Religion News – Newsletter for March 1, 2011

State not informed on clean chit to Karmapa: Dhumal

SHIMLA – Even as the central government is believed to have given a clean chit to Tibetan religious leader Karmapa on the recovery of unaccounted currency from his monastery, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Tuesday said the state was not informed in this regard.

Replying to a question by Congress member Kaul Singh …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : State not informed on clean chit to Karmapa: Dhumal.

Temples shut down to protest pollution in Yamuna

GOKUL – In an unprecedented display of solidarity with the movement launched by the ascetics and Sri Krishna devotees of the Braj Mandal, temples here were shut down for two hours to protest the pollution in the river Yamuna.

In the evening Monday, thousands of locals, high priests of the Sri Krishna, Baldeo (elder brother … Read more »»».