A group of 20 IPS traineeofficers on a day's visit to the city as part of Bharat Darshan programmelearned about the role of Surat Police in disaster management on Friday.Siddharth Khatri, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Zone 1, toldTOI, "These officers undergoing training at National Police Academy (NPA)visited the city and were acquainted with its culture," Earlier, they had beento Goa and Mumbai....
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A physically-challenged social activist, M. Lakshman of Kadapa, has been chosen for the ‘Bharat Darshan’ yatra of north-eastern States, organised by the Directorate of Field Publicity of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, from November 10 to 25. Mr. Lakshman was among 15 persons selected from all over the State for the yatra to the ongoing projects and witness the developmental programmes...
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Indian Railway Catering and Touring Corporation’s ‘Bharat Darshan’ tourist train, covering various destinations in South India, will depart Vijayawada on December 14 covering Guruvayur, Kochi, Chottanikkara, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, Rameswaram and Madurai during a trip of eight days. It will return to Vijayawada on December 21. The train is run on village-on-wheels concept.The package cost of Rs. 4,616...
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Jeff McMahan talks about his adventurous journey in an auto from Shillong to Goa.His family has developed what they and the World Record Academy call the world’s fastest street-legal car — a 1,600 horsepower monster that does zero to 60 in just 2.1 seconds. You’d imagine that someone like him would be, if nothing else, slightly sniffy about his wheels. Far from it. Much as he enjoys the monstrous Maxximus...
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TIRUMALA: There was an overwhelming response to the newly-introduced ‘Seeghra darshan’ system from the devotees spread all across the State. Almost all the devotees who participated in ‘Dial TTD E.O.’ programme on Friday heaped praises on the TTD management. They thanked the TTD for the innovative darshan system which they termed was a ‘catalyst’ in mitigating the difficulties of the visiting devotees.Participating...
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famous Panchalinga Darshan began at Talkand in T Narasipura Taluk of this district in the early hours of today with special pooja to Vaidyeswara, the principal deity.At the crack of dawn, thousands of piligrims took a holy dip in River Cauvery and trekked along the sand dunes to have darshan at five temples (Panchalinga Darshan)-- Vaidyeswara, Pataleswara, Maraleshwara, Mallikarjuneshwara (at Mudukutoe)...
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TALKAD(Mysore): South India's biggest religious congregation after Mahamastabhishekato Lord Gommateshwara at Shravanabelagola, has come visiting the religious siteearly.The Panchalinga Darshan Mahotsava starts from Thursday and thetemple town of Talkad, keeping its date with history and mythology, is ready tohost the event. The 2009 edition of the festivities has come early this timesince the millennium's...
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Perhaps for the first time in Sikh history, a former Takht Jathedar has been directed to appear before the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism.Former Akal Takht Jathedar Darshan Singh Ragi has been directed by the Sikh clergy to appear before the Takht on December five to explain his conduct with regard to certain 'adverse' comments that he had made during a religious congegration at a...
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