Bishop of Hereford is to become one of 26 Lords Spirituals who sit in the Upper House as a spiritual guide and adviser to the government.The Archbishops of York and Canterbury and Englan's three most senior bishops have an automatic right to sit in the House of Lords.The remaining Lords Spirituals are the 21 next most senior diocesan bishops, determined by their length of service.Bishop Priddis was...
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's cousin Nirupama Rajapakse and her husband Thirukumar Natesan visited the revered Sri Meenakshi-Sundareswarar and Lord Subramaniya Swamy temples at Tirupparankundram, amid tight security here today.Ms Rajapakse, a Member of Parliament of ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), who was on a private visit to Tamil Nadu, arrived at the Meenakshi-Sundareswarar...
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Bishop of Gloucester has been appointed to the House of Lords, it has been announced.Michael Perham joins the Lords Spiritual after the retirement of the Bishop of Portsmouth.He will join 25 other Church of England clerics, including the Archbishops of York and Canterbury.He said: "It's an honour and a privilege to speak for the Church and to speak for Gloucestershire in Parliament."Bishop Michael...
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Lord Diljit Rana, India's ConsulGeneral in Northern Ireland, has been honoured with aprestigious fellowship by the Griffith College in Dublin forhis contribution to business in Ireland, spanning more than 30years.Lord Rana is Chairman and Managing Director ofBelfast-based Andras House Ltd. He has contributedsignificantly to economic development and job creation inBelfast.He is also responsible for...
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Chennai: When it comes to bhakti, it is never too early to start. Even a foetus is capable of hearing the name of the Lord, and such early exposure to the Lord’s name is desirable.The Apastamba Sutra says that after the seemantham ceremony is over, it is important to sing with the veena as accompaniment.The verse that is sung should emphasise that Lord Narayana is our king, that we are governed by...
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former Tory leader William Hague, left, and his wife Ffion with Lord Ashcroft in 2005. Mr Hague said the peer is now a UK taxpayerThe Conservative Party sought to defuse the controversy over its deputy chairman, Lord Ashcroft, yesterday by confirming that he is paying tax in Britain.William Hague, who, when he was Tory leader, nominated the billionaire businessman for a peerage, said he had been told...
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owners of Lord's say they are not planning to sell the stadium's naming rights to finance a £400m redevelopment of the famous venue.The redevelopment plans will in part be funded by flats around the stadium, but the MCC says it will not even look at selling rights for individual stands.MCC chief executive Keith Bradshaw told BBC Radio 5 live: "There's no way we would rename Lord's.He added: "It's something...
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India is being approached to sponsor Lord's cricket ground - the Mecca of international cricket - the owners of the ground were quoted as saying Wednesday.India will be approached for buying sponsorship rights as part of a 400 million pound redevelopment plan, Keith Bradshaw, chief executive of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord's, told The Times newspaper.Bradshaw told the paper he...
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Lord's could be rebranded aspart of a 400-million-pound redevelopment of the home of the cricket, aLondon-based newspaper reported on Wednesday.Lord's could be turnedinto a super-stadium and the naming rights of the sport's most famous groundsold to a sponsor, a move that risks sparking scorn from cricket enthusiasts,The Times said.Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord's innorthwest London,...
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