Everything you need to know about Tulsi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Tulsi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the city police on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him for writing an inflammatory article in a Mumbai daily in 2011.
Gurgaon, May 15 (IANS) A senior lawyer from Delhi, hired by the Haryana government to fight the case against workers for violence at Maruti's Manesar unit last year, was paid Rs.1.44 crore as fees in the last six months, a reply to a Right to Information application has revealed.
Chicago, May 10 (IANS) Over 2,000 doctors are expected to attend the five-day annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) - the largest ethnic medical organization in the US and a very politically influential group by virtue of their nationwide presence and wide social respect - from May 23.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Dismissing a plea by 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar challenging the rejection of his mercy plea by the president, the Supreme Court Friday refused to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, whose petition challenging the rejection of his mercy plea by the president was dismissed by the Supreme Court in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case, is undergoing treatment at a mental health institute, the office of his lawyer, K.T.S. Tulsi, said Friday.
Film: "Aashiqui 2"; Music Directors: Jeet Gangulli, Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari; Singers: Tulsi Kumar, KK, Arijit Singh, Mustafa Zahid, Shreya Ghoshal, Ankit Tiwari, and Palak Muchhal; Rating: ** 1/2
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Playback singer Tulsi Kumar, who has sung two songs for "Aashiqui 2", says her late father Gulshan Kumar was associated with the original therefore she feels an "emotional connect" with the remake.
Durban, March 27 (Xinhua-ANI): BRICS countries on Wednesday morning have launched the BRICS Business Council, the key institution expected to drive private sector investments among the five member countries.
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Actress-politician Smriti Irani, who will soon be seen as one of the 'naaykas' in horror TV show "Ek Thhi Naayka", says it is hard for anything in the world to scare her.
Film: "Nautanki Saala", Music Directors: Falak Shabir, Mikey McCleary, Rashid Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Rochak Kohli; Singers: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tulsi Kumar, Falak Shabir, Niti Mohan, Geet Sagar, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Saba Azad, and Nitin Mukesh; Rating ***
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition for contempt of court proceedings against the aviation watchdog for its alleged failure to bring in new norms to regulate pilots' flight duty time limit.
Film: "Zila Ghaziabad"; Music Directors: Amjad-Nadeem and Bappa Lahiri; Lyricist: Shabbir Ahmed; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Mika Singh, Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan, Tulsi Kumar, Mamta Sharma, Amjad Bagadba, Nadeem Khan, Anupama Raag, and Shadab Sabri; Rating: ***
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives, has joined the co-sponsors of a House Resolution calling for the US Postal Service to issue a postage stamp to commemorate Diwali.
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Risk taking is must for Ragini Khanna who doesn't like to just align herself with run-of-the-mill patterns on the small screen and prefers to work with innovative people.
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) President Barack Obama may not be there, but Indian-Americans are nevertheless going to have a ball Saturday night to mark the second-term inauguration of the man the community voted overwhelmingly for.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The media should exercise restraint and act in a responsible manner while reporting on sensitive issues, experts said here Friday.
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Five and a half years after a Hindu prayer opened a US Senate session, Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu to be elected to the US House of Representatives, created history by taking the oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu text.
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Ami Bera, an Indian-American physician from California and Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu ever elected to the US House of Representatives, created history as they were sworn in as members of the 113th Congress.
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Prominent in administration, well educated and well-heeled, with their population touching three million, Indian-Americans emerged from the shadows to join politics in large numbers in 2012 with a California physician creating history by winning a Congressional seat.
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Dismissing statements that rape be considered equal to murder and that the death penalty be imposed as punishment for it, legal experts and feminists said criminals are deterred by the certainty of punishment, not its severity.
Agra, Dec 19 (IANS) Where was Goswami Tulsi Das, creator of Ramcharitmanas and the Hanuman Chalisa, born? At Soron in Etah district or Rajpur in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh?
Film: 'Dabangg 2'; Music Director: Sajid?Wajid; Lyricists: Jalees Sherwani, Irshad Kamil and Sameer; Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal, Mamta Sharma, Wajid, Keerthi Sagathia, Sonu Nigam, Tulsi Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh; Rating: ***
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Ajmal Amir Kasab is the first non?Indian to be hanged in post?independent India.
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he is an admirer of athlete Milkha Singh, who turned 77 Tuesday. He says he is looking forward to watch his friend Farhan Akhtar play Flying Sikh on screen.
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Ami Bera, a Los Angeles?born physician son of Indian immigrants, was elected to the US Congress, repeating a 60?year?old feat by Dalip Singh Saund who was the first Indian American to win a Congressional election.
