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Remembering Swami Vivekananda and his teachings on his birth anniversary
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Deepali Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 03:08 PM IST
The speech gained the spotlight as Hinduism and its philosophy was introduced to the western world for the first time in Chicago.
News updates from Hindustan Times: Amit Shah pays tributes to Arun Jaitley on his birth anniversary and all the latest news
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON DEC 28, 2020 01:04 PM IST
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President Kovind pays floral tributes to Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary
New Delhi | By Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 11, 2020 01:53 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal to freedom fighters Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajlakshmi on December 11, 1935.
Trident Group to train 1,500 people under Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
Hindustan Times/Ludhiana | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 05, 2020 12:35 AM IST
The trades to be covered under the training program are apparel and textiles and the five districts being targeted for the scheme are Barnala, Bathinda, Sangrur, Fazilka and Mansa.
Sikh pilgrims leave for Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By Anil Sharma
PUBLISHED ON NOV 27, 2020 04:59 PM IST
Every year, the Pakistan government had been granting visas to 2,500 Indian Sikhs. But this year, the list was shorter at 883 due to the Covid pandemic.
Remembering Indira Gandhi on her 103rd birth anniversary: Rare photos, quotes of India’s first and only female Prime Minister
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Alfea Jamal
UPDATED ON NOV 19, 2020 06:42 PM IST
Indira Gandhi, India’s first and only female Prime Minister and better known as the Iron Lady of India, was born on November 19 in 1917. Here are some rare photos and inspiring quotes of the ‘Woman of the Millennium’.
Declare Netaji’s birthday as national holiday, Mamata Banerjee tells PM
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 18, 2020 08:40 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee also requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make public the findings about what really happened to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Roundabout: Play the rabab, Mardania, November is here
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Nirupama Dutt
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2020 11:49 PM IST
The forgotten value of Mardana in the world of Guru Nanak is being invoked by contemporary poets, painters, fiction writers and scholars in the true spirit of Sikhi
India is fighting Covid-19 and coming out of it: PM Modi at Statue of Unity
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2020 01:51 PM IST
On the occasion of National Unity Day, PM Modi visited the Statue of Unity in Kevadia and paid his respects to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 145th birth anniversary.
Himachal’s buyback policy for plastic yields positive result
Hindustan Times/Dharamshala | By Naresh K Thakur
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2020 12:44 AM IST
A year on, Dharamshala MC collects 20 tonnes of single-use non-recyclable plastic waste under scheme of which 13 tonnes have been used by Solan cement plant as fuel
Commemorating the 101st birth anniversary of Dr Stya Paul
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2020 07:39 PM IST
He was an eminent industrialist, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter, and inspiration behind the Apeejay Stya Group and Svran Group.
APJ Abdul Kalam 89th birth anniversary: 10 inspiring quotes by the Missile Man of India to skyrocket your dreams
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2020 12:50 PM IST
APJ Abdul Kalam 89th birth anniversary: 10 motivational quotes by the former President of India whose birthday is also celebrated as World Students’ Day
‘Pathway to self-reliant rural India’: PM Modi’s top quotes from SVAMITVA event
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON OCT 11, 2020 02:13 PM IST
PM Modi was joined by Union minister for agriculture and rural affairs Narendra Singh Tomar, chief minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and deputy CM Dushyant Singh Chautala, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
What Akshaye Khanna said about Vinod Khanna leaving family for Osho: ‘Something must have moved him so deeply inside’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Entertainment Desk
UPDATED ON OCT 07, 2020 12:53 PM IST
On Vinod Khanna’s 74th birth anniversary, here’s revisiting what his son Akshaye Khanna said about him leaving the family behind to join the Rajneesh Movement in Oregon, US in the 1970s.
