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Mahavir Jayanti Celebration | Ekta Mandir! 2016-04-20 09:53:57
Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated on the 13th day of Hindu month of Chaitra by the Jain community around the world. It is the most important religious holiday for Jains. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, twenty fourth and the last...
Keywords: Indo American Foundation of Arizona, Mahavir Jayanti, Jain community, Tirthankara
Read MoreMumbai meat ban trends on twitter after BMC announcement 2015-09-08 11:59:28
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has banned meat in Mumbai for four days in view of the Jain fasting season. It came just days after the ban of sale of meat by neighboring Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC), led by BJP,...
Keywords: BMC announcement, BMC announcement, Twitter, Mumbai meat ban
Read MoreHC Order On Jain Custom Of Santhara Voluntary Fast-Unto-Death Stayed By SC 2015-08-31 09:17:26
The Supreme Court has stayed the Rajasthan High Court’s order that earlier declared a Jain custom of embracing voluntary death, Santhara as illegal. On 10 August 2015, the High Court declared the Jain practice as illegal in a judgment. The...
Keywords: High Court’s order on Santhara, Santhara, voluntary death, Jain custom
Read MoreIndian Businessman Dies of Heart Attack in UAE During his First Holiday Abroad 2020-01-09 07:31:09
Nem Chand Jain, an Indian businessman, has died of cardiac failure in his first trip abroad, based on a media report.The 61-year-old businessman being accompanied by his wife Rosy who were hailing from Punjab had come to Dubai on January...
Keywords: UAE, heart attack, heart attack, UAE
Read MoreJains fall under religious minority in Telangana 2016-05-23 10:52:24
The Telangana government has declared the Jain community as a religious minority. Following the presentation of the issue to the government by Delhi-based organization named the All India Digamber Jain Organisations Coordination Committee, the Minorities Welfare Department (MWD) issued a...
Keywords: Jain community, minority, Jain community, Jain community
Read MoreFeasibility Of Meat Ban In Metropolitan City Questioned By Bombay HC 2015-09-11 04:34:41
The Bombay high court (HC) said that imposing meat ban and ban on animal slaughter for four days during 'Paryushan', the Jain festival, in a metropolitan city like Mumbai is not feasible. The HC has sought response, on a petition...
Keywords: Jain festival, Jain festival, Bombay HC, metropolitan city
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