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Malaysia's top Islamic body banned the community from practicing the ancient physical exercise.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Worried that Muslims could be swayed by Yoga's elements of Hinduism, Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday banned the community from practicing the ancient physical exercise.
The National Fatwa Council issued a religious decree telling the Muslims that practicing Yoga was 'haram' or prohibited in Islam.
Apart from the physical movements, the yoga practices contain worshipping and chanting,
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As more and more Hindi films touch upon the subject of homosexuality, Kaumudi Gurjar reports on the
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Pune: The subject of homosexuality may be increasingly touched upon by Hindi filmmakers, the latest being Fashion, and be more readily accepted by the audience, but the community in the city is still apprehensive about coming out of the closet, fearing social banishment.
According to Bindumadhav Khire, who has been running the Samapatheek Trust an NGO that works for the rights of homosexuals and
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Blame it on my professional deadlines, compounded by the State I report from, where dramatic politic
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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I have never been a morning person. Blame it on my professional deadlines, compounded by the State I report from, where dramatic political events unfold at odd hours - late night press releases and midnight arrests. But presto, for quite sometime now, I've been almost effortlessly beating my alarm clock at the crack of dawn. I wouldn't attribute this entirely to my newfound love for badminton. F
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A police drive aimed at eradicating the eunuch menace in Bangalore triggered off a clash between pol
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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BANGALORE: A police drive aimed at eradicating the eunuch menace in Bangalore triggered off a clash between policemen and eunuchs at Banashankari on Monday evening. The incident occurred after five eunuchs were arrested for wrongful restraint and extortion of money from the public.
The eunuchs were arrested at around 5.30 pm in Girinagar, while they were extorting money from the public at a traff
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An NGO has found a solution and claims that it is doing well. In August alone the NGO has helped aro
Friday, October 17, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Business
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Wizened with wealth of experience and years of knowledge but to utilize the same in a gainful way is not an easy task for the senior citizens.
An NGO has found a solution and claims that it is doing well. In August alone the NGO has helped around 1000 senior citizens find gainful employment, says Himanshu Rath of Agewell Foundation. "We provide them with work assistance like home tuitions, manage
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Two activists sniffed around for clues before cops stormed Juhu party brimming with youngsters
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Afzal Khan and Kiran Hundal, who helped the Mumbai police bust a drug-fuelled party at Bombay 72 Degrees East' pub at Juhu on Sunday night, run an NGO called Adarsh Samaj Sevak Sangh, which is engaged in busting parties where drugs and other banned substances are sold to youngsters.
The duo came to know of the party while scanning social network sites. Suspecting that drugs would show up at the
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Gandhi shifts into South Mumbai boutique
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Fashion
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Mumbai: He put a spin on fashion like no designer ever could, making a coarse fabric a symbol of self-reliance and independence. And to celebrate the ever-so-relevant enigma called Mahatma Gandhi, fashion destination Bombay Electric organises By Hand, a week-long exhibition featuring the work of nine designers, NGOs and artisans of sustainable fashion, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. "Being a h
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Natural farming, need of the hour
Friday, September 26, 2008 www.thehindu.com
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Local
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PUDUKOTTAI: The students of the Government Arts College for Women were sensitised to the nuances of bio-farming during the two-day seminar and awareness programme on ‘natural farming’ organised jointly by the Botany Department of the College and the Centre for Human Rights and Development Trust, a NGO, recently.
The programme was sponsored by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technolog
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For a cause: Art and glamour bring cheer to cancer patients
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Features
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The two worlds of art and glamour have come out in support of the fight against cancer and to spread cheer among patients in the capital.
While an NGO took many cancer patients to an upscale mall, sponsored a movie screening and had socialites interact with them, an India-Britain collaboration held a mega art show, the proceed of which will go towards the fight against the disease.
The Cancer Pa
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No pension, 5 lakh senior citizens hunt for jobs in Blore
Monday, September 22, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Nations
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Bangalore: India's tech hub Bangalore has more than half a million senior citizens, of whom nearly 90 per cent are without any pension benefits, forcing many of them to go on working for a living and compete in a market that prefers young blood.
T Rameshwar, 65, retired as a teacher at a private school about five years ago. With his meagre savings fast dwindling, he is on the lookout for a job a
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