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Sixty years after Dalip Singh Saund created history to become the first Indian American to be elected to the US Congress, California physician Ami Bera repeated the feat in a tight race.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) With assembly elections in Gujarat a little more than a month away, a key issue is how the outcome will impact the many cases related to the 2002 communal riots that are under way in various courts. The answer, activists and jurists say, is: Well, not much.
Film: "Rush"; Music Director: Pritam; Lyricists: Sayeed Quadri, Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Hard Kaur; Singers: Shaan, Ash King, Rizwan-Muazzam, Jazzy B, Hard Kaur, Anupam Amod, Tulsi Kumar, Adnan Sami, Javed Bashir and Inderpreet Singh; Rating: **
Shimla, Oct 12 (IANS) Infighting within the ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh may cost it more than the main opposition Congress in the Nov 4 assembly elections.
Raipur, Sep 29 (IANS) Enraged by his father-in-law's refusal to return cash and jewels that the he had handed over for safe-keeping, a man strangulated his wife to death and later hanged himself in Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, police officials said Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined to quash the charge sheet filed against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav who was allegedly involved in a multi-million rupee "cash at door" corruption case.
Shimla, Aug 30 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly was Thursday adjourned sine die after four days of stormy monsoon session.
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) The Congress sponsored no-confidence motion against the 56-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated in the state assembly Tuesday night.
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly Tuesday took up a no-confidence motion, moved by the opposition Congress, against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) The monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh assembly began Monday on a stormy note with the Congress staging a walkout, demanding a probe into the 'chargesheet' submitted by it against the BJP government, which include graft charges against the chief minister.
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.27 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid urged the younger generation interested in various aspects of law, to spend time understanding its nuances, meaning and eventual application on society.
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) With both the Democratic and Republican parties out to woo the three million strong Indian-American community with its growing political clout, three of them have been given prime spots at the two parties' presidential conventions.
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday will decide the anticipatory bail plea of Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma.
New Delhi, Aug.14 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on an anticipatory plea for bail filed by absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, after it was opposed by the police, which said his custodial interrogation was necessary to unearth the conspiracy leading to the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma.
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard has a great chance to become the first Hindu member of the US House of Representatives in 2013 with her primary victory in a safe Democratic seat.
Chamba, July 29 (IANS) Minjar Fair, a Hindu fair that symbolises the blossoming of maize, began in this Himachal Pradesh town here Sunday.
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Management of Maruti Suzuki has sought fair and speedy probe followed by trial of the suspects in the violence that rocked its plant at Manesar in Haryana.
Kolkata/Manesar, July 24 (ANI): Days after the deadly riot at Suzuki's Manesar plant in which a senior manager was killed, Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday asked the workers and labourers not to resort to violence and realise that it is in their interest and that they do not have to face the future consequences.
Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) Despite the latest violence which left one senior official dead and nearly 100 injured, public sector automobile giant Maruti has no plans to shift its base from Haryana, company chairman R.C. Bhargava Monday assured Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday criticised the Central Road Research Institute's (CRRI) critical report on the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor here and rejected it in the Delhi High Court.
Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's Congress government, which is continuously batting for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor since its inception despite facing severe criticism due to heavy traffic congestion on South Delhi's BRT corridor, has said that it would study the report of Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), which was asked to prepare........
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday gave time till July 23 to the state government to analyse a Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) report that criticised the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor for traffic congestion.
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday exempted four minority colleges of Delhi University from reserving 27 percent seats for students from Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for the 2012-13 academic year.
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Wind turbine maker Suzlon Saturday said it will sell stake in its China manufacturing subsidiary to China Power New Energy (CPNE) Development Company for $60 million (Rs.340 crore).
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), May 14(ANI): The police in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, have arrested two men involved in the illegal supply of arms to Maoists and also seized three foreign made pistols.
Film: 'Dangerous Ishhq'; Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya; Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan and Shabbir Ahmed; Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Tulsi Kumar, Himesh Reshammiya, Anweshaa, Amrita Kak, Shreya Ghoshal, Shahab Sabri; Rating: ***
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Monday said its group subsidiary REpower Systems has bagged cumulative orders worth $387 million across Europe over a two-month period, excluding orders announced separately.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to set a time frame for deciding death row convicts' mercy petitions pending before it.
The medicinal qualities of the herb of Tulsi to treat cancer and radioactive effects have recently surfaced on the scientific discussion regarding cancer. Tulsi or basil as a Indian herb is well known for its healing properties for a number of diseases and natural therapies like cough and cold, influenza, physical impotence and weakness, purification of blood, etc.
ust a day after receiving criticism from Team Anna key member and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal over proposed bill of Lokayukta, Himachal Pradesh (HP) Chief Minister (CM) Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday introduced a bill in state legislation today......
