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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Ashram

Haryana moves to take over Dhirendra Brahmachari’s ashram. All about Aparna Institution & the yoga guru

The Aparna Institution (Taking Over of Management and Control) Bill, 2025, seeks to vest institution’s management in the state govt for a period of 10 years.

Delhi author talks of spiritual awakening. Scottish guru, milking cows played a role

Author Madhu Tandan launched a revised version of her 1997 memoir, recounting her seven-year spiritual journey to the Himalayas, at Delhi’s IIC

5 yrs since Rohini ashram raid, CBI can’t catch rape accused ‘godman’. But you can find him on YouTube

Ashrams run by 'godman' Virendra Dev Dixit under court & CBI scanner since 2017 raid at one ashram in Delhi's Rohini where 100+ girls were living in 'animal-like conditions'.

When Ma Anand Sheela met Indira Gandhi to talk of ‘land woes’ and Osho’s ashram

In ‘Nothing To Lose: The Authorised Biography of Ma Anand Sheela’, Manbeena Sandhu writes about the struggle to get enough land for ‘Osho’ or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s ashram in India.

Why the BJP will count the number of temples and ashrams in your locality

The attempt is to identify local 'influencers' but there is another benefit the party hopes to draw from the exercise.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.