring Hindu temple of Angkor Wat (Cambodia), built in the




• Yoga’s benefits being researched in many govt. funded projects across USA

  Various US universities-medical/clinical centers-hospitals are undertaking research projects exploring yoga?s possible help in treatment of various illnesses, according to a database published on US N




• Hindus ask all North Carolina cities to offer free yoga like Greensboro

  Hindus are urging all the cities and counties in North Carolina to offer free yoga classes, on the same pattern as being offered by the City of Greensboro. City of Greensboro?s free yoga classes a




• Yoga holds potential promise in helping improve PTSD, per University of North Carolina study

  ?Overall, the researchers found that yoga holds potential promise for helping improve anxiety, depression, PTSD and/or the psychological consequences of trauma?, according to a University of North Car




• Hailing East Meadow decision, Hindus seek Diwali holiday in all 728 New York school districts

  Hindus have welcomed reports of East Meadow School District (EMSD) in Westbury (New York) adopting Diwali, most popular of their festival, as an official holiday on the 2017-2018 school year calendar.




• Upset Hindus urge Amazon to apologize & withdraw Lord Ganesha skateboards

  Upset Hindus are urging world's largest online retailer Amazon.com for the immediate withdrawal of skateboards, bed covers, duvet covers and bedspreads; carrying the images Hindu deity Lord Ganesha;




• Hindu Prayer Room sought for Frankfurt Airport

  Hindus have urged for a ?Hindu Prayer Room? at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany, which is one of the world?s dozen largest airports. FRA already has Christian, Jewish and Muslim prayer rooms?a t




• After Hindu protest, California firm removes dogbed showing dogs on Lord Ganesha

  San Diego area (California) based online home d?cor company ?KESS InHouse? removed various products displaying Hindu deity Lord Ganesha after a Hindu protest called these ?highly inappropriate?. V




• Upset Hindus urge California co. to withdraw Lord Ganesha dogbed & apologize

  Upset Hindus are urging San Diego area (California) based online home d?cor company ?KESS InHouse? for immediate withdrawal of dog beds and some other products carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganes




• Now One Can Offer Prayer Rituals Online With The Help From Vedic Anushthan Website

  Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (December 10, 2016) ? Offering prayer rituals or pujas to the gods is one of the important traditional believes in Hinduism and because of its importance there are many an




• Upset Hindus urge Wayfair to withdraw Lord Ganesha bathmats & apologize

  Upset Hindus are urging Boston headquartered online home giant Wayfair for immediate withdrawal of bathmats carrying image of Hindu deity Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hi



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