Shimla, April 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday introduced a bill to put an effective Lokayukta system in place by giving more power to the ombudsman.
Shimla, April 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday introduced a bill to bring an effective Lokayukta system in place, giving more power to the ombudsman.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday called for the original files of 18 mercy petitions, including that of the 2001 parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, pending before the president for conversion of the death penalty to a life term.
Shimla, March 30 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly Friday passed the general budget for fiscal 2012-13 and related appropriation bill, authorising the government to spend Rs.21,738.32 crore from the consolidated fund.
Shimla, March 28 (IANS) Heated exchanges were witnessed between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh assembly Wednesday over alleged lapses in distribution of subsidised pulses. The case is being probed by the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau.
Film: 'Bittoo Boss'; Music Director: Raghav Sachar; Lyricists: Kumaar, Luv Ranjan, Aseem Ahmed Abbasi; Singers: Mika Singh, Raghav Sachar, Sonu Niigaam, Shahid Maliya, Master Saleem, Shreya Ghoshal, Tulsi Kumar, Natalie Di Luccio, Neeti Mohan; Rating: *** 1/2
London, Jan 15 (ANI): 'Yoga can damage your body' article in the New York Times has thrown its exponents off-balance and outraged a 5illion dollars by saying that the keep fit regime is bad for the body.
London, Jan 15 (ANI): 'Yoga can damage your body' article in the New York Times has thrown its exponents off-balance and outraged a 5illion dollars by saying that the keep fit regime is bad for the body.
India holy basil or tulsi (Ocimum Santum), known for its magical medicinal properties has now been detected with one more medicinal property.
The herbal plant holi 'Tulsi' (Indian Basil), grows in our country yard is so far being used as a home remedy for cough, cold and other ailments
Winter is a season of cold winds and hence we are easily affected by winter cold during this season.
Ranchi, Aug.15 (ANI): Acting on a tip off, Jharkhand Police have arrested seven Maoists and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in a daring raid conducted near the state capital Ranchi on Sunday.
Ahmedabad, Aug.12 (ANI): In a fresh blow to the Gujarat Government, another senior police officer Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajnish Rai has named Modi's close aide and former state police chief P C Pande as a conspirator in the Tulsi Prajapati 'fake' encounter case.
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (ANI): Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajnish Rai, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has named Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide and former Director General of Police (DGP) PC Pande as a conspirator in the Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case.
Kolkata, May 5 (ANI): Environment activists of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) here today distributed free saplings to spread awareness and encourage locals to know about global warming.
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Air India has organised flights with all women crew together with women dispatchers, women load and trim staff, women engineers, women staff at check-in counters, women doctor for crew breathalyser test, women staff for security checks and women conducting LOSA safety audit on the occasion of International Women's Day tomorrow.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has stated that the Government will review the provisions of defamation often used against journalists to harass them.
Wellington, Dec 11 (ANI): It seems New Zealand is winning over the Indian film industry.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Nov 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police took into its custody two suspected Maoists with arms and ammunitions here on Thursday.
Ahmedabad, Oct 9 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken into its custody Tulsi P. Ladani, the then assistant of State Bank of India (SBI), Kutiyana Branch, Porbandar, for misappropriation of Rs 5.24 crore from around 259 savings accounts.
Wellington, July 26 (ANI): Rumours are rife that Brad Pitt is in New Zealand, while the Indian restaurant in Wellington, where he reportedly ate is not sure if it served the Hollywood superstar.
Sonmarg, July 14 (ANI): The annual Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir has helped vendors and shopkeepers in the region, who are making good profits by selling Hindu religious items.
Mumbai, July 14 (ANI): At the age of 22 years, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi has become India's youngest assistant professor at the renowned Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai.
Aluva/Muvattupuzha (Kerala), July 10 (ANI): Training in jungle warfare is being imparted to police personnel in Jharkhand to combat Maoists in the region.
Kumaon (Uttarakhand), Mar 13 (ANI): Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva on Saturday inaugurated the first community radio of the state, the 'Kumaon Vani.'
Lalgarhi (Jharkhand), March 4 (ANI): Residents of Lalgarhi village in Jharkhand have evolved a justice system that prevents them to approach courts for day-to-day issues. Everyone here abides by village council's decision on all matters.
Bangalore, Aug 28 (ANI): After creating waves by completing Bachelors' degree at the age of 10 and Masters at 12, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, well known as child prodigy has achieved another milestone by becoming a PhD in Physics.
