On Tuesday, November 03, 6-year-old autistic boy Jeremy Mardis was tragically gunned down by Louisiana police. In initial reports, the police claimed Jeremy’s father had a warrant to be arrested, had a gun, tried to run over […]
Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It’s the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that’s marked by four […]
Dhanteras is an important part of Diwali celebrations. Dhanteras marks the first day of Diwali celebrations. Dhanteras is also called Dhanvantari Trayodashi. It falls on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month […]
The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Nanak from detention in the Gwalior Fort coincides with Hindu festival of Diwali. This coincidence has resulted in similarity of celebration amongst Sikhs and Hindus. The Sikhs […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be greeted on his maiden visit to the UK by a peppy new song by popular Bollywood playback singer Kanika Kapoor which will highlight the friendship between the two countries. […]
WASHINGTON: The Washington, DC, chapter of the American India Foundation (www.aif.org – Twitter @AIFoundation) raised more than $200,000 for its Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI), at its annual gala held at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, […]
Two Indian brothers charged with providing support to al-Qaeda had discussed ideas for an Islamist insurgency in India, documents filed by United States prosecutors show. Hyderabad-born Yahya Farooq Mohammad and Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad were indicted […]
Dealing a body blow to BJP led alliance NDA, and denting the image of PM Modi as election winner, the Mahagatbandhan of JDU-RJD-Congress scored an unimagined and unprecedented landslide victory with a clear two-thirds majority […]
In a huge setback to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), an opposition grand alliance ( Mahagathbandhan) led by chief minister Nitish Kumar has dealt a shocker to NDA by securing a […]
November 8, 2015: ‘The People of Bihar have spoken loudly and clearly that they thoroughly reject the politics of growing intolerance and polarization by BJP, that has been promoted ever since their ascendance to power. […]
Nov 07: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher today led a march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to counter the protests by writers, artistes and others against “rising intolerance”,voicing concern over the “wrong projection” of India by those […]
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new plan to strip state grant funding from county sheriff’s with a Sanctuary City policy of not honoring ICE detainers. The move follows Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday, November 3, at two campaign stops in Iowa that she would like to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour from the current $7.25. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Mars has acid fog which eats away rocks and is caused by volcanic eruptions on the red planet, a new study suggests. A planetary scientist has found how acidic vapours may have […]
Finding the perfect fragrance can be a tough nut to crack! Choose a perfume from family of six fragrance groups – fresh, floral, oriental, woods, fougere and chypre, that blends with your personality, says an expert. […]
If you’ve been experiencing hair fall and want your hair to grow faster, here’s what you need to do Trim your hair every month The ideal way to ensure that your hair grows faster is […]
Angelina Jolie was wracked with nerves as she prepared to shoot a naked bathtub scene in her new movie “By The Sea” after undergoing a double mastectomy. The 40-year-old actress, who initially went under the knife […]
Actress Nicole Kidman is in negotiations to star in the upcoming film “Wonder Woman”, joining Gal Gadot, who plays the title role of the Amazonian Princess. According to TheWrap, Kidman is being eyed to play “a […]
STORY: Chef Adam Jones, rated two stars by Michelin for the culinary marvels served at his old Parisian restaurant, might know his business in the kitchen. But a past drug and alcohol addiction has left […]
The poster of Sunny Leone’s much talked-about upcoming adult comedy, Mastizaade, is finally out and is piping hot. The Ek Paheli Leela actress has a double role in the film. While on one hand, she plays […]
Applauded for doing movies centred around the fairer sex, like Kahaani and The Dirty Picture, actress Vidya Balan feels there is no harm in pronouncing films as ‘women-centric’. “It’s been the norm, every film is male-centric… […]
STORY: Guddu (Kunal Kemmu), a Bihari salesman based in Kolkata, makes out with lonely housewives for fun. His interest in women is limited to physical intimacy. This hurts ‘bholi’ (Aparna Sharma), a wannabe ramp model, […]
The growing ethnic and cultural diversity of Hindu religion throughout the world provides the opportunity to participate in the celebrations and rituals of Diwali festival that enhances the feelings of being part of a close-knit group […]
Deepavali or Diwali means “a row of lights”. It falls on the last two days of the dark half of the Hindu month of Kartik. Mythical Origins of Diwali There are various alleged origins attributed to this […]
© The Indian Panorama