Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 16:41
The step to let widows take part in the Holi festivities this year has certainly given a new lease of life to them.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 15:09
Centuries-old social barriers came crashing down when scores of Vrindavan widows took part in Holi celebrations with social activists.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 19:17
Breaking the shackles of tradition, hundreds of widows would play Holi, the festival of colours, in the land of Lord Krishna this year.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 09:52
The "save Yamuna" movement launched to secure the release of water from Hathinikundi in Haryana into the river appears to have split: One group has accepted the agreement arrived at midnight Wednesday while the other says the protest will continue.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 21:23
Over ten thousand devotees and volunteers started their 10-day march to Delhi from Vrindavan demanding substantial efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 14:35
A helicopter service connecting Delhi and the holy town of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh has started.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 17:11
Sulabh International provided five ambulances to Vrindavan-based widow homes that house 250 widows.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 16:50
Sulabh has already promised to ensure adequate medical care of the widows, would hand over five equipped ambulances exclusively for them.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 08:40
Two women died as massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh`s Mathura district, police said.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 18:58
With an aim to tap tourism potential of the holy Mathura-Vrindavan circuit the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to infuse a capital of Rs 30 crore to fast-pace the development works in the region.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 10:11
Millions of pilgrims visit the holy shrines associated with Sri Krishna in Mathura district, round the year.
Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 21:22
The Supreme Court expressed unhappiness over the Uttar Pradesh government`s "failure" to fully constitute the state women`s commission to look into the pitiable condition of widows in Vrindavan.
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