Nevada (US), Aug.9 (ANI): Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) reportedly will be in India in the third week of September to shoot "Eat, Pray, Love", and Hindus are concerned about the authenticity of the depiction of sacred ashram (retreat) and other Hinduism objects in the film.
Jammu, June 3 (ANI): Activists of the Bajrang Dal and the Shiv Sena here on Tuesday took to the streets to stage a demonstration against the recent attacks on Indian students in Australia.
Sikkim, May 24 (ANI): Assam Linzey in Sikkim celebrated Sakewa, a festival to offer tribute to Mother Earth on Saturday. Sakewa is held as a community prayer and during this festival sweets and food grains are offered to Lord Kubera, who is the God of food and wealth.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Call it a paradox of democracy - undertrials lodged in Indian jails can contest elections but cannot vote.
Toronto, April 19 (IANS) India is seeking increased nuclear cooperation with Canada to meet its growing energy demands, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here.
Ludhiana/ Mumbai/New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): Sikhs distributed sweets to mark the defiant act of a journalist from their community who threw a shoe at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a news conference after getting angry with the Minister's reply to a question about 1984 riots in which hundreds of Sikhs were killed.
New Delhi/Pune, Mar 31 (ANI/Business Wire India): Suzlon Energy Limited, the world's fifth leading wind turbine maker, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TERI University for setting up and offering an MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management.
Film: '8x10 Tasveer'; Music Director: Salim-Sulaiman and Bohemia; Lyrics: Irfan Siddique, Sameer and Bohemia; Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Mohit Chouhan, Tulsi Kumar, Neeraj Shridhar and Bohemia; Rating: ***
Lucknow, Feb 21 (ANI): Sushma Verma, a student of St. Meera's Inter College at Kanpur road here, entered the Limca Book of Records for being the youngest student to pass high school examination at the age of seven years, three months and 28 days.
London, Dec 19 (ANI): Former President Bill Clinton has raised millions of dollars from governments and politicians in the Middle East and Asia, raising fresh concerns about the impartiality of his wife Hillary's role as Secretary of State.
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Several Indian big-wigs, including industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, politician Amar Singh, corporate houses Reliance and Ranbaxy, media house India Today group and Confederation of Indian Industry figure in the list of prominent donors to the Clinton Foundation, according to the information made public Thursday.
New York, Dec 18 (IANS) Several Indian big-wigs, including industrialist Lakshmi Mittal and politician Amar Singh, figure in the list of donors to the Clinton Foundation, according to information made public Thursday.
If India retains a higher growth rate, there would be a huge energy crisis, assumed experts who gathered at the 24th India Economic Summit, jointly organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and World Economic Forum in New Delhi on Monday
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Those producing energy by using 'dirty' coal and 'dirty' diesel should be taxed for it and the money given to those generating and using clean energy, says the head of India's largest wind power equipment manufacturer Suzlon.
New Delhi, Nov.17 (ANI): Green and nuclear is the only way forward for India's energy requirements in the years to come.
New Delhi, Nov.17 (ANI): Green and nuclear is the only way forward for India's energy requirements in the years to come.
New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Mukesh Ambani has replaced steel magnate Lakshmi Niwas Mittal as the richest Indian in the world, according to the latest Forbes annual rich list for the country.
Varanasi/Allahabad, Nov 9 (ANI): Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges at Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to mark the onset of the auspicious marriage season on Sunday. Hindus believe that by taking a holy dip on the occasion of 'Devotthan Ekadashi' (11th day of lunar fortnight of Kartika month in Hindu calendar) makes their married lives hassle free and for those intending to get married, the marriage would get solemnized without any difficulties. As per the legend Hindu God Vishnu wakes up from his six months sleep on this day and it is believed that with this an auspicious period heralds. Ram Bharat Pandey, a priest in holy city of Varanasi said that devotees mark the beginning of the auspicious marriage season by symbolically marrying Tulsi (Medicinal Herb Basil) with Saligram ji (a symbolic form of Hindu God Shiva) as per the Hindu rituals. "From today the auspicious time for performing marriages and tonsuring starts. First of all the devotees bathe in the holy river Ganges and after that they perform Tulsi's mock marriage and all this makes the day important," said Pandey. Devotees like sixty-year-old Shobha Malviya hoped that by having a holy dip on this day would bring marital bliss. "According to a legend Tulsi had a special feelings for Saligram ji and the two got married. After taking bath in river Yamuna, we symbolically get Tulsi married of to Saligram ji, so that we could be as fortunate as they were," said Shobha. In India there is no greater event in a family than a wedding. Often arranged with Byzantine complexity, they best display the almost reason-defying permutations and combinations of the Indian social system defining everything from redistribution of wealth to building and restructuring social alignments. (ANI)
