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Lucknow, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party, on Thursday met Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, in Lucknow to seek blessings and spiritual guidance. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Yadav said he had come to pay his respects and gain knowledge from the revered seer. "I have just returned from meeting the revered Shankaracharya. And now that he has come to Lucknow, the capital, we all wished to seek his blessings. We ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: The Prayagraj Police have intensified their investigation after an FIR was filed against Swami Avimukteshwaranand, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirpeeth, for alleged child sexual abuse. On Monday afternoon, a police team arrived in Varanasi and may question the seer if necessary. The team could also move forward with his arrest. Meanwhile, on Monday morning, the Shankaracharya held a meeting with lawyers at his Varanasi ashram. It is believed he may approach the Allahabad High Court to se ...Read More >
Ayodhya: Prashant Singh, Deputy Commissioner in the State Tax Department posted in Ayodhya, has resigned from his post, saying he was deeply hurt by remarks made by Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Announcing his decision after submitting his resignation to the Governor, Singh said that in recent days the Shankaracharya had been making repeated offensive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. "I am a salar ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adtiyanath on Wednesday gave a terse warning to hoodlums who indulge in eve-teasing. He said: "Agar Yamraj ka ticket chahiye to beti ko cher kar dekh lo (Try teasing a daughter only if you want a meet Yamraj - the Hindu God of death).The CM made the statement at an event where he distributed free LPG gas cylinder refills to 1.86 crore beneficiaries of the Ujjwala Yojana ahead of Diwali."BJP's double engine govt has ensured that if someone dared to tease or harass a g ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: CM Yogi Adtiyanath on Wednesday gave a terse warning to hoodlums who indulge in eve-teasing. He said: "Agar Yamraj ka ticket chahiye to beti ko chhed kar dekh lo (Try teasing a daughter only if you want a meet Yamraj - the Hindu God of death).The CM made the statement at an event where he distributed free LPG refills to benficiaries of the Ujjwala Yojana ahead of Diwali. The scheme will benefit 1.86 crore households."BJP's double engine govt has ensured that if someone dared to tease or ...Read More >
Self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati faces five days of police custody. He was arrested in Agra for molesting female students at a Vasant Kunj institute. Saraswati, a former college chairman, allegedly created a zone of fear in the hostel. He used remote CCTV access and tampered with DVR systems. Financial misconduct charges also emerged against him. Delhi's Patiala House Court on Sunday remanded self-styled godman Parthasarathy alias Chaitanyananda Saraswati to five days of police custo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 17 women students at a private management institute here, was taken to its campus on Monday to recreate the sequence of events, police said. Saraswati, 62, who was arrested early Sunday from a hotel in Agra, was brought to the institute where he earlier served as chairman, an officer said. "He was taken to his office and asked about the CCTVs installed on the campus and hostel. There were CCTVs out ...Read More >
New Delhi: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the self-proclaimed spiritual leader on the run after allegations of sexual abuse came to light at a private city institute, is no stranger to controversy. Saraswati, initially known as Swami Parthasarathy alias Swami Dr Parthasarathy, was living at Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management for nearly 12 years. With the latest FIR, he now faces five cases, including those related to sexual harassment, fraud and forgery. In 2009, he was booked in a case ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 17 girl students of a Delhi institute, allegedly used different names and particulars to operate bank accounts and withdrew over Rs 50 lakh after FIR was registered against him, investigators claimed on Friday. During the investigation, it was revealed that Saraswati had allegedly been operating a bank account under two different names by submitting documents with varying particulars at the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Delhi's Patiala House Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Chaitanyanand Saraswati. He had sought anticipatory bail in a case of alleged financial irregularities lodged against him. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Dr Hardeep Kaur dismissed the plea after hearing the submissions made by the counsel for the accused, counsel for the complainant and the Delhi police. An FIR has been lodged in connection with an alleged multi-crore fraud, for ...Read More >
So far, two cars have been traced to Saraswati -- a Volvo with a forged diplomatic number plate '39 UN 1' registered with a fake address and a BMW he purchased in March. | File Image A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati in an alleged cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy case against him. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur said, "Investigation of the present case is at a nascent stage and the investigating officer ( ...Read More >
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New Delhi: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Dr. Parthasarthy, the self-styled godman and chairman of a private management institute at Vasant Kunj in southwest Delhi, is facing the law after sexual harassment complaints from more than 17 female students surfaced. Run under Sri Sharada Peetham of Karnataka's Sringeri, the institute offers postgraduate management diplomas across multiple states. The scandal came to light in August when the institute's administration filed a complaint ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of a matter involving Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati (alias Parth Sarthy), Director and Member of the Management Committee of the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management in New Delhi. He is accused of abusing, harassing, and sexually harassing over 15 female students, including women who were enrolled in the EWS scholarship program. Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Jharkhand government declared a three-day state mourning, starting Monday, following the passing of the state's former Chief Minister and co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren. "In honour of the late Honourable former Chief Minister-cum-Rajya Sabha MP, the State Government has decided to observe 03 (three) days of state mourning from August 4 to August 6," the message from the Jharkhand government read. Also Read | Kerala Shocker: 47- ...Read More >
