Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 16:12
Realty firm Infinity group will invest about Rs 1,000 crore over the next five years to build a residential project at Vrindavan.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 17:14
After participating in festivals like Holi, Dussehra and Diwali, the widows of Vrindavan would be celebrating Christmas at the century-old Meerasahabhagini Ashram as the year comes to an end.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 14:40
The Government is keen that ashrams in Vrindavan, where large numbers of widows reside, set up solar water heating systems and is working to install the facility in one of the ashrams.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 15:40
Three teenagers died Monday after being hit by a train in Vrindavan area of Mathura district, police said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 09:20
The Uttar Pradesh government has given a green signal for the construction of ropeways in Barsana, Mirzapur and Chitrakoot- all religious places and known to attract thousands of devotees each year, an official said.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 10:30
For the first time, thousands of widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will celebrate Diwali this year.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 19:51
Over a thousand widows of Meerasahabhagni Ashram here, most of them fragile and in their 70s, on Thursday began Diwali festivities after the dusk by bursting crackers and lighting earthen lamps.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 17:16
Breaking the shackles of tradition, at least a thousand widows leading an inconspicuous life in this Mathura town will celebrate Diwali this year.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 19:40
This Durga puja is a homecoming of sorts for 50 Bengali widows from Vrindavan and Mathura.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 14:13
Decades after they were shunned by their families and asked to leave their homes in Kolkata, 50 widows from four ashrams of Vrindavan will be visiting their native city to participate in this year`s Durga Puja.
Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 14:45
Security of temples in the holy towns of Mathura and Vrindavan has been beefed up following blasts at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, a senior government official said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 16:27
Social organisation Sulabh International on Sunday launched a campaign demanding a bill for protection, welfare and maintenance of widows in the country.
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