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Amid uproarious scenes, Karnataka Assembly today passed the controversial cow slaughter ban Bill, which provides for stringent punishment for violaters and makes the offence cognisable and non-bailable.

In a stinging rebuff to Penguin Publishers, the National Book Critics Circle did not award Wendy Doniger's book the non-fiction award. It is rumored that the publishers lobbied heavily to get the award for this book and this did not go down well with the judges.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): First it was sun worship and yoga in government schools and now the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has made it a mission to introduce the Bhagavad Gita in school curriculam.

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Fifth Annual Catholic Diocesan Youth Rally held at Reno (Nevada, USA), involving Catholic teenagers from various parts of Nevada, heard from area Muslim-Hindu-Buddhist-Jewish leaders.

“First Annual Inner-Faith Night” of University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) on March 3 saw various religious groups coming together in prayer and dialogue. Mantras from 'Rig-Veda' were read at the celebrations.

Religious statesman Rajan Zed has been nominated as Senior Fellow of “Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy”, who will also act as Religious Advisor on Hindu issues to the Foundation.

Globally renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) of New York is organizing “Scenes from the Ramayana” exhibition from March 31 to September 27. It will include selection of Indian paintings and sculptures about Rama.

Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is currently reportedly exhibiting various Hindu artworks, including “The Churning of the Ocean”.

Grammy winner American maverick cellist and composer David Darling plans to record a Hindu-themed album.

Hindus have welcomed Roman Catholics to yoga practice. Holy Name Cathedral Parish (Roman Catholic) on Wabash Avenue in Chicago (USA) has launched weekly 75-minute yoga sessions every Wednesday at the Parish Center.

Two yoga centered short movies—“Homeless Yoga” and “The Yoganator”—have been made in USA and Canada.

In its grand success of the 2nd anniversary of Hindu Samhati at Shraddhananda Park in Kolkata, a strong 12 thousand Samhati supporters, activists and sympathizers participated in this mega event very with full enthusiasm and gusto.

Board of Supervisors of Nevada’s capital Carson City reverberated with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures reportedly for the first time today. Rajan Zed, well known Hindu leader, delivered invocation from Sanskrit scriptures before Carson City Board of Supervisors today.

Timbul Haryono, a professor of archaeology at Gadjah Mada University here and an expert on Hinduism in Southeast Asia, said, "Hinduism was Indonesia’s main religion for 1,000 years, so its influence is still strong."

Oscar winner Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s (Shakespeare in Love) blog “GOOP—nourish the inner aspect”, while talking about “meditation”, advises “try to smile all day”.