Mumbai: The debate over the term 'Saffron Terror' continues after the Verdict in the Malegaon Blasts case. Commenting on the term, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj underlined that colour means nothing with the word terrorism and noted that those who associate a colour with terrorism are the supporters of terrorism. The Shankarachary said, "A terrorist is a terrorist...What does colour mean with the word terrorism? Terrorism is terrorism, and a zero-tolerance policy shou ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand has said that a living cow should have been taken into the new Parliament building at Central Vista during its inauguration."If a statue of a cow can enter Parliament, why can't a living cow be taken inside?" he told reporters on Sunday. He pointed out that the Sengol held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while entering the new Parliament building had a cow engraved on it."A real cow should have also been taken into the building to bestow blessings. If ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is anti-national and only supports the Muslims of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign meeting in Bodoland Territorial Region, Sarma also claimed that the Congress does "not respect icons of Assam", like the Kamakhya temple and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. "Rahul Gandhi is an anti-India person. He is only with Bangladeshi and P ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Sunday questioned as to why the police could not arrest the perpetrators of the seven blasts that rocked the country's financial capital, Mumbai. Addressing media persons, he said, "Terrorists commit the heinous act and escape, and the police fail to nab them. It is a slap on our capability." When asked about his take on the terms "Hindu terrorism" and "saffron terrorism", he said, "Terrorism has n ...Read More >
Srinagar: Another batch of 6,064 pilgrims left for Kashmir from Jammu on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, as over 2.34 lakh had 'darshan' during the last 13 days. Officials said over 2.34 lakh Yatris have so far performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra since it started on July 3. "Another batch of 6,064 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas Jammu in two escorted convoys for the Valley today. First escorted convoy of 95 vehicles carrying 2,471 yatris left at 3.30 a.m. for Baltal bas ...Read More >
PRNewswire Chandigarh [India], July 15: Chandigarh University, India leading private university, in collaboration with job platform Apna and investment firm Venture Catalysts (VCats) have launched Campus Tank, India first university-led Startup launch-pad for young innovators below the age of 30 to pitch their ideas and get funding of $1 Million to launch their startups along with expert venture guidance, strategic ecosystem alliances and immersive startup incubation. APNA which is India larges ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 15 (ANI/ARAB NEWSWIRE): One year ago, India played host to a wedding that captured not only the nation imagination but also the world attention. The marriage of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani in July 2024 was more than a union of two individuals; it was a powerful assertion of India cultural identity, spiritual depth, and global reach. In a world where weddings often lean toward the performative, the Ambani-Merchant nuptials were a conscious reassertion of meaning--where traditi ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 15 (ANI/ARAB NEWSWIRE): One year ago, India played host to a wedding that captured not only the nation's imagination but also the world's attention. The marriage of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani in July 2024 was more than a union of two individuals; it was a powerful assertion of India's cultural identity, spiritual depth, and global reach. In a world where weddings often lean toward the performative, the Ambani-Merchant nuptials were a conscious reassertion of meaning--where t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 13 (PTI) The Odisha government has started working on securing copyright for the rituals of Lord Jagannath temple in Puri to protect its traditional cultural expressions, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of the pilgrim town, said. The statement came amid resentments among the devotees of Lord Jagannath over the untimely celebration of Lord Jagannath's rituals by the ISKCON abroad and the West Bengal government's declaration of a temple in Digha as "Jagannath ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 13 (PTI) The Odisha government has started working on securing copyright for the rituals of Lord Jagannath temple in Puri to protect its traditional cultural expressions, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of the pilgrim town, said. The statement came amid resentments among the devotees of Lord Jagannath over the untimely celebration of Lord Jagannath's rituals by the ISKCON abroad and the West Bengal government's declaration of a temple in Digha as "Jagannath ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): The former King of Puri, Gajapati Dibyasingh Deb, has objected to ISKCON devotees celebrating Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra 'throughout the year' outside India, calling it 'inappropriate', thus against tradition and scriptures. He said talks are ongoing with ISKCON's head office in West Bengal to stop such practices. 'There is a specified date for that in our Sanatan Vedic culture, and it is celebrated only on Jyeshtha Purnima. We are seeing that the ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): The former King of Puri, Gajapati Dibyasingh Deb, has objected to ISKCON devotees celebrating Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra throughout the year outside India, calling it inappropriate, thus against tradition and scriptures. He said talks are ongoing with ISKCON head office in West Bengal to stop such practices. There is a specified date for that in our Sanatan Vedic culture, and it is celebrated only on Jyeshtha Purnima. We are seeing that the ISKCON is ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 12: Jagadguru Shankaracharya Maharaj Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati responded on Saturday to the ongoing Marathi-Hindi language debate in Maharashtra, expressing support for the Marathi language and emphasising its importance. Speaking to IANS, he said: "Everyone should learn Marathi, and we are also making efforts in that direction. When we leave here, we will try to communicate in Marathi. Some brothers are very eager to teach Marathi, and if such people guide us, we will learn qui ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Maharaj Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati responded on Saturday to the ongoing Marathi-Hindi language debate in Maharashtra, expressing support for the Marathi language and emphasising its importance. Speaking to IANS, he said: "Everyone should learn Marathi, and we are also making efforts in that direction. When we leave here, we will try to communicate in Marathi. Some brothers are very eager to teach Marathi, and if such people guide us, w ...Read More >
PURI: Inexplicable delay marked the Rath Yatra as none of the three chariots could even be pulled half the distance from Shree Jagannath Temple en route to Gundicha Temple and chaos reigned supreme at the annual festival of the holy Trinity on Friday. Erratic movement of Lord Balabhadra's Taladhwaja and an uncontrollable crowd triggered a chain of events in which Nandighosha, Lord Jagannath's chariot which is the last to be pulled, could barely move a few metres and had to halt for the night al ...Read More >
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