Gandhi Jayanti: Drama returns to Delhi’s stage with Bapu’s footsteps
Hindustan Times | By Henna Rakheja
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2020 04:39 PM IST
National School of Drama is all set to stage its first performance since Covid-19 lockdown, and the play shall mark Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
Bhagat Singh’s statue unveiled in Ambala
Hindustan Times, Ambala | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Unveiling the statues of the freedom fighter and his companions Sukhdev and Rajguru, Ambala City MLA Aseem Goyal said it was only because of these martyrs that Indians would enjoy freedom today
Punjab to move Supreme Court against Centre’s farm laws: Capt Amarinder Singh
Hindustan Times, Khatkar Kalan | By Gagandeep Singh
PUBLISHED ON SEP 28, 2020 03:22 PM IST
Chief minister says will request Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to join farmers’ protest and build pressure on the BJP-led Centre
PM Modi pays tribute to Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Prashasti Singh
PUBLISHED ON SEP 28, 2020 12:01 PM IST
Bhagat Singh’s defiance of the British rule from a very young age, his revolutionary acts to target the empire and his hanging when he was only 23 have made him one of the more notable heroes of the Indian Independence movement.
Punjab CM to stage ‘dharna’ against farm bills on Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary
Hindustan Times, SBS Nagar | By Gagandeep Jassowal
UPDATED ON SEP 27, 2020 06:13 PM IST
Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of the freedom fighter, is the protest venue
Guest Column: Remembering Kumari Vidyavati Anand, an educationist par excellence
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Usha Verma
PUBLISHED ON SEP 05, 2020 11:03 PM IST
The founder principal of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalya (HRMV) in Jalandhar was devoted to Gandhiji’s way of life, wore khadi and believed in empowering people who worked for her
Aditya Chopra to build a museum for his family banners’ iconic movies?
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Prashant Singh
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 05:41 PM IST
Apparently, as a part of the 50th year celebrations of his family banner, Yash Raj Films, filmmaker Aditya Chopra is set to unveil plans of a museum dedicated to all the projects that have been made, till date, under his home banner
Firaq Gorakhpuri 124th birth anniversary: Immortal couplets on love and life by the legendary Urdu poet
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 05:08 PM IST
Firaq Gorakhpuri 124th birth anniversary: Remembering the Padma Bhushan awardee with some of his Urdu couplets on love and life that are still relevant in 2020
‘I don’t think only certain community’s people are all negative’: Baba Azmi on villains of Mee Raqsam
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Soumya Srivastava
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2020 07:09 AM IST
Cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Baba Azmi has made his directorial debut with Mee Raqsam. In this interview, he talks about his film, his father and Mijwan.
Amrish Puri’s grandson Vardhan Puri on his birth anniversary: He never liked to make a big fuss about birthdays
Hindustan Times | By Rishabh Suri
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2020 05:32 PM IST
Actor Vardhan Puri, grandson of the late legendary actor Amrish Puri, recalls how his grandfather loved keeping birthdays simple, with home cooked food and watching Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor and Hitchcock classics.
Amrish Puri’s birthday: Vardhan says his grandad loved simple food, Shah Rukh and Salman would good-naturedly tease him
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Entertainment Desk
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2020 12:57 PM IST
Actor Vardhan Puri, in a new interview, spoke at length about his legendary grandfather Amrish Puri on his 88th birthday anniversary. He said he was fond of home-made food and was often teased by his co-stars about it.
Rabindranath Tagore’s 159th birth anniversary to be a low-key affair during coronavirus lockdown in Bengal
Kolkata | By Press Trust of India - Posted by Alfea Jamal
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Amid the ongoing lockdown to fight COVID-19, the West Bengal government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on Friday in a less colourful manner, a senior government official said.
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020: Inspirational quotes and messages by the Bard of Bengal
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2020 08:44 AM IST
Rabindranath Tagore was not only the first Asian Nobel Laureate, but also had a dinosaur, Barapasaurus Tagorei, named after him. Here are some inspirational quotes by Gurudev to inspire and give hope during Covid times.
Google Doodle pays tribute to Clara Rockmore and the theremin, a musical instrument
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 11:53 AM IST
Clara Rockmore used to play the theremin, an unusual instrument. The theremin is a gesture controlled instrument which has no strings or keys.
Haemophilia Day 2020: Significance and history
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2020 04:49 PM IST
Every year on April 17, Haemophilia Day is recognised to raise awareness about Haemophilia and other similar bleeding disorders.
BBC releases rare footage of Pandit Ravi Shankar on 100th birth anniversary
London | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2020 06:27 PM IST
Rare footage of Pandit Ravi Shankar has been unveiled to the mark the 100th birth anniversary of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.