By Arun Kumar Das Vrindavan: Amid a chorus of popular songs, hand-clapping and lots of flowers, widows of this Hindu holy city celebrated Diwali on Sunday evening by lighting only earthen lamps and candles in keeping with the Supreme Court directives for ensuring a pollution-free celebration. This assumes significance as[Read More…]
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UP: Vrindavan instates home for 1000 widows
A special home to house around 1,000 widows will be inaugurated at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh on Friday by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, official sources said. ‘Krishna Kutir’ – said to be largest such facility constructed by a government – was constructed on 1.4 hectares at a cost of 57.48[Read More…]
New shelter home in Vrindavan for 1,000 widows
New Delhi: A new shelter home for widows, with capacity for 1,000 people, has been constructed in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan by the Union Women and Child Development Ministry, an official statement said on Tuesday. The ministry signed an MoU on Tuesday with Uttar Pradesh’s Women and Child Development Department, which[Read More…]
Students make human chain in UP against plastic use
Over 10,000 students from various educational institutions formed a human chain in Uttar Pradesh‘s Vrindavan on Friday to express solidarity with the ban on polythene use and to make people aware of its negative effects on the environment. The human chain was 10.5 km long and was made at Parikrama[Read More…]